Film Grants Rolling Deadlines - 2025

Open to amateur screenwriters worldwide, this program awards up to five $35,000 fellowships each year to those who show exceptional promise.

A selective film grant promoting international co-productions between France and the world, offering up to €300,000 in pre-filming support and fostering cultural diversity in global cinema.

This international film grant supports narrative feature films with co-productions between European producers and filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, with a budget cap of €1,200,000.

The IDFA Bertha Fund is the only fund in the world dedicated solely to stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania.

This program loans aspiring filmmakers professional-grade equipment for student thesis films, low-budget independent features, and other not-for-profit projects.

Get funding and support to complete your single, nonfiction documentary for public media, whether you’re an emerging filmmaker or a veteran producer.

A funding opportunity for filmmakers working on feature-length documentaries in post-production, offering financial support and industry resources to help bring projects to completion.

Available to filmmakers in the United States, this $200,000 cash award supports late-stage documentary films with a runtime of 50 minutes or more.

A six-day program for emerging filmmakers, TV creators, and industry professionals. Includes workshops, mentorship, networking, and creative exchange at the highest level.

Open to women and gender-expansive filmmakers worldwide, this $30,000 grant supports impact campaigns for documentary films, with flexible funding for campaigns, post-production, or distribution.