OTHER STATE RESOURCES & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
   The Phoenix Local of AFTRA has jurisdiction for AFTRA membership and production in New Mexico. 20325 N 51st Avenue, Ste 134, Glendale AZ 85308-5677, 623-687-9977; email: rchaisso@aftra.com; web: www.aftra.com



2. IFP (Independent Feature Project) - New Mexico Chapter
   For more information on New Mexico's local IFP branch contact: ifpsantafe@yahoo.com or call 505-930-3690



3. International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600
   Barbara Jerome, Western Regional Business Representative including New Mexico.
   Steve Flint, Western Region Director, 7755 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046
   Primary: 323-876-0160; Fax: 323-876-6383; Web: www.cameraguild.com



4. Women In Film - New Mexico Chapter
   Mission statement: "We are a New Mexico-based outreach network committed to the professional development and achievement of women in film and TV, through mentorship, networking, education, and community." This organization is for professional women currently working in the industry. To learn more about WIF in New Mexico, email: newmexicowif@msn.com; Web: www.nmwif.com



5. IATSE Studio Mechanics Local 480
   The office is located at 1418 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505,
   Office Phone: 505-986-9512; Office Fax: 505-986-9513
   Business Agent: Jon Hendry 505-670-7381
   Web: www.iatselocal480.com



6. Screen Actors Guild
   The New Mexico Branch of the Screen Actors Guild is overseen by the regional office in Denver, CO.

   Julie Crane
   NM & Colorado Executive Director
   jcrane@sag.org
   (720) 932-8193
   (800) 595-4256
   www.sag.org
   Market Square Center
   1400 Sixteenth Street Suite 400
   Denver, CO 80202

   Tammy Decker
   West Region Executive for New Mexico (Albuquerque)
   tdecker@sag.org
   (505) 268-2127
   www.sag.org/branches/new-mexico/about-our-branch

7. New Mexico Music Commission
   Nancy Laflin, Director
   www.newmexicomusic.org

NATIONAL RESOURCES, ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, FUNDING & GRANTS

General Resources

American Humane Association
If you are using animals in your project, contact the American Humane Association at www.americanhumane.org/film.

Jone Bouman
American Humane Film & TV Unit
15366 Dickens Street - Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
818-501-0123

Indiewire
Includes reviews, interviews, and links. IndieWire is a forum for indies looking for festival and contest deadlines, discussion, classifieds, and more. Sign up to receive the daily dispatch.

Internet Movie Database
A searchable database that includes thousands of movies. This site also has a section specifically devoted to independent film. Special indie features include a weekly "ask the filmmaker" section with well-known independents.

Filmmaking.tv
Filmmaking.tv is all about learning the business. It organizes lists of links that range from screenwriting to editing, distribution to collecting, and festivals to jobs.

Film-411
A link to film magazines, festivals, organizations, production companies, film equipment providers, and more.

Film Festivals.com
An information resource focusing on film festivals around the world, this site offers information, links and contact details for a staggering number of film festivals.

Filmmakers.com
A news site for would-be filmmakers and screenwriters, Filmmakers.com also features film industry announcements as well as a ton of resources and listings.

SCREENsite
Created by the University of Alabama, this site is a resource for film and TV education with an exhaustive list of links to journals, film databases, and filmmaking resources.

Microcinema International
Microcinema International organizes international screenings of independent films, videos, and digital art. Its website provides a screening schedule as well as information on their "Independent Exposure" series.

Media Organizations

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF)
The AIVF site offers insight into the industry through its film and video monthly, The Independent. This site also includes discussion boards and information about AIVF's advocacy projects.

Independent Feature Project
The site offers in-depth feature articles about independent film and filmmaking as well as other information and networking resources.

International Documentary Association
The IDA is a membership organization that supports makers of non-fiction film. Their free public site also offers a month-by-month resource for funding application deadlines, as well as information about film events, classes, and more.

MediaRights.org
This site promotes outreach for social issue documentaries. It offers extensive database resources for finding documentaries, non-profit organizations, media makers, and more.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
NAMAC has a huge searchable directory of media organizations and filmmaker-friendly links. The site also offers member-only technical assistance boards and discussion groups.

Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute programs offer financial and creative support for independent screenwriters, filmmakers, composers, and others. Find out more about their "lab" projects and famous film festival.

Printed Industry Publications (also Online)

Cineaste
This quarterly publication focuses on the art and politics of cinema.The site offers a handful of articles online and a brief summary of the archives.

Film Comment
Published bimonthly, Film Comment provides articles on art, entertainment, and the industry of filmmaking. Shortened versions of the print articles are available online.

Filmmaker Magazine
The online version of this print quarterly offers interviews and articles about independent films and filmmakers, it also provides a list of extensive resource links.

The Hollywood Reporter
The industry publication focuses on the business of film, television, and music. The online version includes a message board, resource links, an industry directory, and more.

The Independent
The Web site version provides selected articles about public television, documentaries, productions issues, interviews, and more.

International Documentary Magazine
The monthly periodical covers the current documentary film scene, profiling documentary makers, and funders.

Millimeter Magazine
Specializing in production and post-production of television, film, and commercials. The website provides selected material from the print version as well as a production buyer's guide.

Moviemaker
This magazine covers the art and business of making movies; it also has information on submitting to upcoming festivals.

Release Print
Film Arts Foundation's monthly print magazine profiles indie filmmakers, provides how-to articles, and contains listings for festival calls.

res
This is a resource for digital media and filmmaking, focusing on the technological and creative evolution of innovative art and artists.

Variety
A major mainstay of the industry, the website offers breaking headlines and articles about film, television, music, books, and more.

Funding/Grant Information for Filmmaking

1. Academy Film Scholars Program
   Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sponsors this $25,000 grant for established film scholars. Download the application.
2. The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Society Foundation
   Offers grants to individual visual artists through two programs: an annual Individual Support Grant and a separate program to assist visual artists in cases of catastrophic events through an Emergency Grant program.
3. Alabama Humanities Foundation - Grants Program
   Non-profit organizations are applicable for grants from this foundation, this site provides the guidelines for the application process.
4. American Antiquarian Society (AAS)
   Call for applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history.
5. Animating Democracy Initiative
   Read about grants offered by this arts advocacy program sponsored by Americans for the Arts.
6. Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
   Arthur Vining Davis Foundations are dedicated to strengthening America through education.
7. Astrea National Lesbian Action Foundation
   Grants and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied community challenging oppression and claim human rights.
8. Ben and Jerry's Foundation
   The Ben & Jerry's Foundation offers competitive grants to not-for-profit, grassroots organizations throughout the United States which facilitate progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems.
9. The Boeing Company
   U.S. contributions program welcomes applications in five U.S. Focus Areas: education; health and human services; arts and culture; civic; and the environment.
10. Carnegie Corporation
    Many areas of funding includes: education, international peace and security, international development, United States democracy.
11. Center For Independent Documentaries
    CID is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to collaborating with independent filmmakers, offering assistance and support in bringing their films to completion.
12. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
    Grants open to individuals or institutions in television, research and consulting.
13. Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
    Asian films, articles and filmmaker resources - A non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
14. Creative Capital Foundation
    Organization provides grants to film, video, and new media artists. Learn how to apply and get profiles of grantees.
15. Fleischhacker Foundation
    The Foundation has two grant making programs: Arts & Culture and Precollegiate (K-12) Education.
16. Ford Foundation
    Broad grants database includes asset building, community development, knowledge, creativity, freedom, peace and social justice areas.
17. The Foundation Center
    Grantseekers, funding research, training and tutorials.
18. Frameline
    Frameline's Filmmaker Support Program seeks to provide grants, awards and training to insure that new LGBT films make it to the screen.
19. The Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking
    The Fund is designed to support the creation of original documentary films and videos that promote thoughtful consideration of Jewish history, culture, identity, and contemporary issues among diverse public audiences
20. Funding Exchange/Paul Robeson Fund
    Funding Exchange (FEX) is a leader in the social justice movements. The Activist-Advised Funds of the Funding Exchange directly involve community activists and leaders in philanthropic decision-making.
21. Greenhouse Fund
    The Greenhouse Fund competitively awards grants for industry training and professional development projects for public television professionals.
22. Independent Television Services (ITVS)
    ITVS is looking for proposals that increase diversity on public television and present a range of subjects, viewpoints and forms that complement and challenge existing public television offerings.
23. International Film Seminars - Scholarships
    Organization sponsors several grants and fellowships for filmmakers interested in the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. Download applications.
24. Investrum
    Investrum Ltd. specializes in sourcing appropriate finance for independent feature films.
25. John D, and Catherine Mac Arthur Foundation
    Foundation fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media.
26. Latino Public Broadcasting
    Latino Public Broadcasting supports the development, production, acquisition, and distribution of non-commercial educational and cultural television that is representative of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest to Latino Americans.
27. Native American Public Telecommunications
    NAPT fosters the creation of authentic Native American programming for public television.
28. National Black Programming Consortium
    NBPC seeks projects from producers and directors whose work have the potential for airing on the national or regional public television schedule.
29. National Endowment for the Arts
    The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to encouraging the artists and organizations that participate in advancing and preserving the media arts, and to supporting the production of media art works that celebrate the arts -- visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk & traditional arts, etc. -- in an engaging and creative manner
30. National Science Foundation
    The National Science Foundation promotes and advances scientific progress in the United States by competitively awarding grants and cooperative agreements for research and education in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
31. NEFilm
    Funding opportunities and links.
32. New York Foundation for the Arts
    Offers financial and informational support to the artists in New York State and throughout the United States.
33. Nextpix
    Mission: produce and distribute quality media content in both traditional and digital formats for theatrical, video/DVD and Internet release.
34. The Open Society Institute's Youth
    The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grant making foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform including youth initiatives.
35. Oppenheimer Camera New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program
    The Oppenheimer Cine Rental New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program is a grant to support new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project.
36. POV American Documentary
    Point of View is filmmaker-focused; intent on supporting and presenting the work of today's best contemporary storytellers.
37. Roy W. Dean Film and Video Grants
    From the Heart Productions is dedicated to funding films that are "unique and make a contribution to society".
38. Solaris Entertainment
    Solaris offers a "Finishing Fund" to support fellow indie filmmakers who seek the resources necessary to complete their films. In addition to financing the completion of these films, Solaris offers the expertise necessary to help navigate the post-production waters, enabling filmmakers to get the film they envision to the market in the most effective way. They will assist in the films' promotion, festival strategy, and sales strategy.
39. Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
    The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is made possible by Open Society Institute. Films supported by the Fund have received widespread distribution to their intended audiences via broadcast and theatrical release.

