ELIGIBILITY:

The applicant must:

Be the producer and primary rights holder of the project

Have a registered production company that is associated with the project in a country on the African continent listed in our FAQ section

In all cases both the director and producer must:

Hold citizenship, or have legal permanent residency, and primarily live and work in Africa. A complete list of funded countries can be found in the FAQ section

Have at least one previous professional credit to their name

Be in good standing with Hot Docs by application date

The project must:

Be produced and shot in Africa

Be either a high-quality feature or broadcast-hour length documentary to audiences both locally and internationally (school work, series, and fiction pieces are not eligible)

Be in development, production or post-production as of April 2024. The Fund will not consider projects that will be completed by Hot Docs 2024.

Eligibility for re-application:

A project can submit to the Development Fund and, then submit to the Production Fund at a later deadline, whether or not the Development Fund application was successful.

Submitted projects that do not receive funding may submit a maximum of one additional time only in another stream within the fund. Requests for resubmission must be received in writing to funds@hotdocs.ca. In some instances, the selection committee may invite a project to resubmit and they will be notified directly.

Please note:

Applicants who have misrepresented their primary residency on the application and/or in written or verbal correspondence with Hot Docs will not be considered for the grant selection and may have their grants revoked.

BENEFIT:

	FEATURE OR BROADCAST-LENGTH PRODUCTION
Development Grant	Up to $10,000 Grant can reflect up to 100% of the development budget.
Production Grant	Up to $40,000 Grant can reflect up to 50% of the production budget.