Impact Kickstart 2025 Call for Applications

Thank you for your interest in Impact Kickstart, a program that has helped underrepresented filmmakers create strategic goals for impact and specific plans to engage future partners, funders, and audiences in meaningful ways. Impact Kickstart will work with two filmmakers to receive in-kind support from Working Films for the planning, facilitation and a report out from a day-long strategy summit with potential partners and key collaborators. This summit will leave filmmakers well positioned to carry out an impact campaign with a clear strategy, goals, partners and a report that can be used for engaging supporters. Impact Kickstart recipients will also receive impact campaign funding of $60,000 and be provided with 1:1 mentorship support.

We are accepting applications from underrepresented filmmakers with feature length documentaries in post-production or recently completed (within the last two years) that hold great promise to catalyze action to address important and current social issues.

For full information on eligibility and program details please visit: https://workingfilms.submittable.com/submit.

To be considered for Impact Kickstart 2024/2025, please complete the application here. The deadline is Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 11:59 am ET. You’ll need to create an account/login so that you can work on your application and have your information saved. Before you get started you can find a preview of the application questions in this PDF. Please also check out this document of frequently asked questions.

If you have any additional questions, watch the webinar Q&A recording here. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected].