Film funds in Middle East

Film funds and foundations in Israel, the Gulf, the Levant and North Africa.

12 listed.

ProductionCompletionDistributionIsraelNational fund

השקעה בהפקת סרטי עלילה באורך מלא (investment in feature film production)

Israel Film Fund (קרן הקולנוע הישראלי)

Israel's largest film fund puts up to ILS 3.5 million into a feature as a recoupable investment, with a lower ILS 1.5 million track for first and second films.

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

range₪3.5MInvestmentbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionIsraelFoundation or company fund

NFCT development, production and post-production grants (documentary)

New Fund for Cinema and TV (הקרן החדשה לקולנוע וטלוויזיה)

The documentary fund of Israel's non-profit sector, backing feature-length documentaries at development, production or post-production, with several reading rounds a year.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerDocumentary

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionIsraelFoundation or company fund

מסלולי ההשקעה של קרן גשר (Gesher Multicultural Film Fund investment tracks)

A ministry-supported fund that invests across fiction, documentary, shorts and drama series, with a development track for scripts, a production track and a completion track.

Next deadline Nov 4, 2026A writer with a producer or a production companyFeature, Documentary, Series, Short

VariesInvestmentcloses in 3 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionIsraelFoundation or company fund

פרוייקט הקולנוע הישראלי (the Israel Cinema Project)

Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts

A foundation-run fund supported by the culture ministry, with separate submissions for script and project development, production and completion of features, plus documentary and student…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionDistributionJordanNational fund

The Jordan Film Fund (JFF)

The Royal Film Commission, Jordan

Jordan's national fund, run on Royal Film Commission money since 2011, pays for developing, shooting, finishing and releasing Jordanian features and documentaries, Arab features as…

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

VariesGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionLebanonInternational fund

AFAC Cinema grants

AFAC, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

The main independent fund for Arab fiction features, and one a director can apply to alone with a development ask of up to USD 10,000; up to 30 percent of any grant may pay the director's…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a writer with a producerFeature, Short

up to$50kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionLebanonInternational fund

AFAC Documentary Film grants

AFAC, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

AFAC's documentary strand runs on the spring call, two months ahead of the fiction one, with the same ceilings: USD 10,000 to develop a feature documentary, up to 50,000 to shoot it.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer alone or a writer with a producerDocumentary

up to$50kGrantbetween rounds

ProductionCompletionLebanonFoundation or company fundNames no past recipients

Production Awards (cinema)

Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy)

A first-film grant for young Arab directors, paid for the production or finishing of a short, medium or feature film, fiction or documentary.

Next dates not yet publishedA writer aloneFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation

up to€13kGrantbetween rounds

WritingProductionCompletionMoroccoNational fund

Soutien à la production nationale: avance sur recettes et contribution à l'écriture (national production support: advance on receipts and writing contribution)

CCM, Centre Cinématographique Marocain (Moroccan Cinema Center)

Morocco finances its cinema through an advance on receipts paid to production companies before or after the shoot, three sessions a year, plus a contribution to writing and rewriting…

Next deadline Jan 5, 2027A production companyFeature, Short, Documentary

VariesGrant or repayablecloses in 65 days

DevelopmentProductionCompletionQatarInternational fund

Doha Film Institute Grants Programme

A rare worldwide grant for a first or second feature at the development stage, with real money behind it: up to USD 20,000 to write and package a narrative feature, more later for…

Next dates not yet publishedA writer with a producerFeature, Short, Series, Documentary

up to$100kGrantbetween rounds

DevelopmentProductionCompletionSaudi ArabiaInternational fund

Red Sea Fund

Red Sea Film Foundation

A young fund with deep pockets covering the Arab world, Africa and Asia, with a development window each May for features and series.

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

VariesGrant or repayablebetween rounds

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