{ "about": "Call Sheet by pitch.dog: film and TV grants, labs, markets and festivals. Research snapshot, not legal advice; the official page always wins.", "calls": [ { "bring": [], "caution": "This round closed on 7 October; we have no date for the next one, so check with the NFVF", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-07", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-07", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short", "series" ], "get": "Stream 1: up to ZAR400,000 for shorts, pilots and web series; jobs/execution conditions apply", "id": "opp:atlas:current:c01", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Stream 1 up to ZAR400,000; shorts, pilots and webseries. 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Jan–Apr 2027 is implementation, not a new application window." } ], "title": "NFVF — PESP 7 / audiovisual production", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "This round closed on 12 October; we have no date for the next one, so check with the NZFC", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-12", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-12", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short", "animation" ], "get": "Up to NZD90,000 for short fiction, including animation", "id": "opp:atlas:current:c02", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to NZD90,000 for short fiction, including animation.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funding-support-nz-filmmakers/funding/short-film-funding-he-kauahi-catalyst", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)", "organiser_country": "New Zealand", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "nzfc-he-kauahi-catalyst", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "12 October 2026 closure confirmed", "title": "NZFC — He Kauahi Catalyst", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funding-support-nz-filmmakers/funding/short-film-funding-he-kauahi-catalyst" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Deadline 12 October 2026 at 13:00 is elapsed. Not documentary or episodic support." } ], "title": "NZFC — He Kauahi Catalyst", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The 2026 Cinema round closed on 19 June; we have no date for the next one, so check with AFAC", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-06-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-06-19", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Not published in our notes", "id": "opp:atlas:current:c03", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Past cinema-fund call.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.arabculturefund.org/Programs/12", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "AFAC — Arab Fund for Arts and Culture", "organiser_country": "Lebanon", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "afac-cinema-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Fresh AFAC retrieval failed; 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Finishing Fund closed; MPD still subject to allocation", "title": "ISO — current funding opportunities", "url": "https://iso-bea.ca/funding-opportunities/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "A displayed 1 March 2027 longstop does not override the explicit closed status." } ], "title": "ISO — Finishing Fund 2026/27", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Closed or outside its application window when last checked; we have no date for the next window, so check with Purin Pictures", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Production or post-production funding for a film (amount not published)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:c05", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Individual film production/post funding is distinct from film-related activities.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.purin.org/funds/timeline/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Purin Pictures", "organiser_country": "Thailand", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "purin-pictures-production-postproduction", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Production/postproduction deadlines distinguished from activities programme", "title": "Purin Pictures — timeline", "url": "https://www.purin.org/funds/timeline/" } ], "stages": [ "production", "post" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "The November–December period is for film-related activities; do not recommend it as a film-production grant." } ], "title": "Purin Pictures — production / postproduction", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Doc_Commune 2026 closed on 20 January; we have no date for the next round, so check with PSBT", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-01-20", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-01-20", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Documentary mentoring and a commission (amount not published)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:c06", "kinds": [ "lab", "other_finance" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Past documentary mentorship/commission pathway.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://psbt.org/doc_commune/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)", "organiser_country": "India", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "psbt-doc-commune-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "January 2026 application deadline distinguished from later production period", "title": "PSBT — Doc_Commune", "url": "https://psbt.org/doc_commune/" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "20 January 2026 was the application deadline. October 2026–January 2027 is the production period, not intake." } ], "title": "PSBT — Doc_Commune 2026", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Slate, corporate and development-finance documents; do not rely on inconsistent retrieved edition thresholds.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only companies with recent CMF funding and the minimum gross sales qualify, and this intake is first come, first served, so apply early", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-12", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-06", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-12", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "Interest-free repayable advance of CAD 75,000, or CAD 100,000 for drama, across up to five projects", "id": "opp:atlas:current:f01", "kinds": [ "other_finance" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Current ceilings withheld pending reconciliation of guideline editions.