The Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are partnering to launch the Found Footage Feature Fund, a $25,000 production grant for trans filmmakers developing independent feature films.

The initiative, unveiled at Fantastic Fest on Wednesday evening, is designed as a fully financed greenlight for a micro-budget production. The selected winner will be expected to complete their film within a year of receiving funds, without additional development deals. The initiative will accept applications cross all genres, as long as they use found footage, archival, collage or other economical approaches.

Applications for the grant will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.

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