Funds a production company applies to

Funds whose applicant is a registered production company, usually one based in the fund's own country. The writer's script is part of the package, and the company signs the contract.

286 listed.

ProductionCompletionUnited StatesBroadcaster

BPM Open Call

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…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary

range$150kInvestmentbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionUnited StatesBroadcaster

Media Fund and Shorts Fund

Pacific Islanders in Communications

Pacific Islander stories for public television, in two sizes: an hour or half-hour documentary with up to USD 65,000, or a short of any genre with up to USD 25,000, including…

Not taking applications this cycleA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary, Short, Series, Animation

up to$65kInvestmentpaused

ProductionCompletionUnited StatesBroadcaster

Open Call

ITVS, Independent Television Service

The largest sums in American documentary funding come from public television's co-production arm, which has backed 659 films through this call.

Not taking applications this cycleA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary, Short

up to$400kInvestmentpaused

DevelopmentProductionCompletionUnited StatesBroadcaster

Public Media Content Fund

Latino Public Broadcasting

Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary, Series

range$100kInvestmentbetween rounds

DistributionUnited StatesFoundation or company fund

Sloan Distribution Grant

Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

A single USD 50,000 check for a finished science-themed fiction feature heading into release, meant to buy a smarter rollout.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature

range$50kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCanadaNational fund

CMF Indigenous Development, Predevelopment and Production Programs (administered by the ISO)

Indigenous Screen Office with the Canada Media Fund

The Canada Media Fund's Indigenous money is handed to the Indigenous Screen Office to run, with higher contribution rates than the general programs: up to 84 percent of a predevelopment…

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

up toCA$750kGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaNational fund

Development and Predevelopment Funding (Broadcaster Envelope Program, Development)

Canada Media Fund

Television and digital series development in Canada mostly runs through this fund, but a broadcaster has to commit first: the money follows a development deal rather than a pitch.

Next deadline Dec 8, 2026A production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

VariesRepayablecloses in 37 days

DevelopmentCanadaNational fund

Development Program

Telefilm Canada

Canada's federal feature film agency pays for script drafts and packaging through a production company, from a first draft to the attachment of a director and distributor.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Animation

up toCA$100kRepayablebetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentCanadaNational fund

Development Program (ISO Story Fund)

Indigenous Screen Office

An Indigenous writer can apply here alone, without a producer or broadcaster, for research, script drafts, story editing, knowledge keepers and pitch materials.

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

up toCA$40kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCanadaNational fund

Indigenous Funding streams

Telefilm Canada

Three ring-fenced streams inside Telefilm's feature programs: development, production and a Talent to Watch component for a first micro-budget feature.

Next deadline Feb 9, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 100 days

ProductionCanadaNational fund

POV Program

Canada Media Fund

Single, authored documentaries have a selective CMF round of their own, in English and in French, each spring.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyDocumentary

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

ProductionCompletionCanadaNational fundNames no past recipients

Production Program

Telefilm Canada

The main production financing for Canadian fiction features, sorted into windows by language and budget level.

Next deadline Dec 8, 2026A production companyFeature, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 37 days

ProductionCanadaNational fund

Production Program for All (ISO Story Fund)

Indigenous Screen Office

Shorts, pilots, web series, features and broadcast series can all come to this autumn round, and an individual may apply without a company.

Next deadline Nov 25, 2026A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$750kGrantcloses in 24 days

ProductionCanadaNational fund

Production Program for Features and Series (ISO Story Fund)

Indigenous Screen Office

The larger of the ISO's two production rounds, for Indigenous companies with budgets above a million dollars.

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

up toCA$750kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCanadaNational fund

Program for Black and Racialized Communities (Production)

Canada Media Fund

A selective CMF round reserved for Black-owned companies and companies owned by people of colour, covering series production in both official languages.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaNational fund

Slate Development Pilot Program

Canada Media Fund

The one CMF development route that does not wait for a broadcaster: a company receives a slate allocation and chooses which of its own English or French projects to develop with it.

Next deadline Nov 12, 2026A production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$100kRepayablecloses in 11 days

ProductionCanadaNational fundNames no past recipients

Talent to Watch Program

Telefilm Canada

First features on budgets under half a million dollars get most or all of their financing here, with no repayment.

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

up toCA$250kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionCanadaNational fundNames no past recipients

Theatrical Documentary Program

Telefilm Canada

Feature documentaries headed for cinemas have their own Telefilm program, separate from the fiction Production Program, with one intake each spring.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyDocumentary

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Alberta Made Screen Industries Program (Project Script Development Grant and Alberta Made Production Grant)

Alberta Media Fund, Government of Alberta

Alberta's provincial fund pays for scripts in three phases and then for smaller productions, both as grants with fixed intake windows twice a year.

Next deadline Jan 16, 2027A writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$125kGrantcloses in 76 days

DevelopmentCanadaRegional fund

Amplified Voices Development Fund

Screen Nova Scotia

Small early-development grants for emerging Black, Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, disabled or official-language-minority writers and producers in Nova Scotia, paying for pitch decks…

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

up toCA$20kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Feature Film Development Fund and Television and Web-Based Development Fund

Manitoba Film and Music

Manitoba lends development money rather than granting it, in phases up to a CAD 35,000 cap, once a distributor or fund has put in the first fifth of the budget.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$35kRepayableany time

DevelopmentProductionCanadaRegional fund

Film and Television Development Grant and Feature Film and TV Production Grant

Creative Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan funds first drafts, final drafts and company slates as grants that only become repayable if the film is shot elsewhere.

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

up toCA$40kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Futures Forward Program

Ontario Creates

Early-stage development grants for Ontario companies that do not yet qualify for the IP Fund, typically a producer without the credits to attach a qualifying executive producer.

Next deadline Nov 30, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$20kGrantcloses in 29 days

DevelopmentProductionCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

IP Fund, Linear Content stream

Ontario Creates

Ontario replaced its Film Fund with this stream in 2026: non-repayable money for development and production of features and digital series made in the province.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

rangeCA$400kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Programme d'aide a la production (Production Program)

SODEC, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (Québec)

Fiction features, shorts and one-off documentaries made in Québec apply here after development, in rounds spread through the year.

Next deadline Nov 18, 2026A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 17 days

WritingDevelopmentCanadaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Programme d'aide au développement (Development Program), Component 1 writing assistance

SODEC, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (Québec)

Québec's cultural agency pays production companies to write fiction features and medium or feature documentaries, in a selective round twice a year, with a separate strand for animated…

Next deadline Mar 24, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 143 days

DevelopmentCanadaRegional fund

Project Development Fund

Creative BC

Matching money for British Columbia producers who have already landed a development deal: Creative BC adds up to half of what the broadcaster, distributor or agency committed, as an…

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$20kGrantany time

ProductionCompletionCanadaRegional fund

Reel Focus BC Fund, Production Program

Creative BC

The province's own production grant, created in 2020 and now one round a year: up to CAD 200,000 for a BC-owned feature or documentary, with priority for emerging creators and systemically…

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

rangeCA$200kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Cogeco TV Production Program

Independent Production Fund (IPF), funded by Cogeco Communications

Equity for scripted television series that already have a Canadian broadcaster, from the fund Cogeco finances through the IPF.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries

rangeCA$250kInvestmentbetween rounds

ProductionDistributionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Film Production Assistance Program

Quebecor Fund (Fonds Québecor)

A top-up to the distributor's advance for French-language Canadian features, paid through the distributor and repaid from the film's returns, with extra money for an online marketing plan.

Next deadline Jan 19, 2027A production companyFeature

up toCA$200kRepayablecloses in 79 days

ProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Production Program

Bell Fund

Series production money from one of Canada's certified independent production funds, triggered by a broadcaster or streamer commitment.

Next deadline Dec 2, 2026A production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$250kGrantcloses in 31 days

ProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Rocket Fund (Shaw Rocket Fund)

Canada's dedicated children's media fund, backer of more than a thousand programs, has paused its funding programs while it waits for new contributions.

Not taking applications this cycleA production companySeries, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablepaused

ProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Rogers Documentary Fund

Rogers Group of Funds

Since 1996 this fund has topped up the financing of Canadian documentaries once a platform has licensed them, with no recoupment and a cap of CAD 100,000.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary

up toCA$100kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Rogers Series Fund

Rogers Group of Funds

Independently produced Canadian series with a private broadcaster and a streamer both on board can draw up to half a million dollars here, as a grant below CAD 350,000 and as equity above…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$500kGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCanadaFoundation or company fund

Short Form Series Development Program

Independent Production Fund (IPF)

Scripted short-form series, meaning web and digital-first fiction, are the whole point here. The development advance pays for scripts, a bible, an audience plan and a proof-of-concept shoot.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries

up toCA$30kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaFoundation or company fund

Slate Development Program

Bell Fund

A slate rather than a single project: a Canadian producer develops several original series at once and moves the money between them as the market responds.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$75kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentCanadaFoundation or company fund

Television Production Assistance Program, Creation of Intellectual Property Support

Quebecor Fund (Fonds Québecor)

Development money for Québec television concepts and formats meant to sell abroad, where a French-language broadcaster has already put in development money.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toCA$300kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionDistributionCanadaFoundation or company fund

TELUS Fund development, production and post-launch financing

Here the subject matters as much as the script: a feature, series or web series only qualifies when well-being, health or living conditions drive the story, and a Canadian health…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Feature, Documentary

up toCA$25kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionArgentinaNational fund

Concursos de fomento INCAA (INCAA funding contests)

INCAA, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts)

Argentina has moved its public support into dollar-denominated contests with a few large prizes each.