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Withhold disputed slate size, duration and caps. Dates and core advance model remain separately evidenced.", "question": "Which Slate PDF controls? Parsed text says 5 projects/30 months; rendered page says 3 projects/24 months with mixed edition footers." } ], "opens": "2026-10-06", "organiser": "Canada Media Fund", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Intake dates confirmed on the CMF program page. The Track Record intake is first come, first served.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/" }, "related": [ "cmf-slate-development-pilot-alternative-access" ], "slug": "cmf-slate-development-pilot-track-record", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "2026/27 intake schedule read", "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot dates", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Core repayment model read; earliest specified trigger, not profit", "title": "CMF — Core Development and Predevelopment guidelines", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/core-development-and-predevelopment-guidelines/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Parsed and rendered Slate rules disagree: 5 versus 3 projects; 30 versus 24 months; mixed footers", "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot guidelines", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/slate-development-pilot-program-guidelines/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Returning series, acquired formats and already attached Canadian-broadcaster projects are not generic fits. Track Record is first-come; Alternative Access selective." } ], "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot / Track Record", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "An Eligible Track Record Applicant: a. has received a funding commitment from the CMF in the past five (5) Program years (2021-2022 to 2025-2026) for at least: one (1) development project and one (1) production project; OR two (2) production projects. AND b. meets the applicable minimum CMF-reported gross sales requirement noted in Addendum A. / (Core Guidelines 3.1) an Eligible Applicant to the CMF is either a for-profit (i.e., a taxable Canadian corporation, within the meaning of Canada's Income Tax Act) production company or a Canadian Broadcaster (defined in Appendix A) that: a) is Canadia", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Canadian-controlled production companies meeting track-record criteria" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Slate, corporate and development-finance documents; do not rely on inconsistent retrieved edition thresholds.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only Canadian-controlled companies with four years of revenue growth and sales in at least one territory between 2020 and 2025 qualify", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-08", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-24", "label": "Alternative Access intake opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-08", "label": "Alternative Access intake closes (no time given)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "Up to CAD 75,000 slate development allocation, spread over up to five projects", "id": "opp:atlas:current:f02", "kinds": [ "other_finance" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Current ceilings withheld pending reconciliation of guideline editions.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Withhold disputed slate size, duration and caps. Dates and core advance model remain separately evidenced.", "question": "Which Slate PDF controls? Parsed text says 5 projects/30 months; rendered page says 3 projects/24 months with mixed edition footers." } ], "opens": "2026-11-24", "organiser": "Canada Media Fund", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Dates confirmed on the CMF programme page: the Alternative Access intake opens on 24 November and closes on 8 December 2026, with no closing time given.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/" }, "related": [ "cmf-slate-development-pilot-track-record" ], "slug": "cmf-slate-development-pilot-alternative-access", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "2026/27 intake schedule read", "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot dates", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/program/slate-development-pilot-program/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Core repayment model read; earliest specified trigger, not profit", "title": "CMF — Core Development and Predevelopment guidelines", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/core-development-and-predevelopment-guidelines/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Parsed and rendered Slate rules disagree: 5 versus 3 projects; 30 versus 24 months; mixed footers", "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot guidelines", "url": "https://cmf-fmc.ca/document/slate-development-pilot-program-guidelines/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Returning series, acquired formats and already attached Canadian-broadcaster projects are not generic fits. Track Record is first-come; Alternative Access selective." } ], "title": "CMF — Slate Development Pilot / Alternative Access", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "Programme page: \"Declaration of Canadian status of the organization and corporate information (if applicable)\". Slate Development Pilot Program Guidelines 2026-2027 (PDF): \"An annual growth in gross revenue over the four (4) year period\" ... \"Applicants must demonstrate sales in a minimum of one (1) territory throughout the world, between 2020 and 2025.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Canadian-controlled production companies; not a route for writers without a company" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Branch-specific story, credits, rights and development documents.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Writer and director must both be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and feature caps rise to AUD 45,000 only with a producer attached", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Australia/Sydney" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "series" ], "get": "Development funding up to AUD 30,000 (docs), AUD 45,000 (features) or AUD 65,000 (TV series)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:f03", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Current branch caps not independently verified.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://screenaustraliafunding.smartygrants.com.au/QiHYA0WFB2Ek", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep these out of a non-repayable-only shortlist.", "question": "Which current branch is a grant, recoupable grant, advance or equity, and what repayment trigger applies?" }, { "meanwhile": "Do not publish the indexed January date as verified.", "question": "Can the First Nations January feature-development intake be confirmed in a readable current official schedule?