Deadline: January 29, 2012

A new joint media project provides funds for documentary makers.

The Economist Film Project seeks documentaries (Worldwide)

Until January 2012, The Economist and PBS NewsHour are funding short documentaries from Abu Dhabi to Albuquerque on a range of topics from astronomy to agriculture.

The aim of The Economist Film Project is to showcase the selected segments, films and filmmakers as broadly as possible.

The project seeks submissions of completed documentary films on a rolling basis continuing monthly through January 2012.

Both documentary shorts and feature-length films may be submitted. The Economist will provide filmmakers whose films are chosen with a grant of US$4,000 to produce six to eight minutes of footage from the film to air on PBS NewsHour.

The featured films will also be made available to a wider audience on The Economist's YouTube channel,Facebook fan page and the PBS News Hour website, YouTube and Hulu channels.

For more information, visit: http://film.economist.com/about.php

Last Date: 29 Apr 2012