National fund Greece, Athens
Run by EKKOMED, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (formerly the Greek Film Centre)
Greece's core development and production money, applied for by a producer with the writer's contract in the file. Development is a modest EUR 10,000 paid mostly up front over a 24-month window; production reaches half a million euros. Funded projects, with their writers and producers, are announced on the site.
Grant up to €500,000Open to writers in GreeceA writer with a producer or a production company
Period B Dec 31, 2026 (closes in 60 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 Dec 31, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Two submission periods a year closing June 30 and December 31. A new regulation with higher caps applies from August 1, 2026; check the page.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Period B | Dec 31, 2026 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
EKKOMED, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (formerly the Greek Film Centre)
Greece pays a writer directly to get from idea to first draft: EUR 4,000 to 7,000 against a logline, a 2,000 to 5,000 word treatment and a statement of intent, with the money returned if…
EKKOMED, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (formerly the Greek Film Centre)
The same writing grant as the main program, reserved for projects whose director has never made a feature, with twelve months to deliver a first draft or a 2,500 word documentary treatment.
ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)
Austria's national script grant for cinema features and documentary concepts, paid directly to the writer and exempt from income tax.
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
French-speaking Belgium's writing aid for features pays a screenwriter up to EUR 15,000 and takes the application from the writer directly, with EEA nationals eligible alongside Belgians.
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
ITVS, Independent Television Service
ITVS's development door, replacing its earlier diversity development fund: a small first payment to shape a nonfiction feature or web series for PBS streaming, with a few months of…
Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.
Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science on screen pays here: three cash grants a year for fiction projects about scientists or technology, awarded inside Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Producing Lab and Fast Track…