Next deadline Nov 23, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up to$250kGrantcloses in 22 days

DevelopmentProductionDistributionBrazilNational fund

Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual, FSA (Audiovisual Sector Fund)

ANCINE, Agência Nacional do Cinema, with BRDE as the fund's financial agent

Brazil's main public money for film and series is an investment fund run through a development bank, and it reaches writers only through an independent production company.

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

VariesInvestmentbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionChileNational fund

Producción audiovisual de largometrajes, Fondo Audiovisual (feature production line)

Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual (Chile's Ministry of Cultures)

The production side of Chile's audiovisual fund finances features in fiction, documentary and animation, from full financing of a modest fiction feature to a share of a majority…

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

up toCLP400MGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionColombiaNational fund

Convocatoria FDC, Estímulos por Concurso (Film Development Fund competitive grants)

Proimágenes Colombia, for the Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico and the CNACC

Funded by a levy on tickets and distribution, Colombia's FDC is the one national fund in the region with a plain screenwriting modality a writer can enter alone, beside development…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionDominican RepublicNational fund

Concurso Público FONPROCINE (Fund for Film Promotion public contest)

DGCINE, Dirección General de Cine (Dominican Republic's film directorate)

A small national fund with a clear yearly rhythm: one public contest each summer, DOP 17.5 million shared among about sixteen projects.

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

up toDOP7MGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionMexicoNational fund

FOCINE, Vertiente de Apoyo a la Producción (Mexican film support program, production strand)

IMCINE, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Mexican Film Institute)

Mexico's public film program pays for shooting and finishing rather than writing: nine production and post-production modalities open together each January, and a producer picks one.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionPeruNational fund

Estímulos Económicos para la Actividad Cinematográfica y Audiovisual (economic stimulus contests for film)

Ministerio de Cultura del Perú, DAFO, Dirección del Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios

Peru runs a yearly set of contests rather than a standing fund: fiction, documentary, animation, shorts, films in post-production, minority co-productions and distribution, each with its…

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

up toPEN900kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionUruguayNational fund

Fondo de Fomento Cinematográfico y Audiovisual and Programa Uruguay Audiovisual (film fund and national audiovisual program)

ACAU, Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay (Uruguay's film and audiovisual agency)

Uruguay's agency groups its national money into a calendar of calls: script and project development, production of features, series and shorts, minority co-productions, plus the Programa…

Next deadline Nov 10, 2026A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 9 days

DevelopmentIrelandNational fund

Animation Development Loans

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Development loans for animated television series from Irish studios, applied for with a series bible, sample visuals and, if available, a full episode script.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyAnimation, Series

up to€30kRepayablebetween rounds

ProductionIrelandNational fundNames no past recipients

Authored Works

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)

The largest of the Arts Council's film awards, for a feature-length film driven by its author's vision rather than a market.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary

up to€230kGrantbetween rounds

CompletionIrelandNational fund

Completion Funding

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Money to finish an Irish feature or feature documentary that was shot without Screen Ireland and has reached a rough cut.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€100kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentIrelandNational fund

Creative Futures Slate Fund 2026-2028

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Slate money for established Irish companies to develop several narrative projects at once over two years, with writers' fees, rights and script editors among the eligible costs.

Closes Nov 20, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€250kRepayablecloses in 19 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionIrelandNational fundNames no past recipients

Film Project Award

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)

The Arts Council's project grant for film as an art form, open to an individual filmmaker as much as to a company, with a ceiling of ninety thousand euro.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation

up to€90kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentIrelandNational fund

First Stage Documentary Development

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Seed money for a documentary feature or series from an Irish company, with rights paperwork needed before any funds are drawn.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyDocumentary, Series

up to€15kRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentIrelandNational fund

Irish Feature Film Development Loans

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

The producer's route to developing an Irish feature, from a treatment or script sample through further drafts, with the same deadlines as the writer-only scheme.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

up to€125kRepayablebetween rounds

ProductionIrelandNational fund

Production Loans (fiction, documentary, TV drama, animation)

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Screen Ireland's production money across four schemes, each a loan to an Irish company for a project led by Irish talent and mostly in English or Irish.

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

up to€950kRepayablebetween rounds

ProductionIrelandNational fundNames no past recipients

Reel Art

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)

A documentary grant with an unusual brief: imaginative, experimental films about the arts, made for cinemas and judged as artworks. Individual filmmakers may apply directly.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyDocumentary

up to€120kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionIrelandNational fund

Short film schemes (Focus Shorts and Frameworks)

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann, Frameworks with RTÉ

Fully funded shorts for Irish teams: live action through Focus Shorts, animation through Frameworks with RTÉ as co-funder and broadcaster.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyShort, Animation

up to€73kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentIrelandNational fund

Television Drama Development Loans

Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann

Development loans for Irish television drama, applied for by a producer with a writer already agreed.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries

VariesRepayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentUnited KingdomNational fund

BFI Development Funding

BFI (British Film Institute), National Lottery

The main public route for developing a British fiction feature, from treatment through to a screenplay ready to finance.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Animation

VariesGrant or repayableany time

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomNational fund

BFI Doc Society Fund: features development and production

Doc Society for the BFI (British Film Institute), National Lottery

The UK's National Lottery money for feature documentaries, run by Doc Society.

Next deadline Dec 21, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary

range£150kGrantcloses in 50 days

ProductionUnited KingdomNational fund

BFI Filmmaking Fund: Discovery and Impact feature funding

BFI (British Film Institute), National Lottery

Production money for British features in two strands split by budget and by the director's experience.

Discovery round 3 Dec 16, 2026A production companyFeature, Animation

up to£1.3MGrant or repayablecloses in 45 days

ProductionUnited KingdomNational fund

UK Global Screen Fund: International Co-production

BFI (British Film Institute) for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Government money, administered by the BFI, for UK companies joining international co-productions as the smaller partner.

Next deadline Nov 24, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Series

up to£300kGrantcloses in 23 days

WritingDevelopmentUnited KingdomRegional fundNames no past recipients

Feature Film Development

Ffilm Cymru Wales, National Lottery via Arts Council of Wales and BFI NETWORK

Development money for a single feature, documentary or animated film with a Welsh writer, director or producer at its head, and a lone writer may apply.

Review deadline Feb 2, 2027A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to£25kGrant or repayablecloses in 93 days

ProductionUnited KingdomRegional fundNames no past recipients

Feature Film Production

Ffilm Cymru Wales, National Lottery via Arts Council of Wales and Welsh Government via Creative Wales

Production investment for Welsh-led features heading for cinemas, normally capped at half the budget.

Board meeting Nov 4, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to£600kInvestmentcloses in 3 days

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Film Development and Production Fund

Screen Scotland (Creative Scotland), National Lottery and Scottish Government

Scotland's main film fund, in two routes.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

range£500kGrant or repayableany time

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Green Lit (Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland drama initiative)

Northern Ireland Screen with BBC Northern Ireland

A broadcaster-backed pipeline for emerging Northern Irish drama talent: six outlines win development money, three become standalone scripted films for BBC One Northern Ireland and iPlayer…

Next dates not yet publishedA production company

up to£10kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Irish Language Broadcast Fund (Ciste Craoltóireachta Gaeilge)

Northern Ireland Screen

Northern Ireland's fund for television made in Irish, across every genre, with the broadcaster usually matching development money and the fund investing up to four hundred thousand pounds…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary

up to£400kInvestmentbetween rounds

ProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Northern Ireland Screen Fund (production)

Gap finance for feature films, television drama, animation, factual and interactive projects shooting in Northern Ireland, offered once most of the budget is already committed.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Animation, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayableany time

DevelopmentUnited KingdomRegional fund

Script, Project and Slate Development funding

Northern Ireland Screen

Recoupable development money for feature film and television drama scripts, and for single projects or slates across film, TV and interactive work.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series

up to£100kRepayableany time

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Short film schemes (Short Film Call, Creative Animation, New Shorts Focus)

Northern Ireland Screen, with Arts Council of Northern Ireland and BFI NETWORK lottery funds

Three short film schemes under one roof for Northern Ireland talent: a production call for live action, factual and VR shorts, an animation scheme run through local studios, and a…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyShort, Animation, Documentary

up to£40kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionUnited KingdomRegional fund

Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund

Northern Ireland Screen

Content money for programs and short digital work in or about Ulster-Scots culture and language, run by Northern Ireland Screen with BBC Northern Ireland as its main partner.

