Deadline to apply for HUDSY’s Community Content Fund Grant of up to $5,000 for Filmmakers is Only a Week Away! 

Hudson Valley, NY— HUDSY, the first streaming video app for the Hudson Valley, is putting out a call for Hudson Valley content creators to apply for grants of up to $5,000, supported by HUDSY’s Community Content Fund. Grant recipients’ completed projects will stream on the HUDSY App, which features compelling series, impactful documentaries, engaging local stories and other video content about or shot in the Hudson Valley by the talented artists who call it home. 

“HUDSY is brought to you by a Hudson Valley-based video production company that creates our own HUDSY Original films and series, and also distributes community-generated video content licensed from creatives throughout the region.”

Applications for HUDSY’s Community Content Fund are due by August 1, 2022Once selected by the HUDSY Content Committee, content creators must be prepared to present the completed project by December 1, 2022. Filmmakers interested in applying can get more information at www.hudsy.tv/grants.

Applicants must be from one of the Hudson Valley's 11 counties (Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, or Westchester), and / or the project must have been shot in the Hudson Valley or be about the Hudson Valley. Submissions must include a one-page synopsis of the project and a projected budget. 

“It has always been a goal at HUDSY to provide direct access to capital for filmmakers to bring local stories to life,” said HUDSY co-founder Jesse Brown. “As filmmakers ourselves, we know how hard it is to get projects off the ground, and we want to help provide a supportive way forward."

HUDSY believes in reinvesting in the Hudson Valley’s most meaningful stories. HUDSY’s mission is to empower community storytellers to make innovative and important video content about life in the region and then deliver this content on the HUDSY App. The HUDSY Community Content Fund is just one of many capital-injection initiatives that the platform cooperative hopes to offer to local content creators in the future. 

“From the shows we create and the artistic momentum we're building upon, to whomever we hire along the way, HUDSY is fully committed to seeing our diverse local communities thrive,” said HUDSY co-founder Laura Kandel.