By Sacramento City Express<\/p>\n
The City of Sacramento\u2019s Film + Media office now is accepting applications for its film grant, which works to sustain and foster growth in film and television production in the city of Sacramento.<\/p>\n
The film grant program, now in its\u00a0fifth year<\/a>, is funded by Measure U funds.<\/p>\n \u201cThis program continues to be an important investment in Sacramento\u2019s film and media landscape,\u201d said Sacramento Film Commissioner Jennifer West. \u201cWe\u2019re eager to support projects that advance our local industry and highlight the creativity of Sacramento\u2019s filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n Applications close Jan. 15, 2026. Six production grants of $10,000 and two post-production grants of $5,000 will be awarded across two grant rounds.<\/p>\n Funds can be used to help subsidize permit fees, reduce the costs of safety personnel and reimburse qualified production expenses incurred in the city of Sacramento.<\/p>\n Launched in 2021<\/a>, the film-incentive grant program has allocated more than $267,500 for 26 grants to support locally shot productions. The recipients of the grants represent a range of storylines with diverse cast and crews.<\/p>\n Funding is available to productions filming at least 50% of their project in the Sacramento region with at least two locations in the city of Sacramento. This grant is also open to productions where 75% of post-production is done in the city.<\/p>\n Eligible productions include feature-length films, short films, episodic television, television pilots, television movies\/miniseries, documentaries, docuseries, commercials, music videos and unscripted television.<\/p>\n Grant applications will be reviewed and scored by a panel consisting of staff, film industry peers and economic development professionals.<\/p>\n To review eligibility and guidelines, and to apply, please visit the\u00a0Sacramento Film + Media grants website<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Sacramento Film + Media<\/p>\n Sacramento Film + Media<\/a>\u00a0office provides essential services to those interested in filming in the Sacramento area. The office works to leverage regional location assets, strengthen local crews, assist local filmmakers and attract out-of-town productions.<\/p>\n The office facilitates film permitting and provides location assistance, production information, ordinance and regulatory information, internships and grant opportunities.<\/p>\n Forty-seven film permits have been issued in 2025 for 81 days of filming. The Film Office issued 74 permits in 2024, a figure elevated in part by the Warner Bros. Discovery production \u201cOne Battle After Another<\/a>.\u201d Overall filming activity resulted in 953 local hires, 4,014 hotel nights and a direct economic impact of $6.3 million.<\/p>\n The office also launched a film and media incentive program<\/a>\u00a0on July 1, 2025, establishing a $250,000 rebate to attract additional large independent films, commercials and television projects to the region. Guidelines and the application are available on the\u00a0program website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sacramento City Express The City of Sacramento\u2019s Film + Media office now is accepting applications for its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[912,4962,43027,43028,43029,121,1444,43030,43031,123,122,26368],"class_list":["post-73495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-carousel","tag-city-of-sacramento","tag-jennifer-west","tag-measure-u-funds","tag-one-battle-after-another","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-city-express","tag-sacramento-film-media-grants-website","tag-sacramento-film-media-office","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-warner-bros-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}