March 2026 Opportunities Mini Slate: Industry Greenlights and Gateways

VISION MAKER FILM FEST: FREE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH

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These videos are available to view the entire month of March. Please check back each month as new titles will be available to stream.

 

Each month brings a new selection of powerful American Indian and Alaska Native films, available through in-person screenings at The Ross Theater in Lincoln, NE, and streaming free online worldwide. Join us and discover Indigenous stories, cultures, and perspectives that connect us all.

JVS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

SCHOLARSHIP

 

APPLY BY: March 15

 

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

 

  • Must identify as Jewish
  • Must be at least 16
  • Must be a permanent and legal resident of Los Angeles County for a minimum of three years
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or documented legal permanent U.S. resident with a Green Card
  • Must be planning to attend or are currently attending an accredited public or private college, university, or vocational school in the U.S.
  • Must be enrolled as a full-time student. JVS SoCal does not fund part-time enrollment, summer-only programs, gap years, Yeshiva, or unaccredited schools
  • Must maintain a minimum 2.7 GPA (per term) for Undergraduate Students or a minimum 3.0 GPA (per term) for Graduate Students
  • Must have a demonstrated and verifiable financial n ... SHOW MORE

SCHOLARSHIP

 

APPLY BY: March 15

 

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

 

  • Must identify as Jewish
  • Must be at least 16
  • Must be a permanent and legal resident of Los Angeles County for a minimum of three years
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or documented legal permanent U.S. resident with a Green Card
  • Must be planning to attend or are currently attending an accredited public or private college, university, or vocational school in the U.S.
  • Must be enrolled as a full-time student. JVS SoCal does not fund part-time enrollment, summer-only programs, gap years, Yeshiva, or unaccredited schools
  • Must maintain a minimum 2.7 GPA (per term) for Undergraduate Students or a minimum 3.0 GPA (per term) for Graduate Students
  • Must have a demonstrated and verifiable financial need

 

Contact

Julia Furer Scholarship Program Director
julia.furer@jvs-socal.org

Joyce Cele Scholarship Program Coordinator
jcele@jvs-socal.org

 

 

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NEWFILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL

FELLOWSHIPS & COMPETITIONS

 

APPLY BY:  March 31 (Spring deadline)

 

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) presents the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival, a uniquely intimate opportunity that provides a filmmaker focused festival approach by an intently devoted team. The model, a monthly festival with a very small number of official selections per month, generally fewer than 20, provides filmmakers with maximum attention and commitment from the Festival audience, participants and staff. This format allows NFMLA to serve a similar number of filmmakers as most annual Festivals (average of 220 per year), while being able to dedicate its efforts to a core group every month throughout the year.

BLACK IMMERSIVE CREATORS GRANT

FELLOWSHIPS & COMPETITIONS

 

APPLY BY: April 23

 

Eligibility

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FELLOWSHIPS & COMPETITIONS

 

APPLY BY: April 23

 

Eligibility

The creator(s) of the project must self-identify as Black and be based in the United States.

 

  • This grant is open to artists who create primarily immersive experiences, as well as those who are new to the immersive industry who are interested in pushing the boundaries of their existing practice.

  • We invite early career and established creators to pursue this grant.

  • The applicant must be the director, lead producer of the project, or be in a similar leadership capacity.

  • The applicant must be at least 18 years old.

 

Selection Criteria

 

  • The grant awardee will be chosen by a selection panel made up of the grant’s board of directors and other arts professionals.

    • During our selection process, we use the Aesthetics Perspectives framework developed by Animating Democracy (a program of Americans for the Arts). It includes 11 attributes: Commitment, Communal Meaning, Disruption, Cultural Integrity, Emotional Experience, Sensory Experience, Risk-taking, Openness, Resourcefulness, Coherence, and Stickiness.

 

  • We are also looking for applications that demonstrate clarity and feasibility.

    • We need to clearly understand what the artist wants to create, how it is immersive, and how an audience will experience it.

    • We also need to have confidence in the artist’s ability to execute their proposed idea. We will be looking closely at the budget, timeline, and projected challenges to see if the artist has thought through the needs of the project and the steps of the process.

  • You can find the full rubric the voters will use to evaluate applications HERE

 

 

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