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Screen Australia", "organiser_country": "Australia", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on Screen Australia's application portal: 5pm AEDT, 22 October.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://screenaustraliafunding.smartygrants.com.au/QiHYA0WFB2Ek" }, "related": [], "slug": "screen-australia-first-nations-development", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "22 October 2026 deadline verified; 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we couldn't confirm the terms on the official pages", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Up to A$30,000 per application to develop a documentary", "id": "opp:atlas:current:f04", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Documentary development request ceiling", "note": "Financial instrument not confirmed as non-repayable.", "value": "AUD 30,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to AUD30,000 requested in public form.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fund/documentary-development/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep these out of a non-repayable-only shortlist.", "question": "Which current branch is a grant, recoupable grant, advance or equity, and what repayment trigger applies?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Screen Australia", "organiser_country": "Australia", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Screen Australia lists Documentary Development as always open; 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Only citizens of India can apply and the films should showcase stories from the country.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "nationality" }, "who": "Indian citizens: emerging filmmakers with previous filmmaking experience" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Application form plus a three-minute video presenting the story; obtain full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected projects get a 45-day production period; get the full rules and check when that clock starts before you commit", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-17", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-06", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-17", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short", "series", "animation", "other" ], "get": "PEN 15,000 each (four awards), a Lima workshop with travel and stay covered, and mentoring", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g04", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Per selected project", "note": null, "value": "PEN 15,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Four awards of PEN15,000 plus technical/mentoring support.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://dafo.cultura.pe/convocatorias/fondo-chirapaq-de-apoyo-al-cine-indigena", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not promise eligibility or a feasible delivery date from the announcement alone.", "question": "Can we obtain the full signed/dated rules, and when does the 45-day production clock begin?" } ], "opens": "2026-10-06", "organiser": "CHIRAPAQ", "organiser_country": "Peru", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Ministry of Culture (DAFO) call page: 17 November 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://dafo.cultura.pe/convocatorias/fondo-chirapaq-de-apoyo-al-cine-indigena" }, "related": [], "slug": "chirapaq-indigenous-cinema-fund", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Full announcement recovered; linked full rules not retrieved", "title": "CHIRAPAQ — Indigenous Cinema Fund", "url": "https://www.chirapaq.org.pe/es/articles/lanzan-fondo-de-cine-en-peru-para-llevar-historias-indigenas-a-nuevas-pantallas" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Official listing read; deadline supported", "title": "Peru Ministry of Culture — CHIRAPAQ call", "url": "https://dafo.cultura.pe/convocatorias/fondo-chirapaq-de-apoyo-al-cine-indigena" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Indigenous-language work; stated 45-day execution period, start trigger unverified." } ], "title": "CHIRAPAQ — Indigenous Cinema Fund", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "PE" ], "evidence": "2.1 Personas: Que se autorreconozcan como integrantes de un pueblo indígena. Que sean jóvenes, hombres y mujeres indígenas entre 18 y 35 años con residencia en Perú. / 2.2 Organizaciones y colectivos indígenas de Perú: Comunidades indígenas andinas y amazónicas. ... Es requisito indispensable que las organizaciones y colectivos postulantes cuenten con personería jurídica inscrita en la Superintendencia Nacional de Registros Públicos (SUNARP) y Registro Único de Contribuyente (RUC), o cuenten con el aval de una institución legalmente constituida en el Perú", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous filmmakers and collectives", "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Indigenous people aged 18–35 living in Peru, and Indigenous organisations and collectives" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Recorded webinar, application form, three-minute pitch video and required project/team/rights information.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You must watch the pre-recorded webinar before submitting, and teams need at least two key creatives, including a writer", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-26", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-15", "label": "Applications open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-26", "label": "Closes, 5pm AEDT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Australia/Sydney" }, { "date": "2027-02-23", "label": "Outcomes notified by 23 February 2027", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series", "animation" ], "get": "AUD 20,000 per team, mentoring and a Melbourne workshop; up to three teams get production funding", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g05", "kinds": [ "lab", "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Development support per selected team", "note": null, "value": "AUD 20,000" }, { "label": "Access support OR carers support — individual category cap", "note": "Either category up to 3,000; no GST; eligibility and actual costs apply.", "value": "AUD 3,000" }, { "label": "Combined access and carers ceiling", "note": "Not 3,000 + 3,000 + 5,000.", "value": "AUD 5,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "AUD20,000 for each of up to eight Australian teams.