Merata Mita Fellowship
Sundance Institute Open worldwide
Year-long fellowship for Indigenous women filmmakers worldwide, with a cash grant, a trip to the Sundance Film Festival, mentorship and access to Sundance artist services.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
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About
What it offers: Cash grant (amount not stated).
Also: trip to Sundance Film Festival; mentorship; year-long support.
Who can apply: Indigenous women artists from around the world.
Annual. Next deadline: 2026-11-03.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: project description, work sample, bio.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Deadline: November 3, 2026”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Indigenous women artists from around the world.
What you will need
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Short bioOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 3 November 2026.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Sundance Institute without your tap.
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