Foundation or company fund Lebanon, Beirut
Run by Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy)
A first-film grant for young Arab directors, paid for the production or finishing of a short, medium or feature film, fiction or documentary. The director applies alone, in Arabic, with a treatment and samples, and the whole project may cost no more than the award if there is no other money. Five films are chosen each year.
Grant up to €13,000Open to writers in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and 15 other countriesA writer alone
Next dates not yet published
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Its site names no past recipients or funded projects. It is listed because applying is free.
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. one call a year; the 2026 call opened August 17 and closed October 19, with results due at the end of March 2027
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2026 call | Oct 19, 2026 passed |
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AFAC, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
The main independent fund for Arab fiction features, and one a director can apply to alone with a development ask of up to USD 10,000; up to 30 percent of any grant may pay the director's…
AFAC, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
AFAC's documentary strand runs on the spring call, two months ahead of the fiction one, with the same ceilings: USD 10,000 to develop a feature documentary, up to 50,000 to shoot it.
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World Cinema Fund, Berlin International Film Festival
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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…