Regional fund Germany, Stuttgart
Run by MFG Baden-Württemberg, Filmförderung (Baden-Württemberg film fund)
Stuttgart's production loan for cinema and television films, with a pre-production line beside it. The fund's news names its films, from an animated NEINhorn to the Emmy-nominated Lenas Hof. Writers reach it through a producer.
Repayable, amount not statedOpen to writers in GermanyA production company
Submission Nov 3, 2026 (closes in 2 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 3, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. The same dates serve production, pre-production and screenplay funding.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Submission | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Submission | Feb 25, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
FFA, Filmförderungsanstalt (German Federal Film Board)
Federal production grants for culturally ambitious fiction, documentary, children's and animated features, decided by a jury rather than by reference points.
FFA, Filmförderungsanstalt (German Federal Film Board)
Development money for the stage after the script: rights, further drafts, casting, budgeting. A production company applies, except in documentary, where writers and directors may come alone.
FFA, Filmförderungsanstalt (German Federal Film Board), running the federal jury-based cultural film funding since 2025
The federal screenplay grant that writers apply for alone, since the 2025 film law moved the BKM's cultural funding into the FFA.
Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (foundation for young German film)
Germany's talent fund pays a writer up to EUR 25,000 to develop an original idea from research to script over ten months, with a dramaturg attached.
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…