National fund Austria, Vienna
Run by BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
Production grants for the small, uncommercial film that the ÖFI would not fund: shorts, experimental and avant-garde work, documentaries and features under EUR 750,000. An individual filmmaker may apply directly for up to EUR 90,000. Cannot be combined with ÖFI or RTR money.
Grant up to €120,000Open to writers in AustriaA writer alone or a production company
Submission Jan 31, 2027 (closes in 91 days)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The next closing date is Jan 31, 2027. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Submission | Jan 31, 2027 |
| Submission | May 31, 2027 |
| Submission | Sep 30, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
For the stage before a project can even apply for development: a few months of paid time to turn a rough idea into a treatment or concept.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
The federal arts ministry's screenplay stipend for the independent, low-budget end of Austrian cinema: features whose production the same department might later fund.
ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)
The selective production round of the Austrian Film Institute, where the finished screenplay, cast and budget go in together.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
Development grants from the arts ministry for the experimental and documentary side of Austrian film, where an individual filmmaker can apply without a company.
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
Jerome Foundation
The Minnesota twin of Jerome's New York City grant: up to USD 30,000 of production money for early career directors who take creative risks, applied for in two steps each fall.
Jerome Foundation
A production grant for New York City directors near the start of their careers, in any moving-image form from animation to documentary.
Black Public Media
Public television's fund for Black nonfiction stories runs one call a year: five projects get USD 20,000 and a place at PitchBLACK, where one leaves with up to USD 150,000 of production…