National fund Senegal, Dakar
Run by 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. Shorts, documentaries, series, post-production, distribution and training have their own smaller lines on the same site.
Grant up to F CFA 150,000,000Open to writers in SenegalA writer with a producer or a 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 fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. The 2025 production strand carried XOF 1,500,000,000 and closed June 30, 2026; the 2026 call's closing date is not published.
| 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)
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