Film funds in Asia

Film councils and content agencies from Korea and Japan to Southeast Asia.

8 listed.

ProductionHong KongNational fund

Film Production Financing Scheme and Financing Scheme 2.0

Hong Kong Film Development Council, Film Development Fund (Create Hong Kong)

Hong Kong co-finances commercial features as a government investor: Scheme 2.0 puts in 40 percent of a budget up to HKD 10 million for films costing HKD 8 to 25 million, the older scheme…

Applications taken any timeA production companyFeature, Animation

up toHK$10MInvestmentany time

ProductionJapanNational fund

日本映画製作支援事業 (Japanese film production support)

Japan Arts Council (独立行政法人日本芸術文化振興会), with the Agency for Cultural Affairs' arts promotion subsidy

Japan's state production subsidy for feature-length films, paid at fixed amounts that rise with the budget to JPY 60 million, with a smaller tier for young and emerging filmmakers.

FY2027 first round Nov 26, 2026A production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

range¥60MGrantcloses in 25 days

ProductionCompletionDistributionMalaysiaNational fundNames no past recipients

Dana Kandungan Kreatif, DKK (Creative Content Fund)

FINAS, Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (National Film Development Corporation Malaysia)

Malaysia's national film body channels its grants through the Creative Content Fund, which in its current form pays licensed companies for micro drama and Borneo TV production…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companySeries, Feature

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionPhilippinesNational fundNames no past recipients

CreatePHFilms Funding Program

FDCP, Film Development Council of the Philippines

The Philippines' film council funds project development and production through CreatePHFilms, and its development fund names Filipino writers among those who may apply, with a concept…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Animation

VariesGrantbetween rounds

ProductionSingaporeNational fundNames no past recipients

Media Talent Progression Programme, Content Grants

IMDA, Infocomm Media Development Authority, and the Singapore Film Commission

Singapore folded its old development and production assistance into content grants that pay for production of features and shorts with Singapore talent attached: up to SGD 300,000 for a…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Short, Series

up toSGD600kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentSouth KoreaNational fund

한국영화 기획개발지원 제작사 부문 and 차기작 기획개발지원 (planning and development support for production companies, and next-project development support)

KOFIC, Korean Film Council (영화진흥위원회)

Two schemes for Korean production companies developing their next feature: a planning grant of KRW 20 million per script in two rounds a year, and a next-project fund that pays KRW 8 to 40…

Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature

range₩40MGrantbetween rounds

WritingSouth KoreaInternational fund

Asian Cinema Fund Script Development Fund

Busan International Film Festival

A true script grant: KRW 10 million to finish a first or second feature screenplay, applied for by the writer-director with a five to ten page treatment and no producer required.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer aloneFeature

range₩10MGrantbetween rounds

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