Deadline: 06-Oct-2025
The Dutch Film Fund is inviting applications for its Teledoc Campus Grant Programme for the development of documentary talent in the Netherlands.
Focus: High-quality documentaries with a cinematic and unconventional approach; opportunity to gain experience potentially leading to long-form productions; development of talents within the same frameworks of television and cinema; development funding for research, test filming, and writing a documentary script; potential realization after broadcaster and Film Fund selection.
Films are 25 minutes in length with a development budget of €7,500 plus €1,000 for producer guidance and an optional €750 for a coach. The implementation budget is up to €65,000, and a maximum of 18 development grants and 9 realization grants are awarded annually. There are three or possibly four submission rounds per year in February, June, October, and possibly December.
Eligibility: Makers criteria include filmmakers living in the Netherlands who have made at least one (short) documentary with visible talent and ambition, or completed audiovisual or other training with a documentary, with a maximum of three documentaries made and excluding student productions. Directors are not affiliated with broadcasters and work with independent producers, with preference given to emerging producers with relevant training. Subject choice and cinematic design are focused on present-day stories, pushing boundaries in an accessible way, being contrary, curious, non-moralistic, spontaneous, involved, daring, optimistic, and playful. The creator’s involvement is palpable, with atmosphere, tone, and surprising form being decisive, stimulating, narrative, and above all cinematographic.
Selected projects begin with development funding for research and scriptwriting, followed by a second round of selection for potential realization. Filmmakers can apply together with a producer, and applications must be submitted by email as one PDF file including synopsis, director’s vision, CVs, filmography, and consent declarations. Applications are reviewed by the Film Fund and CoBO before final selection by the Teledoc Campus committee, with outcomes communicated by CoBO.
Budgets follow clear guidelines with limits on producer fees, overhead, preparatory work allowances, reimbursements, and specific cost caps for DCP production and music. Any exploitation income is shared equally among CoBO, the Film Fund, the broadcaster, and the producer. Co-productions with third parties are excluded, and implementation contracts follow the CoBO Financial and Production Regulations. The deadline for application is 6 October 2025.
For more information, visit Dutch Film Fund.
