National fund Canada, Montreal
Run by Telefilm Canada
Three ring-fenced streams inside Telefilm's feature programs: development, production and a Talent to Watch component for a first micro-budget feature. External Indigenous advisory committees judge the applications, and decisions take four to five months. Telefilm also funds the Indigenous Screen Office, which runs its own separate programs.
Grant or repayable, amount not statedOpen to writers in CanadaA production company
Next deadline Feb 9, 2027 (closes in 100 days)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The next closing date is Feb 9, 2027. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Development and Talent to Watch applications go in with the parent programs' annual windows (September and April); the production stream uses the low-budget English-language window.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Production, Indigenous Stream (low-budget English window) | Feb 9, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
A business affairs analyst, Telefilm's Indigenous initiatives lead and the feature film executive for the region follow each funded team, giving creative feedback and helping it reach contract.
Indigenous Screen Office with the Canada Media Fund
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Canada Media Fund
Television and digital series development in Canada mostly runs through this fund, but a broadcaster has to commit first: the money follows a development deal rather than a pitch.
Telefilm Canada
Canada's federal feature film agency pays for script drafts and packaging through a production company, from a first draft to the attachment of a director and distributor.
Indigenous Screen Office
An Indigenous writer can apply here alone, without a producer or broadcaster, for research, script drafts, story editing, knowledge keepers and pitch materials.
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
ITVS, Independent Television Service
ITVS's development door, replacing its earlier diversity development fund: a small first payment to shape a nonfiction feature or web series for PBS streaming, with a few months of…
Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.
Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science on screen pays here: three cash grants a year for fiction projects about scientists or technology, awarded inside Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Producing Lab and Fast Track…