The PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award is an international documentary development fund with twenty awards in 2012 offering up to 5,000 euros per recipient.
This is a rapid response fund, providing resources in the early stages of documentary projects, to shoot and edit a film trailer. The fund is open to filmmakers of any nationality.
Applications for Summer Call are now being received until August 27th 2012.
These awards are open to emerging and established filmmakers working anywhere in the world.
We welcome one-off, creative documentary ideas of any length and subject, in any style and form, but we are particularly keen on ideas that speak to PUMA.Vision’s core values of Safe, Peace and Creative.
These days most funders want to see a 20 minute rough-cut before committing to a project. The award money will allow us to do this.
Steven Markovitz, Producer of 'Rollaball'
What we DO fund
- Developments
- Ideas with no previous footage
- Trailer research and production
- Trailer post-production
- Films of any length or subject
What we DON'T fund
- Documentary production and completion
- Retrospective awards
- Archive and music clearance
- TV formats, series or drama
- Top-up funding for films with UK broadcaster funding
Please join our mailing list to keep up with announcements and information about future application periods. Take a look at our Puma Catalyst Awards Film Directory to see all previously funded developments.
If you want further details about the award or have some questions - please use the download buttons at the side of this page. Click 'Deliverables' to see an example contract outlining the terms of the award. In the right column of this page you can find our 'FAQ' and some advice about writing your proposal. If you have completed your trailer or seek additional finance, please download the 'What Next?' funding resource.
Further questions should be addressed to luke@britdoc.org
