Calling all filmmakers - indie film institute Sundance has partnered with a social entrepreneur networking and support organization Skoll Foundation to create grants worth up to $150,000.  for documentary projects showcasing the impact of social entrepreneurship. Applications are due August 15th.

Seeking Proposals: Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program: Stories of Change

The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation have partnered in a three-year initiative to explore how independent feature-length documentary film can advance knowledge about social entrepreneurship.

The Stories of Change Fund will consider independent feature-length documentary projects in all categories of development, production and post-production. Completed films are note eligible. Film projects must be completed by 2010. Grant awards will be made on a case-by-case basis and may range up to $150,000 US per film.

For complete information and to apply, visit sundance.org/skoll.

Skoll Foundation

Headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, the Skoll Foundation was created in 1999 by eBay’s first president, Jeff Skoll, to promote his vision for a more peaceful and prosperous world. Today, the Skoll Foundation advances systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs – individuals dedicated to pioneering new solutions that result in lasting improvements to complex social problems. It invests in social entrepreneurs through the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. It connects them through Social Edge, an online community at www.socialedge.org and via the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University. It celebrates social entrepreneurs through such projects as the PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund, which promotes large-scale public awareness of social entrepreneurship. For more information, visit www.skollfoundation.org.