Regional fund Italy, Bolzano
Run by IDM Südtirol Alto Adige, Film Fund and Commission
Open to producers from any country, which is rare for a regional fund, as long as the shoot touches South Tyrol. The development line can be split in two steps when there is no finished screenplay yet, the first step paying to complete it. Deadlines for all of 2027 are already published.
Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers anywhereA production company
Next deadline Jan 12, 2027 (closes in 72 days)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The next closing date is Jan 12, 2027. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Three calls a year closing at noon, each after a mandatory consultation two weeks earlier; call 3 of 2026 closed September 8, 2026.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Call 1 2027 | Jan 12, 2027 |
| Call 2 2027 | May 18, 2027 |
| Call 3 2027 | Sep 21, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
A mandatory consultation with the funding team before the application, and a project database of funded works.
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…
Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Ministero della Cultura
Italy's state money for a writer alone: EUR 10,000 to 20,000 to write a fiction or documentary screenplay for a feature or series over 52 minutes, for cinema, television or the web.
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.
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.
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
ITVS, Independent Television Service
ITVS's development door, replacing its earlier diversity development fund: a small first payment to shape a nonfiction feature or web series for PBS streaming, with a few months of…
Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.
Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science on screen pays here: three cash grants a year for fiction projects about scientists or technology, awarded inside Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Producing Lab and Fast Track…