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fund/screen-australia-x-australian-childrens-television-foundation-kids-ip-incubator", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not describe either incubator as unconditional non-repayable cash.", "question": "Are amounts repayable or recoupable? Which travel, access and carer costs are covered?" } ], "opens": "2026-10-15", "organiser": "Screen Australia × Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF)", "organiser_country": "Australia", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed by Screen Australia: 26 November 2026 at 5pm AEDT, and you must watch the pre-recorded webinar before submitting; outcomes are due by 23 February 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fund/screen-australia-x-australian-childrens-television-foundation-kids-ip-incubator" }, "related": [], "slug": "screen-australia-x-actf-kids-ip-incubator", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ACTF announcement read", "title": "ACTF — Kids IP Incubator announcement", "url": "https://actf.com.au/news/view/applications-open-for-screen-australia-and-actf-s-kids-ip-incubator" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Public deadline and form pathway read", "title": "Australian Kids IP Incubator — submission portal", "url": "https://screenaustraliafunding.smartygrants.com.au/W5vVqYuWIdby" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Detailed guideline/FAQ request blocked; S60 form is separate evidence", "title": "Australian Kids IP Incubator — public application preview", "url": "https://screenaustraliafunding.smartygrants.com.au/W5vVqYuWIdby/487625/view" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Public form and carers/access page inspected", "title": "Australian Kids IP Incubator — public application form", "url": "https://screenaustraliafunding.smartygrants.com.au/W5vVqYuWIdby/487625/download.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Development programme participation in April 2027. Separate access/carer support: up to AUD3,000 individually or AUD5,000 combined. Contract terms and travel details require checking." } ], "title": "Screen Australia × ACTF — Kids IP Incubator", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AU" ], "evidence": "SmartyGrants form preview: \"the applicant company is an incorporated company carrying on business in Australia, with its central management and control in Australia and/or the individual applicant or co-applicant is an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident (holding a permanent visa)\" … \"the team consists of at least two key creatives, which includes at least one writer or writer/creator\" … Screen Australia page: \"NZ On Air will also participate in this second iteration of the Initiative, selecting and bringing their own New Zealand based teams\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Australian citizens, permanent residents or Australian-controlled companies" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Required recorded programme video; application; pitch and rights/team materials. Complete portal registration before deadline day.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You must register on the NZ On Air portal before deadline day, so by 25 November, to submit by 4pm NZDT on 26 November", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-26", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-15", "label": "Applications open on the NZ On Air portal", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "16:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "label": "Live Q+A webinar for NZ applicants, 11am NZDT", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": "11:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2026-11-25", "label": "Register on the NZ On Air portal before deadline day (by 25 November)", "role": "prerequisite", "role_label": "Do first", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-26", "label": "Phase I applications close, 4pm NZDT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "16:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2027-02-23", "label": "Phase I selections advised on or by this date", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-06", "label": "Workshop in Melbourne, 6 to 8 April 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-28", "label": "Pitch event in Melbourne", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series", "animation" ], "get": "Up to NZD 22,000 development funding, a Melbourne workshop and mentoring", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g06", "kinds": [ "lab", "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Phase I development", "note": null, "value": "NZD 22,000" }, { "label": "Phase II invitation-only production", "note": "Not a separate public application; not guaranteed after Phase I.", "value": "NZD 330,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Phase I: up to four teams, up to NZD22,000 each. Phase II: up to two teams may be invited to seek up to NZD330,000; not guaranteed.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/documents/1434/NZ_On_Air_Kids_IP_Incubator_Guidelines_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not describe either incubator as unconditional non-repayable cash.", "question": "Are amounts repayable or recoupable? Which travel, access and carer costs are covered?" } ], "opens": "2026-10-15", "organiser": "NZ On Air", "organiser_country": "New Zealand", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in the NZ On Air guidelines: 4pm NZDT on 26 November 2026, and you must register on the portal before deadline day.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/documents/1434/NZ_On_Air_Kids_IP_Incubator_Guidelines_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf" }, "related": [], "slug": "nz-on-air-trans-tasman-kids-ip-incubator", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "11-page guidelines issued 15 October 2026 read; timeline visually checked", "title": "NZ On Air — Kids IP Incubator guidelines", "url": "https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/documents/1434/NZ_On_Air_Kids_IP_Incubator_Guidelines_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Mandatory April 2027 Melbourne programme. Guidelines cover travel, accommodation and stipend for up to two for both workshop and pitch; discuss extra access/carer needs. Later production phase invitation-only." } ], "title": "NZ On Air — Trans-Tasman Kids IP Incubator", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "NZ" ], "evidence": "\"The applicant is a New Zealand-based individual or entity. Any entity contracted for development or production funding must be registered in New Zealand and meet NZ On Air’s contracting requirements.