Mission Statement
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation provides resources for artists, engages with community and promotes the legacy of the founding artists, Joan Beauregard and John David Ellis.
Vision Statement
The vision of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is to encourage, expand and sustain the courageous and imaginative dialogue that is fundamental to the arts. The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation celebrates the value of art to transcend cultures and engage with diverse communities. Through its programs, the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation supports the exploration of the common ground that art occupies, the way it engages people, and its ability to reveal our shared human experience.
The selected filmmaker will receive:
- $50,000 in unrestricted funding to support post-production from Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
- An invitation for the director and editor to attend a dedicated Points North editing retreat, timed to coincide with the 2026 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF)
- Transportation from a location in the US and lodging provided for the retreat for Director and Editor.
During the retreat, the director and editor will share a work-in-progress in Ellis-Beauregard Foundation’s FLEX space on their new state-of-the-art campus. Points North will convene leading documentary editors, producers, and creative advisers in an intimate, supportive environment. The goal is to provide tailored feedback and rigorous conversation, to be metabolized and used to fuel editing progress for the project during the retreat.
Projects that are anticipated to be completed by Summer 2027 are preferred. Finished work will be considered for inclusion in the program at the Camden International Film Festival 2027.
Eligible projects must:
- Be nonfiction, feature-length documentaries.
- Be in post-production at the time of application.
- Be led by applicants at any stage of their career.
- Be submitted by an individual artist (funds will be disbursed directly to an individual, not an entity). The applicant must be the individual award recipient.
- Be submitted by a Director who is a U.S. permanent resident age 18 or older.
Award funds may be considered taxable income, and awardees are responsible for any applicable taxes. At the awardee’s request, funds may be disbursed in installments across two fiscal years.
Projects previously supported by other artist development labs or funds are welcome.
Applicants who are currently enrolled or will be enrolling in degree-granting programs are ineligible.
Applicants submit an application introducing their project and creative approach through the following materials:
- Project Logline (2-3 sentences)
- Project Synopsis (max 300 words)
- Filmmaker Statement (max 250 words)
- Project Stage (max 150 words)
- Work Sample 1 (a trailer or fundraising sample of less than 10 minutes )
- Work Sample 2 (20 minutes of edited material reflective of the tone and content of the finished project)
- Short Bio(s) for Director and Editor
The 20 minutes of edited material will only be reviewed if the project advances to the final stage of consideration. Applicants will be reviewed by a panel of invited industry leaders, with selection based on artistic excellence, originality, clarity of vision, and creative potential.
Jurors:
Chloe Walters Wallace, Director, Writer, Photographer
Jeff Seelbach, Producer
Nell Augustin, Director
Ian Kibbe, Producer, Editor, Director Applications open March 16 and close April 16, 2026.