National fund Georgia, Tbilisi
Run by 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. Applications go through the cinemacom.ge portal in Georgian. The center lists a script stage among its four, but no script competition was open in 2026.
Grant up to GEL 1,000,000Open to writers in GeorgiaA production company
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
Its site names no past recipients or funded projects. It is listed because applying is free.
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Two-week windows: September 29 to October 12, 2026 for debuts and October 16 to 29, 2026 for features, at 18:00. A short fiction production competition ran in the same season.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Debut feature production 2026 to 2027 (closed) | Oct 12, 2026 passed |
| Feature fiction production 2026 to 2027 (closed) | Oct 29, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
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