Applications taken any timeA production companySeries, Short, Animation, Documentary

up to£40kGrant or repayableany time

DevelopmentUnited KingdomBroadcasterNames no past recipients

Emerging Indie Fund

Channel 4

Rather than fund one script, Channel 4 picks up to five regional companies a year (plus two digital ones) and pays for their development slates while a commissioner meets them regularly.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Documentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionAustriaNational fund

Herstellung (production funding)

ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)

The selective production round of the Austrian Film Institute, where the finished screenplay, cast and budget go in together.

Submission by 17:00 Dec 9, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 38 days

ProductionAustriaNational fund

Herstellung innovativer Filme (production of innovative films)

BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)

Production grants for the small, uncommercial film that the ÖFI would not fund: shorts, experimental and avant-garde work, documentaries and features under EUR 750,000.

Submission Jan 31, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

up to€120kGrantcloses in 91 days

DevelopmentAustriaNational fund

Projektentwicklung (project development, innovative film)

BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)

Development grants from the arts ministry for the experimental and documentary side of Austrian film, where an individual filmmaker can apply without a company.

Submission Jan 31, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€25kGrantcloses in 91 days

DevelopmentAustriaNational fund

Projektentwicklung (project development)

ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)

Once an Austrian company holds your script, this grant pays for the final draft, casting, locations and a production plan ahead of the ÖFI's production round.

Submission by 17:00 Dec 9, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€50kGrantcloses in 38 days

WritingAustriaNational fund

Stoffentwicklung (script and concept development)

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.

Submission by 17:00 Nov 24, 2026A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary

up to€15kGrantcloses in 23 days

DevelopmentProductionDistributionAustriaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Filmförderung des Landes Niederösterreich (Lower Austria film funding: artistic film and cinema production)

Land Niederösterreich, Abteilung Kunst und Kultur (Lower Austria regional government, arts and culture department)

A state fund in two parts: grants for commercially difficult artistic films by Lower Austrians, taken year-round, and top-up grants for cinema features and documentaries that shoot in the…

Applications taken any timeA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Short, Animation

VariesGrantany time

ProductionAustriaRegional fund

Herstellungsförderung (production funding)

Cinestyria Filmcommission and Fonds, Land Steiermark (Styria regional government, run by Steirische Tourismusmarketing)

Styria's fund pays producers to shoot stories set in the region, from Steirerkrimis television films to features such as Vier minus drei, as long as the money comes back as regional…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionDistributionAustriaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Oberösterreichische Filmförderung (Upper Austria cultural film funding)

Land Oberösterreich, Direktion Kultur und Gesellschaft (Upper Austria regional government, culture department)

Upper Austria funds development, production or release of artistic films by people who live in the state, with a treatment and synopsis enough to apply.

Next deadline Nov 30, 2026A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Short, Animation, Series

VariesGrantcloses in 29 days

WritingBelgiumNational fund

Aide à l'écriture, longs métrages de fiction et d'animation (feature writing aid)

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.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Animation

up to€15kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionBelgiumNational fund

Aide au développement et aide à la production, longs métrages et courts métrages (development and production aid)

Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

The producer stages of the Walloon-Brussels film commission: development money of EUR 15,000 to EUR 60,000, then production grants that reach half a million euros for a feature from the…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Short, Animation

range€500kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionBelgiumNational fund

Aides aux documentaires de création (creative documentary aid: writing, development, production)

Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

A full ladder for documentary in French-speaking Belgium, from EUR 10,000 to write a film through development to production grants that top out at EUR 120,000 for a series.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyDocumentary, Series

up to€120kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionBelgiumNational fund

Commission Séries: aide à l'écriture, au développement et à la production (series commission)

Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Series money in French-speaking Belgium flows only once a broadcaster has signed, and then it is generous: EUR 25,000 to start the writers' room, EUR 150,000 to develop and EUR 600,000 to…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Animation

up to€600kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionBelgiumNational fund

Ontwikkelings- en productiesteun, VAF/Filmfonds (development and production support)

VAF, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (Flanders Audiovisual Fund)

Once a Flemish script has a producer, this is where it grows: development money of which at least EUR 35,000 of the top tier must go to further writing, then production grants that reach…

Animation committee Nov 17, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

range€1MGrantcloses in 16 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionBelgiumNational fund

VAF/Mediafonds: scenario-, ontwikkelings- en productiesteun voor series (series support)

VAF, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (Flanders Audiovisual Fund)

The Flemish fund's television arm, where a series can start with up to EUR 25,000 of script money before any channel signs on, and climb to EUR 1.3 million for a high-end production.

Next deadline Nov 12, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companySeries, Animation

up to€1.3MGrantcloses in 11 days

ProductionBelgiumRegional fund

screen.brussels fund (Brussels co-production fund)

screen.brussels, the Brussels-Capital Region's audiovisual fund

Brussels backs films and series that spend money in the city, up to EUR 500,000 repaid from receipts.

Next deadline Jan 22, 2027A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up to€500kRepayablecloses in 82 days

DevelopmentProductionBelgiumRegional fund

Wallimage Coproductions and Wallimpact (production and development financing)

Wallimage, the economic film and games fund of Wallonia

An economic fund, so the question is Walloon spend rather than cultural fit, but its Wallimpact line pays producers EUR 50,000 to EUR 100,000 for scriptwriting and development, repaid only…

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

range€100kRepayablebetween rounds

WritingProductionBosnia and HerzegovinaNational fund

Konkurs za sufinansiranje filmskih projekata (co-financing of film projects: screenplay development, production, minority co-productions)

Fondacija za kinematografiju Sarajevo (Cinematography Foundation, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia's federal film foundation runs one call a year that bundles everything, from a small screenplay development line a writer can claim as a natural person (BAM 3,000 to 6,000) to…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

rangeBAM600kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionBulgariaNational fund

Финансиране на български филми (funding of Bulgarian films: screenplay writing and project development, pre-production, production)

Национален филмов център, НФЦ (Bulgarian National Film Center)

Bulgaria runs two general sessions a year for feature projects, plus one for co-productions with the national broadcaster BNT.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionCroatiaNational fund

Filmske koprodukcije s manjinskim hrvatskim udjelom (minority co-productions)

Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre)

Four deadlines through 2027 for foreign features, shorts, documentaries and animation seeking a Croatian partner.

Next deadline Jan 14, 2027A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 74 days

ProductionCompletionCroatiaNational fund

Proizvodnja filmova (film production)

Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre)

Croatia's main production call, in two rounds a year with decisions in June and December.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentCroatiaNational fund

Razvoj scenarija i razvoj projekata audiovizualnih djela (script and project development for feature, documentary and animated films)

Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre)

Croatia lets a writer apply alone for script money, and up to two co-writers may share one grant equally. Features need 70 minutes, documentaries 60, animation 24.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionDenmarkNational fund

New Danish Screen

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.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesGrantany time

DevelopmentProductionDenmarkNational fund

Public Service Puljen (public service pool)

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…

Next deadline Jan 6, 2027A production companySeries, Documentary

VariesGrantcloses in 66 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionDenmarkNational fund

Spillefilm, Konsulentordningen (feature film consultant scheme)

Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)

Denmark's main route for features judged on their artistic merit.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature

VariesGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentProductionDenmarkNational fund

Spillefilm, Markedsordningen (feature film market scheme)

Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)

For Danish features expected to draw a larger cinema audience than the national average.

Next deadline Jan 13, 2027A production companyFeature

VariesGrantcloses in 73 days

DevelopmentProductionDenmarkRegional fund

Den Vestdanske Filmpulje (West Danish Film Fund)

Western Denmark's regional fund for features, series, documentaries and animated shorts at development and production stage.

Next deadline Nov 13, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 12 days

DevelopmentProductionDenmarkRegional fund

FilmFyn

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.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentProductionEstoniaNational fund

Audiovisuaalse kunsti sihtkapital (Endowment for Audiovisual Arts)

Eesti Kultuurkapital (Cultural Endowment of Estonia)

Estonia's second film funder, financed by excise taxes and run as an endowment with four deadlines a year.

