National fund Uruguay, Montevideo
Run by ACAU, Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay (Uruguay's film and audiovisual agency)
Uruguay's agency groups its national money into a calendar of calls: script and project development, production of features, series and shorts, minority co-productions, plus the Programa Uruguay Audiovisual that tops up financing for shooting and post-production. The production call is open until November 10, 2026.
Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in UruguayA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production company
Next deadline Nov 10, 2026 (closes in 9 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 Nov 10, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. PUAN's second 2026 call opened September 30 and closes November 10, 2026, with decisions in the week of March 9, 2027. The development lines (scripts and projects) follow the annual plan; their 2026 dates were not on the pages read.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| PUAN 2026, second call (production and post-production) | Nov 10, 2026 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
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