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "New Zealand-based individuals or entities, with two key creatives including a writer" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Licence/deal evidence, rights, finance plan, budget and audience-development plan; use current checklist.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only Canadian-controlled, for-profit production companies with a head office in Canada can apply, with a Major Production Funder backing the project", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-02", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-04-08", "label": "MPF stream opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "label": "Last day to ask for Accessibility Support (at least 4 weeks before the deadline), only if needed", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-02", "label": "Portal closes", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "Non-repayable funding up to CAD 150,000–250,000 for production, plus up to CAD 25,000", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g07", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Production lower eligible-cost tier", "note": "Project eligible costs up to CAD999,999; 75% rule applies.", "value": "CAD 150,000" }, { "label": "Production higher eligible-cost tier", "note": "Project eligible costs CAD1,000,000 or more; not an additional award.", "value": "CAD 250,000" }, { "label": "Audience-development support", "note": "Eligible audience costs and overall programme limits apply; do not automatically add to the production cap.", "value": "CAD 25,000" }, { "label": "Application accessibility support", "note": "Request at least four weeks before the deadline.", "value": "CAD 500" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Production up to CAD150,000 (=CAD1m), with eligible audience support up to CAD25,000 within the combined ceiling. Access support separate.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://bellfund.ca/deadlines/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use verified joint cap; confirm clock and project-specific eligible costs.", "question": "What is the MPF cutoff clock, and which project costs qualify?" } ], "opens": "2026-04-08", "organiser": "Bell Fund", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The 2 December 2026 deadline is confirmed on the Bell Fund page; the four-week step applies only if you need Accessibility Support, not to every applicant.", "status": "changed", "url": "https://bellfund.ca/deadlines/" }, "related": [], "slug": "bell-fund-production-major-production-funder", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "MPF deadline date checked; clock not supplied", "title": "Bell Fund — deadlines", "url": "https://bellfund.ca/deadlines/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current programme page read", "title": "Bell Fund — production overview", "url": "https://bellfund.ca/production-program/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "21-page guidelines read; cap page checked; footer updated 21 January 2026", "title": "Bell Fund — production guidelines", "url": "https://bellfund.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BF_Production-Program-Guidelines_2026_updated.pdf" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Default and other-programme advance clauses not conflated", "title": "Bell Fund Program Policies", "url": "https://bellfund.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BF_Program-Policies_2026_updated.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "No animation, feature films or preschool. Episode minimums vary by budget/type. Contribution affects tax-credit calculations; captions and described video required." } ], "title": "Bell Fund — Production / Major Production Funder", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "Guidelines PDF: \"“Canadian Independent Production Company” - Is a for-profit (i.e., a taxable Canadian corporation, within the meaning of Canada’s Income Tax Act) production company that is Canadian-controlled as determined in sections 26 to 28 of the Investment Canada Act and has its head office in Canada\" | \"Applications supported by a Major Production Funder for submission to the Bell Fund must equally adhere to these Guidelines including meeting all eligibility requirements.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Canadian-controlled taxable production companies with a qualifying MPF licence" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Full script normally; live-action treatment exception is not automatic. Animation may use treatment plus 10–20 script pages.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You must hold a 15-minute hui with the NZFC funding team before you apply; email development@nzfilm.co.nz to book one", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Up to NZ$35,000 per tranche, capped at NZ$140,000 in total per project", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g08", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Normal development tranche", "note": "Higher exception only by agreement; not an entitlement.", "value": "NZD 35,000" }, { "label": "Cumulative per-film development limit", "note": "Shared across this film’s NZFC/devolved development history; never add to a tranche.", "value": "NZD 140,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Normally NZD35,000 per tranche; NZD140,000 lifetime development ceiling, not one new award.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Scripted_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use the mandatory hui; no automated creative-credential equivalence.", "question": "Does the applicant satisfy the credit/equivalent-experience route, and what historical awards count toward the cumulative ceiling?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)", "organiser_country": "New Zealand", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "No deadline: the NZFC guidelines (September 2026) say you can apply at any time after a 15-minute pre-application hui, with decisions in about eight weeks.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Scripted_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf" }, "related": [ "nzfc-feature-film-development-documentary" ], "slug": "nzfc-feature-film-development-scripted", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Development programme entry page read", "title": "NZFC — Feature Film Development overview", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funding-support-nz-filmmakers/funding/feature-film-development-funding" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Scripted guidelines read; credit equivalence still applicant-specific", "title": "NZFC — Scripted Feature Development guidelines", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Scripted_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "watch_or_rolling", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Mandatory pre-application hui. 