Next deadline Nov 20, 2026A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Short, Animation

up to€200kGrantcloses in 19 days

DevelopmentProductionEstoniaNational fund

Dokumentaalfilmi arendus ja tootmine (documentary development and production)

Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)

One pair of rounds a year covers both stages of an Estonian documentary: up to EUR 25,000 to develop and up to EUR 200,000 to produce.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyDocumentary

up to€200kGrantbetween rounds

WritingEstoniaNational fund

Täispika filmi stsenaariumi arendus (feature film script development)

Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)

Estonia's script money comes in small steps: a treatment round, then stage I and stage II of script development at up to EUR 5,000 each, applied for by the writer's company or a producer.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Animation

up to€5kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentEstoniaNational fund

Täispika mängufilmi arendus (feature film development)

Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)

Development support for Estonian fiction features, capped at EUR 50,000 and applied for by a producer twice a year.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

up to€50kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionEstoniaNational fund

Täispika mängufilmi tootmine (feature film production)

Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)

The institute's largest grant, up to EUR 900,000 for an Estonian fiction feature, with two rounds a year and the next closing December 8, 2026.

Winter round Dec 8, 2026A production companyFeature

up to€900kGrantcloses in 37 days

DevelopmentProductionFinlandNational fund

AVEK tuki yrityksille (company support for development and production)

AVEK, Audiovisuaalisen kulttuurin edistämiskeskus (Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture), part of Kopiosto

For production companies making documentaries, shorts, short animation and media art, with the emphasis on early content development but room to fund later stages or a whole small…

Applications taken any timeA production companyDocumentary, Short, Animation

up to€15kGrantany time

DevelopmentFinlandNational fund

Kehittämistuki (development support)

Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Finnish Film Foundation)

Development money for Finnish production companies, paying for script writing and development, production planning, design and the work needed to build a budget and finance plan.

Next deadline Jan 12, 2027A production companyFeature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation

up to€250kGrantcloses in 72 days

ProductionFinlandNational fund

Tuotantotuki (production support)

Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Finnish Film Foundation)

The Finnish Film Foundation's main production grant, up to EUR 1.2 million for features, shorts, documentaries, animation and documentary or animation series.

Next deadline Jan 12, 2027A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation, Series

up to€1.2MGrantcloses in 72 days

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

ProductionFranceNational fund

Avance sur recettes avant réalisation (advance on receipts before production)

CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)

The oldest selective aid in French cinema, created in 1960, and still the one that gets first features financed.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Animation, Documentary

VariesRepayablebetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentFranceNational fund

Fonds d'aide à l'innovation en documentaire de création (creative documentary innovation fund)

CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)

Documentary writers can start here alone with EUR 10,000 and stay in the same fund as a producer comes on board, up to a reinforced development sum that pays for a first shoot.

Writing Nov 2, 2026A writer alone or a production companyDocumentary

from€10kGrantcloses tomorrow

WritingDevelopmentProductionDistributionFranceNational fund

Fonds Images de la diversité (Images of Diversity fund)

CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, with the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires

A fund for stories about the France that mainstream screens miss, reformed in April 2026.

Next deadline Jan 4, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation

from€10kGrantcloses in 64 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionFranceRegional fund

Fonds de soutien à la création et à la production pour le cinéma et l'audiovisuel (film and audiovisual support fund)

Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, run with ALCA (the regional book, film and audiovisual agency)

One of the biggest regional funds in France, covering writing, development and production for cinema and television across six genre committees.

Next deadline Jan 11, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Short, Series, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 71 days

ProductionFranceFoundation or company fund

Aide à la Création (creation award)

Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma (corporate foundation of the insurer Gan)

A private foundation that has backed more than 260 first and second features since 1987, with a reading committee and a jury of professionals choosing four scripts a year.

Next deadline Dec 14, 2026A production companyFeature

up to€53kGrantcloses in 43 days

DevelopmentProductionFranceFoundation or company fund

Aide au développement, Commissions Cinéma et Télévision (development aid)

Procirep and Angoa (French producers' collecting societies)

Money that French producers' own collecting societies put back into writing: around EUR 15 million a year across cinema and television.

Next deadline Jan 5, 2027A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Series, Animation

up to€63kGrant or repayablecloses in 65 days

ProductionGeorgiaNational fundNames no past recipients

ფილმწარმოების დაფინანსების კონკურსი (feature film production funding competitions, 2026 to 2027)

საქართველოს ეროვნული კინოცენტრი (Georgian National Film Center)

Georgia funds features in short autumn windows of two weeks, one competition for debuts and one for established directors, each with GEL 3 million to split among four or five films.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

up toGEL1MGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentGermanyNational fund

Jurybasierte kulturelle Projektentwicklungsförderung (jury-based project development funding)

FFA, Filmförderungsanstalt (German Federal Film Board)

Development money for the stage after the script: rights, further drafts, casting, budgeting. A production company applies, except in documentary, where writers and directors may come alone.

Next deadline Dec 15, 2026A production company or a writer aloneFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€100kGrantcloses in 44 days

DevelopmentProductionGermanyNational fund

Talentfilm: Projektentwicklung und Produktion (talent film project development and production)

Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (foundation for young German film)

Where first and second films by German writers, directors and producers go for development and production money since the FFA handed talent films to the Kuratorium in January 2026.

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

up to€500kGrant or repayablebetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentGermanyRegional fund

Creative Development (exposé, treatment, screenplay)

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia film and media foundation)

A ladder of grants from a five-thousand-euro exposé to a twenty-thousand-euro screenplay, with the first rung open to NRW writers on their own and no producer required.

Screenplay Jan 21, 2027A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

range€70kGrantcloses in 81 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionGermanyRegional fund

Drehbuch- und Stoffentwicklung, Projektweiterentwicklung, Produktion (script development, project development, production)

nordmedia, Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen

Lower Saxony and Bremen's fund lets a writer apply for script development money alone, up to EUR 30,000, though the sum is a loan due if the film gets made.

Submission Jan 14, 2027A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation, Short

up to€30kRepayablecloses in 74 days

WritingGermanyRegional fund

Drehbuchförderung (screenplay funding)

MFG Baden-Württemberg, Filmförderung (Baden-Württemberg film fund)

Baden-Württemberg's script line takes a writer's own application for a fiction feature, while documentaries and series need a company.

Submission Nov 3, 2026A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesRepayablecloses in 2 days

ProductionGermanyRegional fund

Produktion Kinofilm und Kinodokumentarfilm (feature and documentary production)

FFF Bayern, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (Bavarian film and television fund)

Bavaria's main production loan, up to three million euros, sitting behind the fund's script and development lines.

Window closes Jan 25, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€3MRepayablecloses in 85 days

ProductionGermanyRegional fund

Produktion Kinofilme (feature film production)

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

The production loan behind many Berlin-shot features and documentaries. The script, a recoupment plan and proof of exploitation go in with the producer's application.

Submission Feb 2, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesRepayablecloses in 93 days

DevelopmentProductionGermanyRegional fund

Produktion und Produktionsvorbereitung (production and pre-production)

MFG Baden-Württemberg, Filmförderung (Baden-Württemberg film fund)

Stuttgart's production loan for cinema and television films, with a pre-production line beside it. The fund's news names its films, from an animated NEINhorn to the Emmy-nominated Lenas Hof.

Submission Nov 3, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesRepayablecloses in 2 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionGermanyRegional fund

Produktion, Produktionsvorbereitung, Setzkasten und Paketförderung (production, pre-production and packages)

HessenFilm und Medien (Hessen film and media fund)

Everything after the script in Hessen: pre-production grants, a Setzkasten that bundles treatment, development and preparation, slate funding for small companies, and a production loan…

Next deadline Nov 24, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short, Animation

up to€1MGrant or repayablecloses in 23 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionGermanyRegional fund

Produktion, Projektentwicklung und Fertigstellung (production, project development and completion)

MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Two committees split Hamburg's production money by budget, Director's Cut below EUR 2.5 million and High End above, with project development and completion lines alongside.

Director's Cut committee Nov 3, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation, Short

VariesRepayablecloses in 2 days

DevelopmentGermanyRegional fund

Projektentwicklung (project development)

FFF Bayern, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (Bavarian film and television fund)

The step between a finished Bavarian screenplay and the shoot: a loan to the producer for casting, budgeting and further drafts, with recent awards between EUR 30,000 and EUR 85,000 per…

Window closes Jan 25, 2027A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€100kRepayablecloses in 85 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionGermanyRegional fund

Spielfilm: Produktion und Pre-Production (feature film production and pre-production)

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia film and media foundation)

The production line of Germany's biggest regional fund, covering pre-production, the shoot, post, distribution and world sales.

Next deadline Nov 19, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesRepayablecloses in 18 days

DevelopmentGermanyRegional fund

Stoffentwicklung (script development)

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Berlin-Brandenburg's script money goes to the producer developing your screenplay, as a loan that comes back only if the film happens.

Submission Feb 2, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesRepayablecloses in 93 days

WritingGermanyRegional fund

Stoffentwicklung und Treatmentförderung (script and treatment funding)

FFF Bayern, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (Bavarian film and television fund)

Bavaria pays a fixed EUR 30,000 for a feature or series screenplay, and a writer can apply directly as long as a Bavarian producer signs a letter of intent.