AC Teen Film Academy
AC Teen Academy was founded in 1978. This film acting academy serves youth from 13 to 20 years of age.

IFP Independent Feature Film Project
IFP is 29 year-old organization serving filmmakers and film industry members by providing seminars, workshops, screenings and grants.

NALIP - National Association of Latino Independent Producers - Signature Programs
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers offer the Latino Writers Lab for members who aspire to work as professional writers. NALIP also invite applications for the Latino Producers Academy, a ten-day intensive seminar for feature film and documentary projects that are in advanced stages. NALIP also sponsor documentary workshops called Doing Your Doc held in various cities throughout the country.

NAPTE National Association of TV Program Executives
This global, non-profit organization is dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms. Projects include NATPE TV Producers Boot Camp and NextGenTV Competition.

PBS Public Broadcasting Service - The Producers Workshop
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in conjunction with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) conduct The Producers Workshop, a competitive seminar that covers a range of production skills open to independent filmmakers.

Sundance Institute Labs
The Sundance Institute offers unique and intensive programs in their Screenwriters, Directors, Theater and Filmmakers Labs.

Tribeca Film Institute
Tribeca All Access (TAA), a program designed to help foster relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities. The TAA Creative Promise Awards come with a prize of $10,000 for narrative and documentary and $5,000 for screenwriting.

WIF Women In Film
Women In Film empowers, promotes and mentors women in the entertainment and media industries. WIF's programs include a Fulfillment Fund Summer Internship Program and Pilot Mentoring Program.

Young Filmmaker Academy
Young Filmmaker Academy is organized to develop skills in self-expression and communication with filmmaking skills. This non-profit organization serves youth from 9 to 18 years of age.