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Disclose proposed AI use; obtain consent for third-party personal information." } ], "title": "NZFC — Feature Film Development / Scripted", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "NZ" ], "evidence": "Guidelines PDF: \"You are eligible to apply for this Fund if you are: ☐ a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; and\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "NZ citizens or permanent residents holding the rights, with qualifying credits" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Documentary proposal/treatment, approach, theatrical case, community care/consent, budget, CVs and rights.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You need at least 80 minutes of documentary credits and must hold a 15-minute hui with the NZFC before you apply", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Development funding of up to $35,000 per tranche, capped at $140,000 per project", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g09", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Normal development tranche", "note": "Higher exception only by agreement; not an entitlement.", "value": "NZD 35,000" }, { "label": "Cumulative per-film development limit", "note": "Shared across this film’s NZFC/devolved development history; never add to a tranche.", "value": "NZD 140,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Normally NZD35,000 per tranche; NZD140,000 lifetime development ceiling, not one new award.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Documentary_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use the mandatory hui; no automated creative-credential equivalence.", "question": "Does the applicant satisfy the credit/equivalent-experience route, and what historical awards count toward the cumulative ceiling?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)", "organiser_country": "New Zealand", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "There is no deadline: apply at any time through the NZFC portal after a 15-minute pre-application hui, and expect a decision in about eight weeks.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Documentary_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf" }, "related": [ "nzfc-feature-film-development-scripted" ], "slug": "nzfc-feature-film-development-documentary", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Development programme entry page read", "title": "NZFC — Feature Film Development overview", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funding-support-nz-filmmakers/funding/feature-film-development-funding" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Documentary guidelines read", "title": "NZFC — Documentary Feature Development guidelines", "url": "https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/assets/resources/Feature-Film-Development-Guidelines_Documentary_Sep-2026_FINAL.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "watch_or_rolling", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Mandatory pre-application hui. Subsequent tranches have stronger producer requirements. Resubmission needs significant changes; after two successive declines a waiver is required. 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Hui first; about six weeks for decision." } ], "title": "NZFC — Feature Film Finishing Grant", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "NZ" ], "evidence": "the individuals who hold the roles of director and producer of the feature film are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents; | your feature film has not received NZFC Production or Post-Production funding; | has a total production budget of less than $1,000,000", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Features whose director and producer are both NZ citizens or permanent residents" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Budget, schedule and cut are essential: absence is an immediate ineligibility ground. Do not assume a generic document-correction period cures those omissions.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The fund can close without notice before 1 March 2027 once its money is allocated, so apply as early as you can", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2027-03-01", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-05-13", "label": "Opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-01", "label": "Closes 1 March 2027, or earlier without notice once funds are allocated", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "series", "short", "immersive" ], "get": "Up to CAD 50,000 for features and series, or CAD 25,000 for shorts, web and immersive", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g11", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Features and television", "note": "5% rule / small-budget exemption; not production finance.", "value": "CAD 50,000" }, { "label": "Shorts, webseries and immersive", "note": "Alternative format cap, not additive.", "value": "CAD 25,000" }, { "label": "Application accessibility support", "note": "Per application; yearly cap CAD1,000; ask at least two weeks ahead.", "value": "CAD 500" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to CAD50,000 features/TV or CAD25,000 shorts/web/immersive; conditional percentage limit.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://iso-bea.ca/funding-opportunities/marketing-promotion-distribution-2026/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Check current index and applicant facts; do not withhold the explicit small-budget exception.", "question": "Are funds still available, and does the applicant meet prior-support and expense rules?" } ], "opens": "2026-05-13", "organiser": "Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Still accepting applications on the ISO page: it closes on 1 March 2027, or earlier without notice once funds run out.