AFS Grant for Feature Films

The application cycle for the 2022 AFS Grant for Features is now open. Apply here by June 6 at 5 PM.

The AFS Grant makes annual grants to film and video artists in the state of Texas. Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. AFS is committed to fostering diverse and underrepresented voices in independent film. Special attention is paid to provide support to women filmmakers and those who identify with communities of color. Funded through revenues from the Texas Film Awards, the Texas Commission on the Arts and private and corporate donations, the grant serves to redress the loss of public funds for filmmakers by disbursing funds for production and distribution and offering travel stipends to Texas filmmakers.

In 2020, AFS addressed the increasingly threatened environment for artist livelihoods due to the COVID-19 crisis and issue grants to artists for projects in development. This support will continue in 2022. AFS Grant recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, Venice, Tribeca, Rotterdam and SXSW, and have won Independent Spirit Awards and Student Academy Awards.

The Austin Film Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media arts organization. Established in 1985, the Austin Film Society makes great film and independent filmmaking accessible in Texas. The grant was started in 1996 as the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, and was renamed the AFS Grant in 2013.