Forgatókönyv-fejlesztési pályázat (script development call)
Nemzeti Filmintézet, NFI (National Film Institute Hungary)
Hungary's national money for scripts is on hold.
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National fund Hungary, Budapest
Inkubátor Program, gyártási pályázat (Incubator Program production call)
Run by Nemzeti Filmintézet, NFI (National Film Institute Hungary)
First features on small budgets: Hungary's Incubator route turns a pitch-forum win into production money, up to HUF 135 million for a feature. This round, open until January 11, 2027, also lets past forum winners who never filed a production application come back. It is one of the few NFI calls still running.
Grant up to HUF 135,000,000Open to writers in HungaryA writer with a producer
INKU FGY2026 Jan 11, 2027 (closes in 71 days)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The money
- Amount
- Up to HUF 135,000,000Up to HUF 135 million for a feature, HUF 40 million for a documentary, HUF 20 million for a short animation depending on length and technique
- What it is
- Grant
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A writer with a producer
- Where you write
- In Hungary
- Rules
- Debut filmmakers who won the 2025 Inkubátor Pitch Fórum, plus winners from earlier years with an accepted script who never applied for production money. A pre-jury picks finalists, who pitch to a jury and an audience of filmmakers; five winners may then apply for production support.
- Stages
- Production
- Formats
- Feature, Documentary, Animation
- Language of the application
- Hungarian
When to apply
The next closing date is Jan 11, 2027. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Open from October 12, 2026 to January 11, 2027.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| INKU FGY2026 | Jan 11, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
What it gives besides money
Fast Forward Program workshops help the applicants prepare the pitch and the package.
Also open to writers in Hungary
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.
up to€15kGrantcloses in 23 days
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.
up to€15kGrantbetween rounds
Aide au parcours d'auteur (author's career aid)
CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (French national film center)
Not a project grant but time: EUR 20,000 for an author with a track record to think before writing the next thing, with no synopsis or producer required.
range€20kGrantbetween rounds
More production funding elsewhere
AFS Grant
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.
up to$20kGrantbetween rounds
Minnesota Film Production Grant
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.
up to$30kGrantcloses in 23 days
New York City Film Production Grant
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.
up to$30kGrantcloses in 23 days
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…
range$150kInvestmentbetween rounds
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Where Creative Europe's development money goesEvery MEDIA development grant since 2014, by country, company and year.Fellowships and labsPrograms that pick a few writers and work with them for months, on the events pages.How to write a treatmentThe document a development application is built on, step by step.Screenwriting eventsContests, labs, festivals and conferences, with their deadlines.