National fund North Macedonia, Skopje

Конкурс за финансирање на проекти од национален интерес во филмската дејност (call for financing film projects of national interest)

Run by Агенција за филм на Република Северна Македонија (North Macedonia Film Agency)

North Macedonia's one big call covers features, documentaries, animation and shorts, with debut features funded up to 90 percent of budget and capped at MKD 25 million. The script sits inside the producer's package, filed in Macedonian on official forms by post with an emailed copy. A small administration fee applies; funded projects are announced by year.

Grant up to MKD 62,000,000Open to writers in North MacedoniaA production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Up to MKD 62,000,000Caps by category: MKD 62,000,000 for a feature fiction or animated film (MKD 25,000,000 for a debut), MKD 10,000,000 for a feature documentary, MKD 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 for shorts; up to 70 percent of the budget, 90 percent for debuts and special-interest projects
What it is
Grant
To apply
MKD 8,000 to applyMKD 8,000 for a feature, MKD 4,000 for a short, not refunded

Who can apply

Applicant
A production company
Where you write
In North Macedonia
Rules
Producers registered in North Macedonia with film production (59.110) as their main activity, up to two projects in different categories. Domestic films need a Macedonian author and a mostly Macedonian crew; minority co-productions carry a 5 to 50 percent Macedonian share. Debut features may take 90 percent of their budget from the agency.
Stages
Production
Formats
Feature, Documentary, Animation, Short
Language of the application
Macedonian

When to apply

The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Applications are taken all year and decided in April and October; the 2027 cut-offs were not yet published on November 1, 2026.

RoundCloses
First 2026 decision round (closed)Mar 9, 2026 passed
Second 2026 decision round (closed, extended)Aug 4, 2026 passed

Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.

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