The Creative Spirit Fund is Free People’s ever-evolving initiative highlighting and supporting creative
minds across the globe through grants to further aid their innovative endeavors. This year, Free People partnered with the
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to support five female documentary filmmakers. 

This Year's Creative Spirit Fund Will Support The Sundance Documentary Fund

Through Free People’s Creative Spirit Fund, Up To Five Women Documentary Filmmakers Will Receive:

A $25,000 grant from Free People to support their work in progress documentary at any stage, from development to post-production.

Mentorship from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program throughout the journey of the project.
The Sunance Documentary Fund



Supports the work of nonfiction filmmakers from around the globe, whose work expresses the world in creative, complex, beautiful, and provocative ways, and creates real cultural and social impact around some of the most pressing issues of our time.

In their funding, they continue to uplift productions led by artists from communities that have been traditionally marginalized, unearthing historically underrepresented narratives.
Learn More About The Sundance Institute

MEET THE 2025 WINNERS

In Partnership with Americans for the Arts, Last Year We Awarded Funding To 10 Public School Art Educators