Navajo Film-makers Grant Program
Navajo Nation TV and Film (NNTVF) and Division of Diné Education (DODE) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Navajo Nation Filmmakers’ Grant Program (NNFGP).
This Program awarded $6,500 to 10 individual Navajo Filmmakers as part of NNTVF’s vision to stimulate economic opportunity and create avenues of accessibility for a burgeoning Navajo Film Industry. NNFGP also serves as an unprecedented Language Revitalization effort that seeks to facilitate the development of original scripts that are at least 80% in the Diné Language. Accompanying this endeavor was a yearlong undertaking by NNTVF to organize the 1st Annual Navajo Nation Film Festival in September 2024 where the finished projects premiered. We like to thank the 25th Navajo Nation Council with Dr. Andy Nez leading the efforts.
We look forward to creating this as a sustainable opportunity. Although, in the current year grants were not provided however NNTVF team is preparing for its 2nd Annual Navajo Nation Film Festival scheduled September 2025 and submission for film will begin May 2025, these films will be submitted through Film Freeway.
When our Navajo Film-makers Grant Program resumes, expect to submit an application with a grant proposal that includes a Film Synopsis, Treatment, Cast list, a Production Budget (including the $6,500 grant), and a Script that is at least 80% in the Navajo Language. It is recommended that scripts be between 10-20 pages.
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Any films produced through the Grant Program, film-makers should expect to submit films to various film festivals and after one-year, the Navajo Nation TV5 will begin airing the content on TV5 channel as part of our initiative to FILM NAVAJO, PRODUCE NAVAJO and WATCH NAVAJO.
Stay tuned for more information on the 2nd Annual Navajo Nation Film Festival COMING MAY 2025.
For additional question, please call (928) 871-7826.