Window closes Jan 25, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€30kGrantcloses in 85 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionGermanyRegional fund

Stoffentwicklung, Projektentwicklung und Produktion (script development, project development and production)

MDM, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (central German media fund for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)

Central Germany funds a writer's screenplay, series concept or storyworld with a loan of up to EUR 25,000, rising to EUR 30,000 through a company, then project development and production…

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

up to€30kRepayablebetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionGermanyRegional fund

Stoffentwicklung, Projektentwicklung und Produktionsförderung (script development, project development and production)

MV Filmförderung (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern film fund)

A small northeastern fund with an unusual perk: script development is an outright grant of up to EUR 20,000, and a writer can apply with just a producer's letter.

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

up to€250kGrant or repayablebetween rounds

WritingGermanyRegional fund

Treatment und Stoffentwicklung (treatment and script development)

HessenFilm und Medien (Hessen film and media fund)

Hessen hands writers a grant for a treatment on a rolling basis and up to EUR 30,000 for a screenplay three times a year, with the writer applying alone if they live in the state.

Script development Nov 24, 2026A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€30kGrantcloses in 23 days

ProductionCompletionGermanyInternational fund

WCF Europe

World Cinema Fund, Berlin International Film Festival, with Creative Europe MEDIA

WCF money for European producers, including those in Eastern Europe and the Balkans with little co-production funding at home, who partner with a filmmaker from the fund's regions.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€60kGrantbetween rounds

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

WritingDevelopmentHungaryNational fund

Forgatókönyv-fejlesztési pályázat (script development call)

Nemzeti Filmintézet, NFI (National Film Institute Hungary)

Hungary's national money for scripts is on hold.

Not taking applications this cycleA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series

VariesGrantpaused

ProductionIcelandNational fund

Framleiðslustyrkir (production grants)

Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands (Icelandic Film Centre)

Iceland's production grants for features, shorts, documentaries and scripted television, issued first as a conditional commitment and then as a grant once the rest of the money is in place.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Series

VariesGrantany time

WritingIcelandNational fund

Handritsstyrkir (script grants)

Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands (Icelandic Film Centre)

Iceland pays for scripts in two stages, a first draft and then its development, each worth up to ISK 1.5 million for features, with a combined ISK 3 million for writers who have done it…

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toISK3MGrantany time

DevelopmentIcelandNational fund

Þróunarstyrkir (development grants)

Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands (Icelandic Film Centre)

Development money for feature length fiction, scripted series and long documentaries, paid to an Icelandic production company in up to two parts.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantany time

ProductionItalyNational fund

Contributi selettivi per la produzione (selective production contributions)

Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Ministero della Cultura

The ministry's selective production pot in six categories, with EUR 7.5 million each for first and second features and for young authors' films, plus documentaries, shorts and animation on…

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

up to€1.2MGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentItalyNational fund

Contributi selettivi per lo sviluppo (selective development contributions)

Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Ministero della Cultura

Development money for Italian producers taking a script over 52 minutes toward production, non-repayable, with at most eleven film and six series projects funded per session.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up to€100kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionItalyRegional fund

Apulia Film Fund

Fondazione Apulia Film Commission (Regione Puglia)

One of Italy's larger regional production funds, five million euros a year for films, series, documentaries, animation and shorts that shoot in Puglia.

2026 call Nov 2, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation, Short

range€500kGrantcloses tomorrow

WritingDevelopmentItalyRegional fund

Bando per lo sviluppo di sceneggiature, L.R. 15/2006 art. 5 (screenplay development call)

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Servizio sport, spettacolo e cinema

Sardinia's cinema law has a line just for screenplays, paid to a company developing a script of regional interest, beside its calls for shorts, features and distribution.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesGrantbetween 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

DevelopmentDistributionItalyRegional fundNames no past recipients

Fondo per l'Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia (development, training and distribution calls)

The development half of the Friuli Venezia Giulia system: three calls a year for development, distribution and training, run by a fund that also hosts the When East Meets West forum.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionItalyRegional fund

Fondo per l'audiovisivo della Regione Emilia-Romagna (development and production calls)

Regione Emilia-Romagna, through Emilia-Romagna Film Commission

Since 2016 the region has funded development and production under its own film law, and it keeps a public catalogue of every supported work, with the development projects listed by company…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

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

ProductionItalyRegional fundNames no past recipients

Lazio Cinema International

Regione Lazio, through Lazio Innova

Lazio's fund for international co-productions shot in the region around Rome, meant to pull foreign partners toward local companies and to show the less visited parts of the region on…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionItalyRegional fund

Piemonte Doc Film Fund

Film Commission Torino Piemonte

The oldest Italian fund for documentary, running since 2007, with a development line that covers research, writing and a promo, and a production line for shooting and post in Piedmont.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyDocumentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentItalyRegional fund

Piemonte Film TV Development Fund

Film Commission Torino Piemonte, with Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Regione Piemonte

Development support for Piedmont producers aimed at projects that can travel as European co-productions, including with broadcasters.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionItalyRegional fund

Short Film Fund (Film Commission Torino Piemonte)

Film Commission Torino Piemonte, with Fondazione CRT

Production money for fiction, animated and experimental shorts up to 30 minutes shot in Piedmont, with at least four of six key crew roles filled locally and a stated plan for getting the…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyShort, Animation

VariesGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionCompletionKosovoNational fundNames no past recipients

Konkursi për subvencionimin e projekteve filmike (film project subsidy call: screenplay writing, project development, production)

Qendra Kinematografike e Kosovës, QKK (Kosovo Cinematography Center)

Kosovo's yearly call has 14 categories, and two pay for writing: screenplay support for a feature (fiction or animated) and, new in 2026, for a television series, beside a project…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentLatviaNational fund

Filmu attīstīšanas projektu atbalsta konkurss (film development project competition)

Nacionālais kino centrs (National Film Centre of Latvia)

Latvia's yearly development call, paying for script writing, research, character and visual design on features, long documentaries, animated features and series.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentProductionLatviaNational fund

Filmu māksla, regulārais projektu konkurss (film art, regular project competition)

Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds, VKKF (State Culture Capital Foundation)

Latvia's arts foundation runs three open competitions a year, with film as one sector.

Next deadline Jan 22, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

VariesGrantcloses in 82 days

ProductionLatviaNational fund

Konkurss jaunu filmu ražošanas atbalstam (new film production competition)

Nacionālais kino centrs (National Film Centre of Latvia)

The National Film Centre's main production competition for Latvian features, long documentaries and animated features, with about EUR 1.26 million to share in 2026 and a March deadline.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionLithuaniaNational fund

Filmų gamybos darbai (film production)

Lietuvos kino centras (Lithuanian Film Centre)

The production half of Lithuania's twice yearly state call, with categories from mini budget and debut features to documentary series, animation, interactive film and, in autumn 2026, big…

Autumn 2026 call Dec 1, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short, Series

VariesGrantcloses in 30 days

WritingDevelopmentLithuaniaNational fund

Scenarijaus kūrimo ir projektų vystymo darbai (script writing and project development)

Lietuvos kino centras (Lithuanian Film Centre)

Lithuania's state film money for the stages before shooting, from writing a feature or animated feature script to developing documentaries, series, interactive work and debut films.

Autumn 2026 call Dec 1, 2026A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short, Series

VariesGrantcloses in 30 days

ProductionLuxembourgNational fund

Aide financière sélective à la production, AFS (selective production aid)

Film Fund Luxembourg (Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle)

The large end of Luxembourg's fund, where a feature or series can draw EUR 2.5 to 3 million against spending in the Grand Duchy.

Filing Dec 7, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short, Animation

up to€3MRepayablecloses in 36 days

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

WritingDevelopmentProductionMontenegroNational fund

Javni konkursi za sufinansiranje kinematografskih djela (co-financing of cinematographic works)

Filmski centar Crne Gore (Film Centre of Montenegro)

Montenegro's centre describes an annual call in three parts, script development, project development and production, but the 2026 call opened only production categories: features with…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionNetherlandsNational fund

Realisering Speelfilm en Lange Animatiefilm (feature film production funding)

Nederlands Filmfonds (Netherlands Film Fund)

The Dutch fund's selective production grant for about twenty features a year, including five children's films and one or two long animations.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Animation

up to€1.2MGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentNetherlandsNational fund

Slate funding voor Scenario-Ontwikkeling (slate funding for screenplay development)

Nederlands Filmfonds (Netherlands Film Fund)

Two years of script development money for a producer's whole slate rather than one film: up to EUR 420,000 to write four to six screenplays.

