National fund Canada, Toronto
Run by 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 budget and 60 percent of a production budget. Features and series both qualify, and the ISO lists its recipients by fiscal year.
Grant or repayable, up to CA$750,000Open to writers in CanadaA 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.
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Both programs opened in April 2026 and closed May 13, 2026. The 2027-2028 dates are not yet published.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2026-2027 rounds closed (development and production) | May 13, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
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.
Canada Council for the Arts
Since 2026 the Council's Artistic Creation grant stands in for two retired components, Concept to Realization and Research and Creation, and it is the arts council route for a screenwriter…
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…