For more than 25 years, the Panavision New Filmmaker Program (NFP) has empowered emerging filmmakers through outreach, access, and support. This year, Panavision announces that post-production grants have been added through Panavision’s post-production division Light Iron. Both the equipment grants and post grants are open for submissions on an ongoing basis. Here’s how to apply.

Panavision New Filmmaker Program (NFP)

As stated by Panavision: “Panavision is committed to providing outreach, access, and support to the community of aspiring filmmakers. Whether you’ve previously worked with Panavision or not, our goal is to provide you with the information and tools to help realize your project and your potential”. Furthermore, the program offers educational seminars, tours, and product demos for both student and non-student groups (In case you’re interested in discussing an educational event for your group, email Panavision at nfp@panavision.com).

Anamorphic lenses are not available for NFP projects.

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Post-production grants added

Towards that end, for over 25 years, Panavision has offered the New Filmmaker Program Equipment Grant, which provides the use of Panavision film or digital camera packages to aspiring filmmakers of all kinds at little to no cost. This year, Panavision adds post-production grants as well. “We had the honor of supporting hundreds of films through this program, and through our post-production company Light Iron, we’re now also offering the NFP post-production grant” Panavision states.

We had the honor of supporting hundreds of films through this program, and through our post-production company Light Iron, we’re now also offering the NFP post-production grant.

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Conditions

1. The NFP grants are available only for productions within the United States.
2. Applications must be received a minimum of two months prior to your first locked shoot date.
3. Please allow three weeks for an initial response to your application.

How to apply

See term below. All items must be received as an attachment in PDF format. The NFP will not download materials from Google or other shared drives.

NFP Equipment Grant

To submit your project for consideration for the NFP Equipment Grant, please submit a proposal via email to nfp@panavision.com, which includes the following:

• Signed Submission Agreement, which can be downloaded HERE.  Please note that without a signed Submission Agreement, Panavision will not open, review, or consider any other materials provided.
• Cover letter describing the status of your production, desired camera system & format, and any other information you wish to tell us about your project.
• Shooting schedule with locked shoot dates.  Please note that we cannot consider applications without locked shoot dates.
• Project synopsis and longline
• Copy of your script
• Copy of your budget
• Resumes and/or bios of all key people involved
• Contact information (email/phone number) for all key people involved.
• For school projects – please include a letter of good standing on school letterhead.  For thesis projects, you must also submit a letter of reference from your professor on school letterhead.
• Any other materials you would like to include which you think will support your proposal (look book, storyboards, location photos, past work, etc.)

Large format cameras and lenses are not available for NFP projects.

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NFP Post Production Grant

To submit your project for consideration for the NFP Post Production Grant, please submit a proposal via email to nfp@panavision.com, which includes the following:

• Signed Submission Agreement, which can be downloaded HERE. Please note that without a signed Submission Agreement, Panavision will not open, review, or consider any other materials provided.
• Cover letter describing the status of your post-production, and any other information you wish to tell us about your project.
• Link to a rough cut of your film. Please note that we cannot consider applications without a rough cut of some kind.
• Estimated completion date
• Estimated total running time
• Acquisition format (e.g. RED Helium Raw 7k full frame)
• Resolution, Aspect Ratio, Frame Rate (e.g. 2K, 2.40, 23.98fps)
• Project synopsis and logline
• Copy of your script
• Copy of your budget
• Resumes and/or bios of all key people involved, including editor
• Contact information (email/phone number) for all key people involved, including editor
• For school projects – please include a letter of good standing on school letterhead. For thesis projects, you must also submit a letter of reference from your professor on school letterhead.
• Any other materials you would like to include which you think will support your proposal (look book, reference materials, past work, etc.)

The grants

Camera Equipment Grants as described by Panavision:

1. All equipment requests are subject to availability. We will always do our best to provide for the specific creative and technical demands of your project, but cannot guarantee the availability of specific cameras, AKS, or optics.
2. Anamorphic lenses are not available for NFP projects.
3. Large format cameras and lenses are not available for NFP projects.

Post-Production Grants as described by Panavision:

1. Post-production grant includes picture finishing with the following services:
2. VFX pulls for up to 50 shots
3. Conform from original camera files up to 12 hours
4. QT check for editorial after conform
5. All data I/O and data storage associated
6. Up to 12 hours of final color correction
7. Final color corrected render + archive of that to LTO

Go here for the Panavision Info & Rules page.

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Final thoughts

Panavision is a great company to work with. Furthermore, any grants for filmmakers are more than welcome and blessed in our industry. Just one thing to consider, regarding the Camera Equipment Grants. According to Panavision, its acclaimed anamorphic lenses are not available for NFP projects, nor its large format cameras. If so, what are the cameras and lenses included, as the only relevant Panavision camera is the DXL2 which is a large format sensor (Monstro VV)? Is there a possibility that Panavision will provide its film cameras to selected filmmakers? Thus, before applying, make sure to email Panavision to nfp@panavision.com to get your questions covered and answered.