National fund Estonia, Tallinn
Run by Eesti Kultuurkapital (Cultural Endowment of Estonia)
Estonia's second film funder, financed by excise taxes and run as an endowment with four deadlines a year. Its published ceilings reach EUR 200,000 for a feature and it pays for scripts from the first idea, through a production company; a writer alone can apply for a creative grant of up to EUR 3,000.
Grant up to €200,000Open to writers in EstoniaA writer alone or a production company
Next deadline Nov 20, 2026 (closes in 19 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 Nov 20, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Four fixed deadlines every year: Feb 20, May 20, Aug 20 and Nov 20.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Round | Nov 20, 2026 |
| Round | Feb 20, 2027 |
| Round | May 20, 2027 |
| Round | Aug 20, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)
One pair of rounds a year covers both stages of an Estonian documentary: up to EUR 25,000 to develop and up to EUR 200,000 to produce.
Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)
Estonia's script money comes in small steps: a treatment round, then stage I and stage II of script development at up to EUR 5,000 each, applied for by the writer's company or a producer.
Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)
Development support for Estonian fiction features, capped at EUR 50,000 and applied for by a producer twice a year.
Eesti Filmi Instituut (Estonian Film Institute)
The institute's largest grant, up to EUR 900,000 for an Estonian fiction feature, with two rounds a year and the next closing December 8, 2026.
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project.
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.