Screenwriting grants and film funding in Moldova

24 funds a writer based in Moldova can apply to: 1 at home and 23 from Europe and the world. 8 take an application from the writer alone.

24 listed.

Based in Moldova

National and regional funds, broadcasters and foundations at home.

DevelopmentProductionMoldovaNational fund

Concursul proiectelor cinematografice (film project competition: project development and production)

Centrul Național al Cinematografiei (National Cinematography Center of Moldova)

Moldova's annual competition judges the screenplay first, then a pitch, then two scored stages, and publishes every list along the way, down to the sum each project asked for and received.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

VariesGrantbetween rounds

Also open to writers in Moldova

European and international funds, and funds from other countries that take applications from here.

ProductionCanadaInternational fund

Alter-Ciné Foundation documentary film grants

A small Montreal foundation, named for the documentary maker Yvan Patry, that has given about 90 grants since 2001 to filmmakers from the global South making documentaries about rights and…

Annual deadline Aug 15, 2027A writer aloneDocumentary

rangeCA$10kGrantcloses in 287 days

ProductionCompletionGermanyInternational fund

World Cinema Fund (WCF Classic)

World Cinema Fund, Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlinale's fund for features from regions without a working film industry: up to EUR 60,000 that must be spent in the film's home region, with a German producer as the formal recipient.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€60kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentNetherlandsInternational fund

Hubert Bals Fund Development Support (Script and Project)

Hubert Bals Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam

One of the few international grants a writer-director can take alone and spend on writing: research, drafts, translation, a script consultant or a trip to pitch.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a writer with a producerFeature

up to€10kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionNetherlandsInternational fund

IDFA Bertha Fund Classic (IBF Classic)

IDFA Bertha Fund, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

A documentary development grant the director applies for alone, with research, writing and a teaser all allowed costs, from the fund of the world's largest documentary festival.

2027 round Feb 10, 2027A writer alone or a writer with a producerDocumentary

up to€25kGrantcloses in 101 days

ProductionNorwayInternational fund

Sørfond

Norsk filminstitutt with Stiftelsen Festivalkontoret, financed by Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norway's fund for films from the developing world, aimed at freedom of expression and independent producers where both are under pressure.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary

up toNOK1MGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionSaudi ArabiaInternational fund

Red Sea Fund

Red Sea Film Foundation

A young fund with deep pockets covering the Arab world, Africa and Asia, with a development window each May for features and series.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation, Short

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Catapult Development Grant

Catapult Film Fund

Seed money for documentaries at the point where nobody else will pay: a grant to shoot and cut the sample that raises the rest.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerDocumentary

range$25kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionDistributionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Documentary Film Support

Perspective Fund

A private documentary funder that reads inquiries all year and writes checks of USD 25,000 to 150,000 without taking rights or credits below USD 150,000.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producerDocumentary, Short

range$150kGrantany time

ProductionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund

International Documentary Association, with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

A production fund for documentaries built on reporting, created in 2017 as an answer to misinformation.

Not taking applications this cycleA writer with a producerDocumentary

VariesGrantpaused

DevelopmentProductionCompletionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

JustFilms

Ford Foundation

The foundation behind much of American social-issue documentary takes direct proposals from filmmakers through a periodic open call, scored on fit with Ford's justice themes…

Not taking applications this cycleA writer with a producerDocumentary

VariesGrantpaused

WritingUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The best known paid year of writing in American film: a USD 35,000 stipend to finish a new feature screenplay, open to unproduced writers anywhere in the world.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer aloneFeature

range$35kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Research & Development Grant

Chicken & Egg Films

Paid thinking time for women and gender-expansive documentary directors between films: a USD 10,000 research grant or a USD 20,000 development grant, with the stage chosen by the applicant.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerDocumentary

range$20kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Roy W. Dean Grant

From the Heart Productions

Small cash, large bundle: the winner takes USD 3,500 and a package of donated post, music and consulting worth several times that, for a film meant to do some good.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a writer with a producerFeature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation

range$3.5kGrant or repayablebetween rounds

CompletionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

SFFILM Documentary Film Fund

Post-production money for feature documentaries that are shot but not cut, from the San Francisco festival's foundation arm.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerDocumentary

range$20kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentCompletionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

SFFILM Rainin Grant

SFFILM, with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

One of the few American grants that pays a screenwriter directly to write, and it can also fund packaging or the edit of the same film later.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a writer with a producerFeature

up to$25kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionFranceNational fund

Aide aux cinémas du monde (world cinema support)

CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, with the Institut français

The French door for filmmakers from anywhere else: a grant of up to EUR 300,000 for a feature co-produced with a French company, and a smaller sum to finish a film already shot.

Next deadline Nov 9, 2026A production companyFeature, Animation, Documentary

up to€300kGrantcloses in 8 days

WritingFranceFoundation or company fund

Bourse d'écriture télévision (television writing bursary)

Association Beaumarchais-SACD

The television twin of the Beaumarchais feature bursary: EUR 5,000 to an emerging writer for an original series or single drama in French, with web series welcome.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer aloneSeries

range€5kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionItalyRegional fund

Film Fund (Trentino Film Commission)

Trentino Film Commission, Trentino Sviluppo (Provincia autonoma di Trento)

A production fund for works shot in Trentino, with the committee meeting about every three months and approved projects listed on the portal back to 2011.

Not taking applications this cycleA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€400kGrantpaused

ProductionItalyRegional fundNames no past recipients

Fondo Grandi Produzioni (large productions fund)

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna and Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission

Money for bigger films that bring a shoot to Sardinia, in three categories by budget size, with a documentary strand. The round was reopened in autumn 2026 for the remaining funds.

Reopened round Nov 9, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary

up to€338kGrantcloses in 8 days

ProductionItalyRegional fund

FVG Film Fund (Friuli Venezia Giulia regional production fund)

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, through Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission

A production fund scored on how much of the film happens in the region, with three closing dates a year and a ranking issued within 30 days of each.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short

up to€350kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionQatarInternational fund

Doha Film Institute Grants Programme

A rare worldwide grant for a first or second feature at the development stage, with real money behind it: up to USD 20,000 to write and package a narrative feature, more later for…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerFeature, Short, Series, Documentary

up to$100kGrantbetween rounds

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