Overview

• Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions unveiled the Found Footage Feature Fund at Fantastic Fest as a production-first greenlight.
• Applications open on October 23 and close on November 7, with a grantee to be selected in December.
• The $25,000 award is funded by Duplass Brothers Productions and is open to any genre using found footage, archival, collage or other economical methods.
• The package includes private consultations with Mark Duplass and director Patrick Brice, two script consultations from Kevin Nicklays, 15 days of post from Aesthetica Post, festival submission waivers and marketing support.
• Following negative reactions online, Mark Duplass publicly defended the initiative on X, saying the response underscored the need to support trans voices.