Resources
Sample Contract Downloads
SAG-AFTRA low budget agreements were created with input from filmmakers and actors to make it even easier for you to hire professional performers. Want to see a sample of what the agreements look like? Keep in mind, these are just SAMPLES. Your SAG-AFTRA Business Representative will send you your actual contract when it’s time to sign.
Signatory Applications
If you already know theSAG-AFTRA Signatory Process and are ready to submit aSignatory Application, click the corresponding link below.
Additional Resources
Helpful Links
Whether you’re a filmmaker, an actor, or you just love indie movies, here are some great resources that will make you become the best filmmaker, actor, or indie movie-lover ever! If you have a filmmaking resource that you’ve found helpful, send us a tip atblogadmin@sagindie.org.
Unions, Guilds & Professional Organizations
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)
- The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)
- Art House Convergence
- Casting Society of America
- CreativeFuture
- Directors Guild of America (DGA)
- Film Festival Alliance
- Freelancers Union
- Future Film Coalition
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
- Independent Film & Television Alliance
- Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF)
- Producers Guild of America (PGA)
- Producers Union
- Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
- Sustainable Entertainment Alliance
- Teamsters
- Writers Guild of America East (WGAE)
- Writers Guild of America West (WGAW)
Career Development, Labs & Grants
- American Film Institute
- AT&T Untold Stories
- Berlinale Talent Labs
- Cinereach
- Dear Producer
- The Distribution Playbook
- Entertainment Community Fund
- FilmADE Fund
- The Film Collaborative
- The Film Fund
- Film Independent
- Ford Foundation JustFilms
- Fractured Atlas
- From the Heart Productions
- Ghetto Film School
- Golden Globe Foundation
- The Gotham Film & Media Institute
- Indiegogo
- International Documentary Association (IDA)
- Moving Picture Institute (MPI) Rising Filmmaker Program
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- Panavision New Filmmaker Program
- Pandora Short Film Grant
- Producers United
- The Redford Center
- SAG-AFTRA Foundation
- Seed&Spark
- SFFILM Artist Development
- Sundance Institute
- Vimeo Short Film Grant
Diversity & Inclusion Resources
- The Adrienne Shelly Foundation
- Alliance of Women Directors
- ARRAY Alliance
- Black Film Space
- The Blackhouse Foundation
- The Black TV & Film Collective
- Breaking Through the Lens
- Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE)
- Disability Belongs Entertainment Lab
- Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
- Film Fatales
- Frameline
- Gold House
- Inevitable Foundation
- National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
- Native American Media Alliance (NAMA)
- NewFest
- Outfest
- Sundance Institute Outreach & Inclusion Program
- Transgender Film Center
- Women in Film
- Womenin Media
- Women Make Movies