Foundation or company fund Canada, Toronto
Run by Hot Docs with the Slaight Family Foundation
A niche documentary fund founded in 2020 for films about music and musicians, Canadian or seen through Canadian eyes, paying a handful of projects each year. Hot Docs' older CrossCurrents Doc Fund is no longer listed on its site.
Grant, cA$15,000 to CA$60,000Open to writers in CanadaA writer alone or a writer with a producer
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. Details of the next round are due in late October or early November 2026.
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…
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.
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.
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.
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
Jerome Foundation
The Minnesota twin of Jerome's New York City grant: up to USD 30,000 of production money for early career directors who take creative risks, applied for in two steps each fall.
Jerome Foundation
A production grant for New York City directors near the start of their careers, in any moving-image form from animation to documentary.
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…