Are you from Texas and making a film? If so, you might be eligble to apply to Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund for a project grant! The postmark deadline is June 2 so check out the guidelines now, and AFS’s Director of Artistic Services Bryan Poyser will be hitting cities around the state to explain the process and answer questions (dates scheduled are posted and are still being added so check back).

From the Austin Film Society website: “Since 1996 the Austin Film Society has awarded $750,000 in cash and $80,000 in goods and services to 243 film and video projects. We award grants once a year to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through our Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund.

TFPF recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Slamdance and SXSW and have been nominated for Gotham Awards and won Independent Spirit Awards, and Student Academy Awards. Several have been released theatrically or in the cable and home video markets. The Austin Film Society is proud to support these Texas filmmakers making their mark in the world.

Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Every August, an independent panel of highly esteemed professionals from the national film community convene in Austin to review applications and administer awards. Award announcements are posted on our website at the conclusion of the panel session and grant disbursements are made in early September.”