Regional fund Denmark, Svendborg
The film fund for Funen and its islands, paying development and production money to features, documentaries and drama series that shoot or hire on the island. Development support is meant to deepen the Funen connection, creatively or in production. Expect 7 to 10 features and 6 to 10 documentaries in development each year.
Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in DenmarkA production company
Applications taken any time
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Applications are taken at any time; decisions follow in the fund's own rhythm. No fixed deadlines; the fund aims to go from pitch meeting to commitment in six weeks.
A pitch meeting with the fund before a formal application.
Statens Kunstfond (Danish Arts Foundation)
A personal grant from the Danish state's arts foundation for the artist's own practice, not for a particular film's budget. It pays for time to work, which for a writer means time to write.
Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)
The artistic track for Danish documentaries and short fiction, including an idea stage for documentaries that only the director needs to sign.
Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)
Debut long films made cheaply, with the talent's voice as the point. A producer and director apply together; a screenwriter joins that team rather than applying alone.
Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)
Denmark's money for drama series, documentary series and audio made for commercial broadcasters and streamers rather than DR. Development support can pay for scripts, research, casting and…
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…