Filing before 5 pm Mar 9, 2027A production companyFeature, Animation, Documentary, Series, Short

up to€420kGrantcloses in 128 days

ProductionNetherlandsInternational fund

HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support

Hubert Bals Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam, with Creative Europe MEDIA

Production money that follows a European producer into a co-production with the global South. Only 25 percent of the grant needs spending in Europe; the rest can go where the film is made.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

up to€60kGrantbetween rounds

CompletionNetherlandsInternational fund

HBF+Europe: Post-production Support

Hubert Bals Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam, with Creative Europe MEDIA

Finishing money for co-productions that reached the edit, from the Rotterdam fund's European strand. Thirteen films since 2023, one of them the Tiger Award winner of 2026.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

up to€60kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionNetherlandsInternational fund

IDFA Bertha Fund Europe: Minority Co-production Support (IBF Europe)

IDFA Bertha Fund, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, with Creative Europe MEDIA

The European side of the IDFA Bertha Fund: a minority producer in Europe brings a documentary from the global South to the finish.

2027 round Jan 15, 2027A production companyDocumentary

up to€40kGrantcloses in 75 days

ProductionNorth MacedoniaNational fund

Конкурс за финансирање на проекти од национален интерес во филмската дејност (call for financing film projects of national interest)

Агенција за филм на Република Северна Македонија (North Macedonia Film Agency)

North Macedonia's one big call covers features, documentaries, animation and shorts, with debut features funded up to 90 percent of budget and capped at MKD 25 million.

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

up toMKD62MGrantbetween rounds

ProductionNorwayNational fund

Fond for lyd og bilde, Film (Fund for Sound and Image, film scheme)

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.

Spring round Feb 2, 2027A writer alone or a production companyShort, Documentary

VariesGrantcloses in 93 days

DevelopmentNorwayNational fund

Neo utvikling (Neo development)

Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute)

NFI's low budget talent program for first long films and series, in fiction, documentary and hybrid form.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentProductionNorwayRegional fund

Filminvest, tilskudd og investering (grants and investment)

The investment and grant fund for central Norway, covering drama and documentary series, features and cinema documentaries.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionNorwayRegional fund

Filmkraft Rogaland, utvikling og produksjon (development and production grants)

The regional film centre for Rogaland, around Stavanger, paying development and production grants for shorts, long formats since 2024, and series, plus writing fees inside its audiovisual…

Applications taken any timeA production companyShort, Feature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrantany time

DevelopmentProductionNorwayRegional fund

Mediefondet Zefyr, tilskudd og investering (grants and investment)

Western and southern Norway's media fund, mixing earmarked state grants with a private investment arm that reports a 7.8 percent return.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayableany time

ProductionDistributionNorwayInternational fund

Nordisk Film & TV Fond, production funding

The pan Nordic top up for features, drama series and documentaries that already have national money and a second Nordic market lined up.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

VariesRepayableany time

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

ProductionPolandRegional fund

Fundusz Filmowy w Krakowie (Krakow Film Fund co-production competition)

Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, KBF (Krakow Festival Office), for the City of Krakow

Krakow's city fund co-produces rather than grants: the festival office takes a stake and a share of rights in return for up to half the production cost.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

VariesInvestmentbetween rounds

ProductionPortugalNational fund

Apoio ao Cinema: Produção (feature, short and documentary production support)

ICA, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual

One entry for the ICA's production calls: two rounds a year for fiction features, two for documentaries, one each for fiction and animated shorts, plus animation features and completion.

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

up to€700kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSlovakiaNational fund

Program 1, produkcia audiovizuálnych diel (production of audiovisual works)

Audiovizuálny fond (Slovak Audiovisual Fund)

Production financing for Slovak features, documentaries, animation and shorts, with a ceiling of EUR 1.2 million for a feature-length work. Grants can come paired with a loan.

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

up to€1.2MGrant or repayablebetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentSloveniaNational fund

Javni razpis za sofinanciranje razvoja slovenskih igranih filmskih projektov (development of Slovenian fiction film projects: script and project development)

Slovenski filmski center (Slovenian Film Centre)

Slovenia splits development in two: a script strand a self-employed screenwriter can enter directly, worth up to EUR 20,000, and a project strand for producers worth up to EUR 40,000.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature

up to€40kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSpainNational fund

Ayudas selectivas para la producción de largometrajes sobre proyecto (selective feature production aid)

ICAA, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (Spanish Ministry of Culture)

For the films the general aid overlooks: first features, documentaries, experimental and culturally driven projects, judged on the script and the team rather than box office history.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€800kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSpainRegional fund

Ayudas a la producción de largometrajes y de cortometrajes (feature and short production aid)

Comunidad de Madrid, Consejería de Cultura, Turismo y Deporte

Madrid's two production lines share a logic: the region backs films made by companies rooted there, and for shorts an individual with Madrid tax residence can apply alone.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation

up to€300kGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentSpainRegional fund

Subvenciones a la escritura de guion y al desarrollo de proyectos (screenplay writing and project development grants)

Institut Valencià de Cultura, IVC (Generalitat Valenciana)

Valencia pays a writer EUR 9,600 to draft a feature, miniseries, documentary or animated script, read anonymously as a treatment, a note of intent and a five-minute sample.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

range€25kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSpainRegional fundNames no past recipients

Subvenciones a la producción de largometrajes, documentales y otras obras audiovisuales en Andalucía (production grants)

Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales (Junta de Andalucía)

The largest Andalusian film budget to date, in three lines: first films by new directors that showcase regional talent, features that build the local industry, and documentaries.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up to€450kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSpainRegional fundNames no past recipients

Subvenciones para el desarrollo de proyectos audiovisuales (audiovisual project development grants)

Basque Government, Department of Culture and Language Policy

Development money for features and series that puts the script first: at least 45 percent of the grant must go to writing the screenplay, 35 percent for animation and documentary.

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

up to€45kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSpainRegional fund

Subvencións á creación audiovisual para o desenvolvemento e a promoción do talento audiovisual galego (Galician talent grants)

AGADIC, Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais (Xunta de Galicia)

The entry door for a new Galician filmmaker: an individual can apply alone for a short before shooting, with no company, and a producer can apply for a first feature.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyShort, Feature

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSpainRegional fund

Subvencións á produción e coprodución de proxectos audiovisuais galegos (Galician audiovisual production grants)

AGADIC, Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais (Xunta de Galicia)

The main production pot for Galician film and series, with categories for theatrical features, minority international co-productions and works with a broadcaster or platform commitment.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSpainRegional fundNames no past recipients

Subvencións ao desenvolvemento de proxectos audiovisuais (audiovisual project development grants)

AGADIC, Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais (Xunta de Galicia)

Galicia funds the pre-production stretch of features and series for producers working from the region, in a single-project modality or a package of projects with a stated selection strategy.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSpainRegional fundNames no past recipients

Subvencions per al desenvolupament de projectes audiovisuals (audiovisual project development grants)

ICEC, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Generalitat de Catalunya)

Catalonia's development line pays a producer to take a treatment or script toward financing, and the rules tie 40 percent of the grant to script costs, so the writer is paid from it.

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

up to€50kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSwedenNational fundNames no past recipients

Moving Sweden, stöd till utveckling (development support)

Svenska Filminstitutet with SVT (Swedish Film Institute)

A talent scheme run by the Swedish Film Institute and SVT for low budget fiction features (around SEK 12 million) and fiction led hybrids, for directors with a few films behind them but at…

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature

rangeSEK500kGrantany time

ProductionSwedenNational fund

Stöd till produktion av filmprojekt, lång spelfilm (production support, feature film)

Svenska Filminstitutet (Swedish Film Institute)

Advance production money for Swedish features, paid before the film is finished and repaid once the producer's revenues pass 135 percent of private capital plus license sales and minimum…

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature

VariesRepayableany time

DevelopmentProductionSwedenRegional fund

Film i Skåne, utveckling och samproduktion (development and co-production)

Region Skåne's film company, where a screenwriter with a small firm can apply for feature development on their own, up to SEK 50,000 as a first step.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short

up toSEK50kInvestmentany time

ProductionSwedenRegional fund

Film i Väst, samproduktion (co-production investment)

Sweden's largest regional co-producer, with more than 1,600 features, series, documentaries and shorts since 1992.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short

VariesInvestmentany time

DevelopmentProductionSwedenRegional fund

Filmpool Nord, samproduktion (co-production)

Northern Sweden's co-producer for short fiction, documentary, features and TV drama, investing for rights and a share of returns.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Short

VariesInvestmentany time

WritingDevelopmentProductionSwitzerlandNational fundNames no past recipients

Selektive Filmförderung: Drehbuch, Projektentwicklung, Herstellung (federal selective film funding)

Bundesamt für Kultur, BAK / Office fédéral de la culture (Swiss Federal Office of Culture)

Switzerland's federal money, with a CHF 30,000 screenplay grant at the writing end and production grants that reach CHF 1.2 million.

First 2027 deadline Mar 1, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

up toCHF1.2MGrantcloses in 120 days

ProductionSwitzerlandRegional fund

Aide sélective à la réalisation (selective production aid)

Cinéforom, Fondation romande pour le cinéma (the fund of French-speaking Switzerland)

The production money of French-speaking Switzerland, four sessions a year with 2027 dates already fixed.

