National fund Turkey, Ankara

İlk Uzun Metrajlı Kurgu Film Yapım Desteği (first feature fiction film production support)

Run by T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Cinema)

Turkey's debut production line lets the director apply directly, which most production schemes do not. The ceiling is half the budget in the application, and the director must show two shorts or a documentary. Board decision 2026/6 of October 20, 2026 backed six first features with TRY 50 million between them.

Grant or repayable, amount not statedOpen to writers in TurkeyA writer with a producer or a production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Amount not statedUp to 50 percent of the budget stated in the application; the page does not say whether the money is repaid. Board decision 2026/6 gave six first features TRY 50,000,000 in all
What it is
Grant or repayable
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A writer with a producer or a production company
Where you write
In Turkey
Rules
A director making a first feature, with at least two shorts or one documentary behind them and no completed feature by the board date, or a producer with at least one feature who applies with such a director. One project per applicant per calendar year; two refusals end the project's run.
Stages
Production
Formats
Feature
Language of the application
Turkish

When to apply

The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Board periods as announced for 2027 (dates published as an image).

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