Redford Center Grants
Supporting Environmental Filmmakers
Applications are now open for The 2026 Redford Center Grants Open Call! This marks our sixth cycle since 2016, supporting environmental filmmakers working on feature-length documentaries and docu-series that explore urgent, intersectional environmental stories.
Selected filmmakers will receive $40,000 in grant funding, along with yearlong support that includes mentorship, access to industry and environmental experts, a cohort-based fellowship experience, and an in-person convening focused on creative and professional development.
Since launching in 2016, The Redford Center has remained one of the few entities exclusively funding and providing multi-faceted grant support to independent environmental documentaries.
To date, Redford Center Grants have supported 60 projects and awarded more than $2 million in funding. Redford Center grantee films have received awards, premieres, and distribution from industry leaders including Netflix, Hulu, HBO, PBS, National Geographic, Sundance Film Festival, Jackson Wild, DC Environmental Film Festival, and many more.
We welcome applications for projects at any stage of production. To be eligible, projects must have sample footage and must not yet be picture locked.
See below for more details and links to apply.
2026 Open Call Resources
Meet the Filmmakers
Since 2016, we’ve supported 60 filmmaking teams through our environmental documentary grants program. These award-winning artists share stories of communities igniting their collective power to bring necessary change, traditional and innovative practices aimed at preserving our planet, legacies of injustice met with overdue yet promising solutions, and so much more.