Mental Health Short Film Grant
​The Voices With Impact Film Production Grant offers filmmakers $7.5k USD to filmmaking teams making transformative 5 minute films on the topic of mental health.
How To Apply To Voices With Impact
Please note the new cycle has been announced and the submission window opens on August 1 2025. Please read the FAQ here.
Step 1
Download and read the submission guide.
This will tell you all the hard facts about the grant. Read this as a first step because it really does have everything you need to know: Deadlines, Dates, Requirements, etc.
Step 2
Watch the grant Q&A Events.
In the run up to the deadline we'll be sharing best practise to give you the best chance of a successful proposal. Almost all of the grant recipients last year attended a grant Q&A event, so they help!
Launch (June 30), Structuring & Writing Your Proposal (Aug 13), Treatments, Budgets & Schedules (Aug 20) and Mental Health Themes (Aug 27). Free to attend.
Step 3
Book a limited 1:1 proposal feedback call.
Once you have a draft proposal together, you can book a call with our program director to discuss your project. This is offered on a first come first serve basis and very limited. It is not necessary to apply but it's a great resource.
Step 4
Submit your proposal.
Once you have finished your proposal, you just need to fill out the form below and upload it
This Year's Theme
For the 2026 Voices With Impact Film Grant we are looking for film proposals that explore...
Coping, Connection, and Community
We’re looking for honest, intriguing, humanizing, authentic stories inspired by lived experience of mental health. We don’t need these stories to be heavy though, we love exploring the lightness of these topics too, and the joy that can be found! We welcome comedy, horror, animation, drama, experimental, documentary, romance, and westerns - hey even sci-fi and fantasy if our juror’s believe it’ll fit the budget.
Production Grant
Year round program
The Grant Program starts with Open Call Events, the proposal window opens, the proposals are juried, and filmmakers are informed and production starts!
Mental Health Themes
Each year we ask for proposals on our highlighted mental health themes.
The 2025 theme is:
Visibility / Invisibility.
10 Production Grants
The successful proposals are selected by our jury of filmmakers and mental health professionals. 10 filmmaking teams are awarded grants of $7.5k USD.