Next deadline Jan 18, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary, Short, Series, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 78 days

WritingDevelopmentProductionDistributionSwitzerlandRegional fund

Berner Filmförderung: Entwicklungsförderung Stufe 1 und 2, Produktionsförderung (Bern film funding)

Kanton Bern, Amt für Kultur (canton of Bern)

A cantonal fund with a writer-first first step: a Bern author gets CHF 5,000 or CHF 10,000 to write a treatment, paid out as soon as it is granted, then up to CHF 30,000 for the script.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short

rangeCHF750kGrantbetween rounds

WritingSwitzerlandRegional fund

Soutien complémentaire à l'écriture (complementary writing support)

Cinéforom, Fondation romande pour le cinéma (the fund of French-speaking Switzerland)

A top-up rather than a competition: when a Romand producer puts its own success credits into paying a writer, Cinéforom adds 60 to 80 percent on top, up to CHF 25,000, with no deadline and…

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up toCHF25kGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentProductionDistributionSwitzerlandRegional fund

Zürcher Filmstiftung: Werkbeitrag, Projektentwicklung, Herstellung (Zurich Film Foundation)

Zürcher Filmstiftung (Zurich Film Foundation)

The richest regional fund in Switzerland treats the writer as an applicant in their own right: a CHF 30,000 stipend tied to the person rather than a project, and development money an…

Fiction and animation Jan 11, 2027A writer alone or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation, Short, Series

up toCHF1MGrant or repayablecloses in 71 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionSwitzerlandFoundation or company fund

Filmfoerderung (documentary film funding)

Ernst Goehner Stiftung

A Swiss family foundation that will pay for the development of a documentary, not just its shoot or finish, as long as the subject is Swiss and the first release is in Switzerland.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary, Animation

VariesGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentUkraineNational fund

Мистецтво в кадрі, лот 2: препродакшн аудіовізуального контенту (Art in the Frame, lot 2: pre-production of audiovisual content)

Український культурний фонд (Ukrainian Cultural Foundation)

A wartime route to script money in Ukraine: the Cultural Foundation's audiovisual program pays producers to write and package new films, UAH 300,000 to 1 million each, while the state film…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Documentary

rangeUAH1MGrantbetween rounds

ProductionTurkeyNational fund

İlk Uzun Metrajlı Kurgu Film Yapım Desteği (first feature fiction film production support)

T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Cinema)

Turkey's debut production line lets the director apply directly, which most production schemes do not.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

DevelopmentTurkeyNational fund

Proje Geliştirme Desteği (project development support)

T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Cinema)

Development money for Turkish producers covering everything up to the first day of shooting, at no more than half the stated budget.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionTurkeyNational fund

Uzun Metrajlı Sinema Film Yapım Desteği (feature film production support)

T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Cinema)

The ministry's main feature line funded 12 productions with TRY 115 million in its October 2026 decision.

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

ProductionCompletionDistributionIsraelNational fund

השקעה בהפקת סרטי עלילה באורך מלא (investment in feature film production)

Israel Film Fund (קרן הקולנוע הישראלי)

Israel's largest film fund puts up to ILS 3.5 million into a feature as a recoupable investment, with a lower ILS 1.5 million track for first and second films.

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

range₪3.5MInvestmentbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionIsraelFoundation or company fund

מסלולי ההשקעה של קרן גשר (Gesher Multicultural Film Fund investment tracks)

A ministry-supported fund that invests across fiction, documentary, shorts and drama series, with a development track for scripts, a production track and a completion track.

Next deadline Nov 4, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Series, Short

VariesInvestmentcloses in 3 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionIsraelFoundation or company fund

פרוייקט הקולנוע הישראלי (the Israel Cinema Project)

Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts

A foundation-run fund supported by the culture ministry, with separate submissions for script and project development, production and completion of features, plus documentary and student…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionJordanNational fund

The Jordan Film Fund (JFF)

The Royal Film Commission, Jordan

Jordan's national fund, run on Royal Film Commission money since 2011, pays for developing, shooting, finishing and releasing Jordanian features and documentaries, Arab features as…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

WritingProductionCompletionMoroccoNational fund

Soutien à la production nationale: avance sur recettes et contribution à l'écriture (national production support: advance on receipts and writing contribution)

CCM, Centre Cinématographique Marocain (Moroccan Cinema Center)

Morocco finances its cinema through an advance on receipts paid to production companies before or after the shoot, three sessions a year, plus a contribution to writing and rewriting…

Next deadline Jan 5, 2027A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 65 days

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

ProductionSenegalNational fund

Aide à la production, long métrage (feature production aid)

FOPICA, Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie Cinématographique et Audiovisuelle (Senegal)

The headline line of Senegal's fund: up to XOF 150 million toward a fiction or animated feature, paid out in four installments over a 24-month convention.

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

up toFCFA150MGrantbetween rounds

WritingDevelopmentSouth AfricaNational fund

NFVF Development Funding

NFVF, National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)

South Africa's national foundation pays for the writing stage itself: research, script editing and drafts for features, shorts, documentaries and TV formats, with a producer fee allowed in…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSouth AfricaNational fund

NFVF Production Funding

NFVF, National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)

The production arm of South Africa's film foundation funds features, shorts, documentaries, TV movies and web series through registered companies, with a finished script and a finance plan…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionHong KongNational fund

Film Production Financing Scheme and Financing Scheme 2.0

Hong Kong Film Development Council, Film Development Fund (Create Hong Kong)

Hong Kong co-finances commercial features as a government investor: Scheme 2.0 puts in 40 percent of a budget up to HKD 10 million for films costing HKD 8 to 25 million, the older scheme…

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Animation

up toHK$10MInvestmentany time

ProductionJapanNational fund

日本映画製作支援事業 (Japanese film production support)

Japan Arts Council (独立行政法人日本芸術文化振興会), with the Agency for Cultural Affairs' arts promotion subsidy

Japan's state production subsidy for feature-length films, paid at fixed amounts that rise with the budget to JPY 60 million, with a smaller tier for young and emerging filmmakers.

FY2027 first round Nov 26, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

range¥60MGrantcloses in 25 days

ProductionCompletionDistributionMalaysiaNational fundNames no past recipients

Dana Kandungan Kreatif, DKK (Creative Content Fund)

FINAS, Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (National Film Development Corporation Malaysia)

Malaysia's national film body channels its grants through the Creative Content Fund, which in its current form pays licensed companies for micro drama and Borneo TV production…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Feature

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionPhilippinesNational fundNames no past recipients

CreatePHFilms Funding Program

FDCP, Film Development Council of the Philippines

The Philippines' film council funds project development and production through CreatePHFilms, and its development fund names Filipino writers among those who may apply, with a concept…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSingaporeNational fundNames no past recipients

Media Talent Progression Programme, Content Grants

IMDA, Infocomm Media Development Authority, and the Singapore Film Commission

Singapore folded its old development and production assistance into content grants that pay for production of features and shorts with Singapore talent attached: up to SGD 300,000 for a…

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

up toSGD600kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSouth KoreaNational fund

한국영화 기획개발지원 제작사 부문 and 차기작 기획개발지원 (planning and development support for production companies, and next-project development support)

KOFIC, Korean Film Council (영화진흥위원회)

Two schemes for Korean production companies developing their next feature: a planning grant of KRW 20 million per script in two rounds a year, and a next-project fund that pays KRW 8 to 40…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

range₩40MGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentAustraliaNational fund

Documentary Development Program

Screen Australia

Development money for documentaries headed for cinemas, television or direct-to-audience platforms such as YouTube and VR.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary

up toA$30kRepayableany time

ProductionCompletionAustraliaNational fund

Documentary Production Program

Screen Australia

Three lanes for documentary production: Producer First for films still closing finance, Platform First for commissioned programs, and Direct-to-Audience for work released on YouTube…

Next deadline Feb 4, 2027A production companyDocumentary

up toA$500kInvestmentcloses in 95 days

ProductionCompletionAustraliaNational fund

First Nations Feature Production Fund

Screen Australia, First Nations Department

Production and post-production investment for low-budget features written and directed by First Nations filmmakers.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature

VariesInvestmentany time

DevelopmentAustraliaNational fund

Narrative Content Development

Screen Australia

The national agency's one development door for drama and comedy on any platform: cinema features, television and streaming series, and work released straight to online audiences.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series

rangeA$50kGrantany time

ProductionAustraliaNational fund

Narrative Content Production

Screen Australia

Production finance for features, television and direct-to-audience drama, in two feature lanes: Market First for packages with distribution attached and Creative First for bolder films…

Next deadline Dec 3, 2026A production companyFeature, Series

VariesInvestmentcloses in 32 days

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

ABC First Look, Early Development Grant

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) with the ABC

Early concept money aimed at one buyer: drama, comedy, children's, factual and documentary ideas for the ABC, developed in South Australia from an outline or treatment.