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://iso-bea.ca/funding-opportunities/marketing-promotion-distribution-2026/" }, "related": [], "slug": "iso-marketing-promotion-and-distribution", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "MPD rules read, including small-budget exemption and incomplete-application rules", "title": "ISO — Marketing, Promotion & Distribution", "url": "https://iso-bea.ca/funding-opportunities/marketing-promotion-distribution-2026/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Index read; Finishing Fund closed; MPD still subject to allocation", "title": "ISO — current funding opportunities", "url": "https://iso-bea.ca/funding-opportunities/" } ], "stages": [ "post", "finished" ], "state": "watch_or_rolling", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Do not spend before applying and assume reimbursement. About 2–3 months plus holiday delays. Previous MPD-funded projects cannot reapply." } ], "title": "ISO — Marketing, Promotion & Distribution", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "Indigenous-controlled: minimum 51% ownership by person/s who are First Nations, Inuit or Métis who is/are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada; | All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Canada.", "excludes": [], "identity": "First Nations, Inuit and Métis", "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Canadian companies at least 51% First Nations, Inuit or Métis owned and controlled" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Activity proposal and budget; current portal’s full checklist must be checked.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "No amount is published for this stream, so check the current cap and eligibility on the Canada Council portal before 25 November", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-25", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-25", "label": "Short-Term Projects deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "other" ], "get": "Project funding for activities of up to one year; no amount stated on this page", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g12", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Current cap not independently verified; intentionally blank.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep amounts blank and require a profile check; do not reuse discontinued programme caps.", "question": "What are the current caps, accepted applicant profile, deadlines/clocks and independent-media-art rules?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Canada Council for the Arts", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Canada Council page: 25 November; results usually follow within four months.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing" }, "related": [], "slug": "canada-council-creating-knowing-and-sharing-short-term-projects", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Dates/indicative decisions read; portal rules separate", "title": "Canada Council — grant deadlines", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/deadlines" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "General arts programme page only", "title": "Canada Council — Creating, Knowing and Sharing", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not inspected", "title": "Canada Council Short-Term Projects portal", "url": "https://www.arts-services.ca/s/fundingopportunity/119JQ000003Vz3kYAC/3003?language=en_US" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Activities up to one year. Confirm whether the actual film/media-art practice qualifies; commercial TV is not automatically covered." } ], "title": "Canada Council — Creating, Knowing and Sharing / Short-Term Projects", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "Canadian Indigenous arts programme, not a worldwide film fund.", "excludes": [], "identity": "First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists", "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, groups and organisations" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Research/creation plan and budget per current portal; do not reuse retired programme caps.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Apply before your project starts: results usually come within five months, so leave enough time", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "other" ], "get": "Grant to develop, create and share artistic works at any stage of the creative process", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g13", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Current cap not independently verified; intentionally blank.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/deadlines", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep amounts blank and require a profile check; do not reuse discontinued programme caps.", "question": "What are the current caps, accepted applicant profile, deadlines/clocks and independent-media-art rules?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Canada Council for the Arts", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "There is no fixed deadline: the Canada Council says to apply any time before your project starts, and results usually come within five months.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/deadlines" }, "related": [], "slug": "canada-council-artistic-creation", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Dates/indicative decisions read; portal rules separate", "title": "Canada Council — grant deadlines", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/deadlines" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "General arts programme page only", "title": "Canada Council — Explore and Create", "url": "https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/explore-and-create" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not inspected", "title": "Canada Council Artistic Creation portal", "url": "https://www.arts-services.ca/s/fundingopportunity/119JQ000003Vz5ZYAS/1006?language=en_US" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "watch_or_rolling", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Apply before project begins; decisions commonly take about five months." } ], "title": "Canada Council — Artistic Creation", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "Explore and Create page: \"Canadian artists, groups and arts organizations to develop, create and share artistic works\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Canadian artists, groups and arts organisations" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only individuals can apply, not companies or associations, and your feature must already have a rough cut or first assembly", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 850,000 to continue a feature with a rough cut, plus mentoring and a residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_cont", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Feature continuity", "note": "Stage 3; existing assembled footage/first cut.", "value": "MXN 850,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN850,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-completion", "ecamc-feature-development", "ecamc-feature-production", "ecamc-short-completion", "ecamc-short-production" ], "slug": "ecamc-feature-continuity", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. Copyright retained subject to a non-exclusive cultural/educational/promotional use arrangement generally delayed three years after first public screening, with specified extension route. Do not treat as unrestricted cash." } ], "title": "ECAMC — feature continuity", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "BZ", "CR", "GT", "HN", "MX", "NI", "PA", "SV" ], "evidence": "\"En esta convocatoria podrán participar: Las personas físicas de México y de Centroamérica de 18 años en adelante que provengan de los pueblos indígenas o afrodescendientes por autoadscripción en términos del artículo 2 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. En el caso de las personas físicas mexicanas que cuenten con su Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) y en el caso de personas físicas de países de Centroamérica, se aceptará la documentación equivalente emitida en su país de origen.