National fund Ukraine, Kyiv
Run by Державне агентство України з питань кіно, Держкіно (Ukrainian State Film Agency)
In peacetime this was Ukraine's main production pitching, scored by expert commissions and then pitched in public. Since the full-scale war the agency has run no new round, and its page of open selections was empty in November 2026. The procedure and the results of past rounds stay online for when it resumes.
Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in UkraineA production company
Not taking applications this cycle
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The fund is not taking applications this cycle. We check its page every day and will list the next call when it is published. No selection was open on November 1, 2026; the last completed round (the 19th) announced its winners on October 22, 2024. The rules require at least two rounds a year, each with an application window of 20 to 40 days.
Український культурний фонд (Ukrainian Cultural Foundation)
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World Cinema Fund, Berlin International Film Festival, with Creative Europe MEDIA
WCF money for European producers, including those in Eastern Europe and the Balkans with little co-production funding at home, who partner with a filmmaker from the fund's regions.
World Cinema Fund, Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlinale's fund for features from regions without a working film industry: up to EUR 60,000 that must be spent in the film's home region, with a German producer as the formal recipient.
Austin Film Society
Texas filmmakers have their own state fund: cash for features and shorts in production or post, with camera and finishing packages on top.
Jerome Foundation
The Minnesota twin of Jerome's New York City grant: up to USD 30,000 of production money for early career directors who take creative risks, applied for in two steps each fall.
Jerome Foundation
A production grant for New York City directors near the start of their careers, in any moving-image form from animation to documentary.
Black Public Media
Public television's fund for Black nonfiction stories runs one call a year: five projects get USD 20,000 and a place at PitchBLACK, where one leaves with up to USD 150,000 of production…