30 Jun Mountainfilm: Commitment Grants/Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship Now Open!
Based in Telluride Mountainfilm is committed to supporting documentary filmmakers in telling stories that support its mission to inspire audiences to create a better world.
Mountainfilm now seeks nonfiction stories celebrating adventure, activism, social justice, culture, environment and indomitable spirit.
Applications for Mountainfilm’s 2026 Commitment Grant and Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship are open from July 1-16, 2026.
Please note that if you are an early career filmmaker we will select an Emerging Filmmaker from the pool of Commitment Grant applicants for our Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship (more information below).
Commitment Grant & Emerging Filmmaker Fellow Application here.
Image, courtesy Mountainfilm.
Commitment Grants support documentary filmmakers with projects in post-production, with awards ranging from $3,000 to $6,000. Mountainfilm welcomes applicants from any country and has special grant funding available for these focus areas: Projects featuring an LGBTQ+ protagonist; a story centered on overcoming personal challenges, societal stigmas or community obstacles, with a meaningful connection to the outdoors or nature-based pursuits. Also projects exploring immigration or migration-related challenges or created by immigrant or first-generation immigrant filmmakers.
If you are an early-career filmmaker, we will also select an Emerging Filmmaker from the pool of Commitment Grant applicants for our Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship. The fellowship provides a yearlong mentorship, a cash award and a trip to Telluride during the festival over Memorial Day weekend.
Applications for Mountainfilm’s 2026 Commitment Grant and Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship are open from July 1-16, 2026.
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