Building Bridges Documentary Fund Films 2024-25
The Building Bridges Documentary Fund provides funding for independent documentary films about the Muslim experience in the United States. The Fund’s goal is to support filmmakers and works that contribute to a fuller spectrum of narratives that need to be told in the context of what it means to be Muslim in the United States.
The Building Bridges Documentary Fund is supported by the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation. We are honored to be a part of this multi-year journey with our colleagues in the program: the Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF), Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) Hollywood Bureau, and Sundance Institute.
Fund Application
We encourage filmmakers at all levels – emerging, mid-career or veteran–to apply with projects that are feature-length (60 minutes and over), shorts and episodic series. We fund the following project phases with the stated range of possible funding:
- Research & Development ($10K to $25K)
- Production ($50K to $100K)
- Post-production ($50K to $100K)
Our next open call takes place Tuesday April 8, 2025 at 12 AM PDT through Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM PDT. Please visit our Submittable page to submit your application.
For further assistance regarding the application process including any accessibility issues, interested applicants can email buildingbridges[at]caamedia[dot]org (buildingbridges@caamedia.org) with any questions not covered in our FAQs page:
Info Session for Applicants
A live question & answer Zoom session will be available in late March 2025 with the Building Bridges Documentary Fund Program Manager to answer any questions regarding the fund grant process. Please stay tuned to this website for the upcoming date and time. If you miss the live Q&A, it will be recorded.