Regional fund Norway, Trondheim
The investment and grant fund for central Norway, covering drama and documentary series, features and cinema documentaries. Unusually for a regional fund it runs a dedicated script development round twice a year beside its development and production money. Funded titles include Rinnan, La fjella leve and HEX.
Grant or repayable, amount not statedOpen to writers in NorwayA production company
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Development and script development each have two rounds a year (the autumn 2026 round closed Sep 11 for development and Oct 12 for script development); production applications are handled continuously against board meetings. 2027 dates not yet published.
A meeting with the fund before a production application, and Regportal for submissions.
Kulturdirektoratet (Arts Council Norway) on behalf of Fond for lyd og bilde
A rights holders' fund, financed as compensation for private copying, that pays for short films, documentaries, music videos, art film and text work tied to film projects.
Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute)
The documentary twin of NFI's fiction script grant: a single payment of NOK 100,000 or 150,000 to a writer or director for the idea and script stage of a documentary.
Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute)
Fixed sums paid straight to the writer to take a feature or series from idea to treatment and on to a revised first draft, with no producer required.
Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute)
NFI's low budget talent program for first long films and series, in fiction, documentary and hybrid form.
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project.
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.