Finished Acquisitions
Vision Maker Media seeks provocative and engaging completed programs from independent or public television producers that represent the experiences, values and cultures of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
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Finished Acquisitions
Application period:
Open Year-Round
Open
July 1
October 1
January 1
April 1
Close
September 30
December 31
March 31
June 30
Vision Maker Media seeks completed programs from independent or public television producers.
We encourage works that address new and current issues reflecting the changing identity of Native American communities, including the following:
- Works that are innovative, original and compelling to a national audience.
- Works that explore issues of universal interest from a unique Native American perspective.
- Works that view the history of Native Americans through contemporary stories.
- Works that use new technology and/or provide new models for television production.
- Works with a sense of humor.
Vision Maker Media is seeking programs in many genres including:
- documentary,
- performance,
- cultural/public affairs and
- animation.
Programs submitted to this solicitation must be intended for national public television broadcast. Assignment of exclusive broadcast rights, off-air recording rights, educational, home video, foreign distribution, and Internet broadcasting rights are included in the Vision Maker Media Production License Agreement. The Vision Maker Media Public Television Program Fund is made possible by funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
priorities:
-Quantity and quality of Native American participation in creative, technical, and advisory personnel.
-Power of the program to illuminate the Native American experience.
-Originality of concept and style.
-Potential interest to a national audience.
For more information or questions, contact info@visionmakermedia.org or 402-472-3522.
public media fund
Supporting native media
Application period:
CLOSED
Vision Maker Media’s call for film and television production proposals for its Public Media Fund was January 4, 2022 to February 11, 2022. VMM seeks public media film and television projects that are intended and appropriate for Public Media Television Broadcasting, including Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) digital and streaming platforms, that represent the cultures, experiences, and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
Support for the Vision Maker Media Public Media Fund is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Creative shorts fellowship
Application Period:
Closed
The Creative Shorts Fellowship supports Emerging Native filmmakers to produce a short film: documentary, drama, experimental, or animation piece; and supports a mentorship with a career professional film producer or director.
Emerging Native filmmakers find their own mentor for their project. Film professionals, Native or non-Native, may also submit a proposal—following criteria and eligibility—to mentor an Emerging Native filmmaker in the production of that emerging filmmaker’s short film. Emerging Native filmmakers must choose their mentor prior to applying and film professionals must choose their mentee prior to applying. Topic ideas may be about Native cultures, values, histories, contemporary life, environmental justice, social justice, youth, elders, and/or Native empowerment.
Selected shorts projects will be notified Spring 2022. For more information or questions, contact visionmaker@unl.edu or 402-472-3522.
Finished Acquisitions
Application period:
open year round
Vision Maker Media seeks provocative and engaging completed programs from independent or public television producers that represent the experiences, values and cultures of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
Applicants will be required to create a user account and sign up. If you have any problems with the online application process, please contact Vision Maker Media at visionmaker@unl.edu or call 402-472-3522.
