[August 2024]
Are you a filmmaker looking for the perfect grant to bring your next project to life? Whether you’re working on a documentary, feature film, or short, securing the right funding can make all the difference. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of global grants specifically designed to support filmmakers like you. From development to production, these opportunities can help turn your creative vision into reality. Dive in and discover the perfect match for your project!
Apply for Digital Project Grants
Deadline: 30-Sep-2024
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (PMC) is pleased to announce the Digital Project Grants…[more]
Apply for Voices With Impact Film Production Grant Program
Deadline: 26 September 2024
The Voices With Impact Film Production Grant offers filmmakers to filmmaking teams to make transformative 5-minute films on the topic of mental health…[more]
National Geographic Society Grants Program 2024
Deadline: 11 September 2024
The National Geographic Society warmly welcomes and encourages applicants from historically and currently underrepresented and underserved populations to apply for its grants program…[more]
Call for Applications: Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for a new reporting grant focused on climate change and its effects on workers and work…[more]
Call for Applications: Truth Decay Grant Initiative
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications for the Truth Decay Grant Initiative related to science misinformation, science denial, and the spread of pseudoscience…[more]
Call for Submissions: AFLAMUNA Impact Fund 2024
Deadline: 30 August 2024
Submissions are now open for the AFLAMUNA Impact Fund to support Impact Campaigns centered around groundbreaking Arab films that tackle the most pressing social, political, and environmental issues of the time, ensuring they reach their rightful audience and spark meaningful change…[more]
Grants to advance Journalism on Issues Impacting Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals to advance wide-reaching and relevant journalism on issues impacting communities in sub-Saharan Africa, including but not limited to water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience…[more]
CFAs: NFF + HBF Minority Co-Productions Scheme
Deadline: 7 October 2024
The Netherlands Film Fund has announced applications for Minority co-productions in the feature film category that have received a contribution for script development from the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF)…[more]
Submissions open for Rainforest Reporting Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
The Pulitzer Center is seeking submissions for the Rainforest Reporting Grant to support and builds capacity for quality, independent journalism in three key regions: the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia…[more]
Call for Applications: Screen Support Scheme – Malta
Deadline: 24 September 2024
The Arts Council Malta’s Screen Support Scheme, through its various strands, offers pre-production aid (scriptwriting, project development) and aid to the production of audiovisual works for fiction, animation and documentary projects and cultural programme…[more]
Immerse\Interact Grant Scheme (Netherlands)
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Applications are now open for the ImmerseInteract Grant Scheme for the development, realization and distribution of artistically high-quality, immersive and/or interactive media productions by both independent and established producers…[more]
Apply for Austrian-American Partnership Fund
Deadline: 31-Aug-24
The U.S. Embassy Vienna, Austria, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program…[more]
Call for Investigative Journalism Story Pitches on Transnational Crimes (Zimbabwe)
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) is inviting journalists and documentary filmmakers to pitch story ideas on Investigative Journalism (IJ) on Transnational Crimes…[more]
Grants for Francophone Media Artists and Filmmakers in Ontario (Canada)
Deadline: 3-Oct-24
The Ontario Arts Council is inviting applications for its Francophone Arts Program to support the vitality of the Francophone arts sector in Ontario…[more]
Call for Applications: Author Small Grants Program (UK)
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Applications are now open for the Author Grants (Small) offered to individuals to support image reproduction costs for authors seeking to publish a short-form written piece (e.g. an article or chapter) on the subject of British art or architectural history in a scholarly journal or publication…[more]
Film and Television Development Grant (Canada)
Deadline: 7 October 2024
The Film and Television Development Grant assists qualified Saskatchewan production companies with undertaking the development of eligible projects and bringing productions to fruition…[more]
PIC Shorts Fund Projects (United States)
Deadline: 13 September 2024
The Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) provides funding for the completion of fiction and nonfiction short films of untold stories and fresh perspectives on the indigenous Pacific Islander experience…[more]
WRCF announces Arts Grants Fund – Canada
Deadline: 16-Sep-2024
The Arts Grants Fund is accepting applications for both the Organizations and Individual Artists & Collectives Grant Streams…[more]
Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund (United States)
Deadline: 30 September 2024
The Inwood Art Works invites applications for the Film Festival Filmmaker Fund to financially support and encourage the creation of cinema in the Inwood NYC community, and to financially support the filmmaking of local Inwood NYC community filmmakers…[more]
Special Call for Proposals to Host U.S. Fulbright Specialists – Tunisia
Deadline: 7-Sep-24
The U.S. Embassy Tunis is pleased to announce a special call for local institutions in Tunisia to submit project ideas to bring a qualified U.S. scholar or professional to their institution for a collaboration on a defined, two- to six-week project throughout 2025…[more]
Screenwest Short Form Production Initiative “Elevate” (Australia)
Deadline: 2 September 2024
Screenwest is pleased to announce the production funding for a scripted project (film or series) up to 10 minutes in length, to serve as a calling card for early to mid-career Western Australian filmmakers…[more]
Call for Applications: Public Media Fund (United States)
Deadline: 1 January 2025
Vision Maker Media is seeking public media film and television programs that are intended and appropriate for Public Media Television Broadcasting, including Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) digital and streaming platforms, that represent the cultures, experiences, and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives…[more]
Apply for Development Funds for Professional Film, Television or Digital Media Project – Canada
Deadline: Ongoing
Yukon is accepting applications to the Development Fund for the 2023–24 fiscal year…[more]
Apply for Native Youth Media Project (United States)
Deadline: 1 January 2025
Vision Maker Media in partnership with Native organizations and communities is inviting applications for the Native Youth Media Project to strengthen Native youth’s story development for short-format media…[more]
Apply for Short Film/VR Festival Travel Grant (United Kingdom)
Deadline: Ongoing
The British Council, supported by BFI Network, is offering short filmmakers and filmmakers producing virtual reality/immersive storytelling experiences and installations the opportunity to apply for funding to attend premier international film festivals and events where their work has been invited to screen…[more]
CFPs: Documentary Shorts on Indigenous Legal History (US)
Deadline: 1 November 2024
The faculty in the Department of History and College of Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Vision Maker Media and the Institute for Policy, Politics, Law and History are seeking producers interested in making a short documentary about Indigenous legal history…[more]
United States: Sony Create Action Grant Program ($50,000 USD in Cash)
Deadline: 30-Sep-2024
Create Action is seeking grant applicants committed to social justice causes, that is, service to underserved and under-represented communities, via photography, videography, filmmaking or a related field…[more]
Film and Media Arts Sector Grant Program for Individuals (Canada)
Deadline: 1 October 2024
The Shevchenko Foundation has announced submissions for the Film and Media Arts Sector of the Arts Program to provide support to individuals for artist-led creation and dissemination of works in film (including documentary film), video, and new media, expressing a tangible connection to the Ukrainian Canadian experience…[more]
Professional Development Fund (United Kingdom)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Screen Scotland is currently accepting applications for the Professional Development Fund to provide support for individuals working in film and television to access training, mentoring and other professional development activity, nationally and internationally…[more]
Shevchenko Foundation Film and Media Grant – Organizations (Canada)
Deadline: 1 October 2024
The Film and Media Arts Sector of the Arts Pillar provides support for creation and/or dissemination of works in film (including animation), video, and new media, expressing a tangible connection to the Ukrainian Canadian experience…[more]
BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant Program – United States
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Deaf Spotlight is pleased to announce the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant Program which provides financial support for emerging and established artists to further advance their careers…[more]
BFI Doc Society’s Research & Development Fund (UK)
Deadline: Ongoing
The BFI Doc Society has launched the Research & Development Fund to support and nurture independent non-fiction films and immersive projects by UK filmmakers: prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling…[more]
Screen Australia launches Story Development Generate Fund (Australia)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Screen Australia has launched the Screen Story Development Fund to support screen content makers to take advantage of existing and emerging opportunities to develop compelling scripted stories…[more]
The Film and TV Charity’s Stop Gap Grants – UK
Deadline: Ongoing
The Film and TV Charity has launched the Stop Gap Grants to support those who are experiencing the greatest need and have the least financial resilience…[more]
