National fund Senegal, Dakar
Run by FOPICA, Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie Cinématographique et Audiovisuelle (Senegal)
Senegal's state fund has a development line that an author can apply for directly, paying up to XOF 5 million for rewriting, scouting, casting and the hunt for co-producers before a film goes into production. Files go in online and pass a reading college of seven before the management committee decides.
Grant up to F CFA 5,000,000Open to writers in SenegalA writer alone or a writer with a producer
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 fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. The 2025 call ran from October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for the production strand. A 2026 call was announced on April 2, 2026 as open for filing; its closing date is not on the site.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2025 call, production strand, closed | Jun 30, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
FOPICA, Fonds de Promotion de l'Industrie Cinématographique et Audiovisuelle (Senegal)
The headline line of Senegal's fund: up to XOF 150 million toward a fiction or animated feature, paid out in four installments over a 24-month convention.
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