National fund Ukraine, Kyiv
Run by Український культурний фонд (Ukrainian Cultural Foundation)
A wartime route to script money in Ukraine: the Cultural Foundation's audiovisual program pays producers to write and package new films, UAH 300,000 to 1 million each, while the state film agency's pitchings are on hold. The whole program had UAH 70 million for 2026. Writers need a registered company or sole proprietor to file.
Grant, uAH 300,000 to UAH 1,000,000Open to writers in UkraineA 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. Applications ran December 15, 2025 to February 15, 2026, 18:00 Kyiv time; projects run from June 1 to October 30, 2026. The next season was not announced on November 1, 2026.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| 2026 season (closed) | Feb 15, 2026 passed |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
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.
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Artist Trust
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