Agility Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)
A first-rung grant for artists the Arts Council has never funded as individuals, to develop their practice, work or skills.
up to€5kGrantbetween rounds
National fund Ireland, Galway
Production Loans (fiction, documentary, TV drama, animation)
Run by Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Screen Ireland's production money across four schemes, each a loan to an Irish company for a project led by Irish talent and mostly in English or Irish. The writer is named in the team and the script is expected to be close to production-ready. Fiction brackets live in the guidelines; the other schemes publish ceilings.
Repayable, up to €950,000Open to writers in IrelandA production company
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The money
- Amount
- Up to €950,000Fiction features: brackets set in the production guidelines, not on the page. Documentary feature or series: up to 250,000 and 65 percent of the budget. TV drama: EUR 650,000 to 950,000 depending on budget, up to 10 percent of the series budget. TV animation: up to EUR 400,000.
- What it is
- RepayableA loan, an advance on receipts or a conditionally repayable grant: it is paid back only out of what the film earns.
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A production company
- Where you write
- In Ireland
- Rules
- Teams of Irish producers, writers and directors, applying through an Irish-registered independent company with an office and staff in the country, on projects that Irish talent originated and creatively leads. TV drama needs substantial broadcaster or streamer finance attached; TV animation needs a broadcaster; documentaries need international partner finance for series.
- Stages
- Production
- Formats
- Feature, Documentary, Series, Animation
- Language of the application
- English
When to apply
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Four rounds a year closing at 1pm: in 2026 on January 12, March 23, July 13 and October 23. The 2027 dates are not yet published.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2026 final round closed | Oct 23, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
Also open to writers in Ireland
Animation Development Loans
Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Development loans for animated television series from Irish studios, applied for with a series bible, sample visuals and, if available, a full episode script.
up to€30kRepayablebetween rounds
Authored Works
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)
The largest of the Arts Council's film awards, for a feature-length film driven by its author's vision rather than a market.
up to€230kGrantbetween rounds
Completion Funding
Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Money to finish an Irish feature or feature documentary that was shot without Screen Ireland and has reached a rough cut.
up to€100kRepayablebetween rounds
More production funding elsewhere
AFS Grant
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
up to$20kGrantbetween rounds
Minnesota Film Production Grant
Jerome Foundation
The Minnesota twin of Jerome's New York City grant: up to USD 30,000 of production money for early career directors who take creative risks, applied for in two steps each fall.
up to$30kGrantcloses in 23 days
New York City Film Production Grant
Jerome Foundation
A production grant for New York City directors near the start of their careers, in any moving-image form from animation to documentary.
up to$30kGrantcloses in 23 days
BPM Open Call
Black Public Media
Public television's fund for Black nonfiction stories runs one call a year: five projects get USD 20,000 and a place at PitchBLACK, where one leaves with up to USD 150,000 of production…
range$150kInvestmentbetween rounds
Also useful
Where Creative Europe's development money goesEvery MEDIA development grant since 2014, by country, company and year.Fellowships and labsPrograms that pick a few writers and work with them for months, on the events pages.How to write a treatmentThe document a development application is built on, step by step.Screenwriting eventsContests, labs, festivals and conferences, with their deadlines.