Stage 2 (2026) Nov 13, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companySeries, Documentary, Animation

up toA$50kGrantcloses in 12 days

WritingDevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Development Fund

Screen Queensland

Since July 2024 Queensland's development money has been a straight grant with no copyright interest taken, unusual among the Australian state agencies.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$50kGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Development On Demand

VicScreen

Victoria's open-door development scheme for fiction, documentary and VR, with no closing date.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$50kRepayableany time

WritingDevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Development Program

Screen NSW

New South Wales pays only the NSW spend, so a Sydney-based writer's fee is exactly what it covers.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toA$50kRepayableany time

ProductionAustraliaRegional fundNames no past recipients

Direct to Audience Production Program (Canberra Screen and Games Fund)

Screen Canberra, for the ACT Government

Grants for Canberra creators who publish their own short-form narrative, comedy, factual or animation online, with two local key creatives and no commission attached.

Next deadline Mar 19, 2027A writer with a producer or a production companySeries, Short, Documentary, Animation

up toA$40kGrantcloses in 138 days

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Diversity Development Grant

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC)

A development grant that opens after the first draft and asks for a South Australian writer or director from an underrepresented group, with D/deaf and disabled creatives first in line.

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

up toA$20kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Documentary Development Investment Fund

Screenwest

Pitch decks, treatments, sizzle reels and the attaching of producers for Western Australian documentary features, singles, series and large-format work.

Next deadline Dec 21, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companyDocumentary

up toA$25kRepayablecloses in 50 days

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Documentary Production Fund

Screenwest

Production money for Western Australian documentary singles, series, features and large-format films that already have a market partner, matched against that partner's cash.

Next deadline Dec 14, 2026A production companyDocumentary

up toA$400kGrantcloses in 43 days

WritingDevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

First Nations Project Development Fund

Screenwest

Year-round development money for First Nations writers and producers in Western Australia, covering writers' rooms, new drafts, story developers and casting agents for scripted work, or…

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$35kRepayableany time

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Matched Development Investment Fund

Screenwest

Once a broadcaster or distributor puts development money into a Western Australian project, Screenwest can match it within eight weeks of the deal. The investment is repaid on production.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$50kRepayableany time

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Matched Market Development Grant

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC)

Automatic rather than judged: if a project led from South Australia has development money confirmed from Screen Australia or the market, the SAFC matches it, subject to funds.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantany time

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Online Production Grants

Screen Queensland

A rare production grant a solo writer-creator can hold alone: episodic series for YouTube, TikTok or Instagram, or one-off XR, with no IP taken and marketing costs allowed.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companySeries

rangeA$100kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Originate Slate

VicScreen

Slate money for established Victorian drama and comedy companies: at least three early-stage series over 12 to 24 months, with VicScreen's grant matched by the company and not recouped.

Next deadline Nov 23, 2026A production companySeries

up toA$150kGrantcloses in 22 days

ProductionCompletionAustraliaRegional fund

Production Fund (Production Finance Fund and Regional Filming Fund)

Screen NSW

The state's production money is a grant, not equity: Screen NSW cash-flows it and the producer keeps ownership.

Next deadline Nov 23, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

up toA$1.1MGrantcloses in 22 days

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Screen Finance Fund

Screen Queensland

Production finance for features, series and documentaries that spend in Queensland, scaled to that spend.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$850kGrant or repayableany time

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Screen Production Fund

South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC)

South Australia's main production money, sized at up to a tenth of what a project spends in the state and open all year.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series

VariesGrantany time

WritingDevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Scripted Concept Development Fund

Screenwest

Small early money, AUD 10,000 at most, to take a long-form idea to market-ready pitch materials in Western Australia.

Next deadline Mar 2, 2027A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series

up toA$10kGrantcloses in 121 days

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Scripted Production Fund

Screenwest

Grant finance of up to AUD 700,000 for features and series shot in Western Australia with a buyer already attached.

Next deadline Jan 25, 2027A production companyFeature, Series

up toA$700kGrantcloses in 85 days

DevelopmentAustraliaRegional fund

Scripted Project Development Fund

Screenwest

Development money for Western Australian features and television series that already have real material: outlines, a pilot, a bible or a draft screenplay. Four rounds a year.

Next deadline Nov 2, 2026A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series

up toA$35kRepayablecloses tomorrow

ProductionAustraliaRegional fundNames no past recipients

TV and Film Production Program (Canberra Screen and Games Fund)

Screen Canberra, for the ACT Government

Canberra's production grant for scripted and unscripted work with a confirmed path to audience, from a commercial half hour upward, paying up to AUD 300,000 without recoupment.

Next deadline Mar 19, 2027A writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$300kGrant or repayablecloses in 138 days

ProductionAustraliaRegional fund

Victorian Production Fund, Screen

VicScreen

Production investment tied to how much a film or series spends in Victoria: between 3 and 10 percent of that spend, cash-flowed into the production while the producer keeps the equity.

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Series, Documentary

up toA$500kInvestmentany time

WritingDevelopmentNew ZealandNational fund

Aotearoa Scripted Series Initiative

NZ On Air with Sky and Dynamic Television

A new co-development fund, announced October 29, 2026, for up to three one-hour New Zealand drama series with international legs.

First call Dec 3, 2026A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companySeries

up toNZ$75kGrantcloses in 32 days

DevelopmentProductionNew ZealandNational fund

Diverse Content funding rounds (Ngahau, Whāngai, Kura Pounamu, Mōhiohio, Reo Māori Content Co-Fund)

Te Māngai Pāho (Māori Broadcasting Funding Agency)

The Māori broadcasting agency funds te reo Māori content by language level rather than platform, through themed rounds: Ngahau for entertainment, Whāngai for learners, Mōhiohio for factual…

Ngahau Dec 3, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companySeries, Documentary

VariesGrantcloses in 32 days

WritingDevelopmentNew ZealandNational fund

Feature Film Development Fund

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)

The commission's single development door, folded from the old Early and Advanced schemes, and one a writer can walk through alone.

Applications taken any timeA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

up toNZ$35kGrantany time

CompletionNew ZealandNational fund

Feature Film Finishing Grant

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)

Finishing money for low-budget New Zealand features made outside the commission's production funding: grading, sound, effects polish and festival costs, once a festival has said yes.

Applications taken any timeA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary

up toNZ$60kGrantany time

ProductionCompletionNew ZealandNational fund

Feature Film Production Investment

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)

The commission's main production money for features with significant New Zealand content, as equity up to NZD 2.5 million or a grant up to NZD 500,000, decided by the board five times a…

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

up toNZ$2.5MGrant or repayablecloses in 8 days

ProductionNew ZealandNational fund

He Pounamu Te Reo Māori Feature Film Production Investment

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)

A dedicated production lane for dramatic features told in te reo Māori and led by Māori filmmakers, on the same money terms and calendar as the commission's general feature investment.

Next deadline Nov 9, 2026A production companyFeature

up toNZ$2.5MGrant or repayablecloses in 8 days

DevelopmentProductionNew ZealandNational fund

Scripted and Non-fiction funding (Creation stream)

Irirangi Te Motu, NZ On Air

New Zealand's public media fund backs local television, on-demand and online content through three rounds a year, and sets aside about NZD 1 million of it for content development, mostly…

Next deadline Jan 28, 2027A production companySeries, Documentary

rangeNZ$50kGrantcloses in 88 days

DevelopmentInternationalEU programme

European Co-development (CREA-MEDIA-2027-CODEV)

Creative Europe MEDIA, European Commission

Money for one project developed jointly by producers in two or more European countries, so a writer whose story crosses a border can be paid while two companies share the work.

2027 call Mar 2, 2027A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 121 days

DevelopmentInternationalEU programme

European Mini-slate Development (CREA-MEDIA-DEVMINISLATE)

Creative Europe MEDIA, European Commission

The smaller sibling of slate development: two or three projects on one grant, which suits a young company with a couple of writers attached rather than a studio.

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentInternationalEU programme

European Slate Development (CREA-MEDIA-2027-DEVSLATE)

Creative Europe MEDIA, European Commission

The largest development pot in Europe, paid to production companies rather than writers: a company develops three to five projects at once on one grant, which keeps writers employed across…

2027 call Dec 1, 2026A production companyFeature, Series, Documentary, Animation, Short

VariesGrantcloses in 30 days

ProductionInternationalEU programme

TV and Online Content (CREA-MEDIA-2027-TVONLINE)

Creative Europe MEDIA, European Commission

Series and television films draw their EU production money here, paid to the producer once broadcasters in more than one country are on board.

First cut-off Feb 10, 2027A production companySeries, Feature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantcloses in 101 days

ProductionInternationalInternational fund

Eurimages Co-production Support

Eurimages, the Council of Europe's cultural support fund

Forty member states, Canada, Turkey, Ukraine and Switzerland among them, pay into this Council of Europe fund for co-produced features.

First 2027 call Jan 13, 2027A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 73 days

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