National fund Finland, Helsinki

Käsikirjoitusapuraha (scriptwriting grant)

Run by Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Finnish Film Foundation)

Finland pays its screenwriters a monthly allowance to write: EUR 2,000 a month for up to a year, with no producer or company needed. The application is a writing plan, a treatment or outline of up to 20 pages for a first feature, a CV and a one line description that is later published with the decision.

Grant up to €24,000Open to writers in FinlandA writer alone

Fiction and documentary Jan 13, 2027 (closes in 73 days)

The money

Amount
Up to €24,000EUR 2,000 a month for up to twelve months, so at most EUR 24,000; paid 80 percent on decision, 20 percent on approval of the work.
What it is
Grant
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A writer alone
Where you write
In Finland
Rules
A professional screenwriter, judged on training and earlier published work, or a writing group that names one member to receive the money, which is paid to a Finnish bank account. The plan covers writing and research for a fiction or documentary film or series; a producer's letter of intent is optional.
Stages
Writing
Formats
Feature, Series, Short, Documentary, Animation
Language of the application
Finnish, Swedish

When to apply

The next closing date is Jan 13, 2027. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Deadlines at 4:00 pm; separate announcements for fiction and for documentary scripts. Decisions in about eight to ten weeks.

RoundCloses
Fiction and documentaryJan 13, 2027
Fiction and documentaryApr 7, 2027

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

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