\" / \"(Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)\" / \"", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous and Afro-descendant creators (self-identified)", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant people aged 18+ from Mexico or Central America" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only individuals can apply, not companies; for development, the screenwriter applies even if they won't direct", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 90,000 for feature development, plus a mentor, learning sessions and the ECAMC residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_dev", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Initial feature development", "note": "Stage 1; feature only.", "value": "MXN 90,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN90,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-completion", "ecamc-feature-continuity", "ecamc-feature-production", "ecamc-short-completion", "ecamc-short-production" ], "slug": "ecamc-feature-development", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. Copyright retained subject to a non-exclusive cultural/educational/promotional use arrangement generally delayed three years after first public screening, with specified extension route. Do not treat as unrestricted cash." } ], "title": "ECAMC — feature development", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "BZ", "CR", "GT", "HN", "MX", "NI", "PA", "SV" ], "evidence": "En esta convocatoria podrán participar: Las personas físicas de México y de Centroamérica de 18 años en adelante que provengan de los pueblos indígenas o afrodescendientes por autoadscripción [...] En la Etapa 1 (Desarrollo inicial de la obra), la autora o el autor del guion, aunque no asuma la dirección de la obra. [...] (Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant creators (self-identified)", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant screenwriters (18+) from Mexico or Central America" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only individuals can apply, not companies or associations, and the feature must already have a final picture cut", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 950,000 to finish a feature, plus a mentor, learning sessions and the ECAMC residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_fin_feature", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Feature completion", "note": "Stage 4; final picture cut; not previously publicly exhibited as specified.", "value": "MXN 950,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN950,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-continuity", "ecamc-feature-development", "ecamc-feature-production", "ecamc-short-completion", "ecamc-short-production" ], "slug": "ecamc-feature-completion", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. 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Se podrán registrar aquellos proyectos de cortometraje o largometraje ... que cuenten con un corte final de edición (imagen)", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous and Afro-descendant creators", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant directors 18+, Mexico or Central America, with a final cut" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only individuals can apply, not companies, and the short must already have a final cut; Mexican applicants also need an RFC", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 300,000 to finish a short with a final cut, plus mentoring and a residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_fin_short", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Short completion", "note": "Stage 4; final cut.", "value": "MXN 300,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN300,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-completion", "ecamc-feature-continuity", "ecamc-feature-development", "ecamc-feature-production", "ecamc-short-production" ], "slug": "ecamc-short-completion", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. 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En el caso de las personas físicas mexicanas que cuenten con su Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) y en el caso de personas físicas de países de Centroamérica, se aceptará la documentación equivalente emitida en su país de origen.\" / \"(Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)\" / \"", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous and Afro-descendant creators (self-identified)", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant people aged 18+ from Mexico or Central America" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "For a feature you must already have directed at least one short, and only individuals can apply, not companies", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 1,200,000 to make a feature, plus a mentor, learning sessions and the ECAMC residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_prod_feature", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Feature production", "note": "Stage 2; feature over 60 minutes.", "value": "MXN 1,200,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN1,200,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-completion", "ecamc-feature-continuity", "ecamc-feature-development", "ecamc-short-completion", "ecamc-short-production" ], "slug": "ecamc-feature-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. 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Do not treat as unrestricted cash." } ], "title": "ECAMC — feature production", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "BZ", "CR", "GT", "HN", "MX", "NI", "PA", "SV" ], "evidence": "En esta convocatoria podrán participar: Las personas físicas de México y de Centroamérica de 18 años en adelante que provengan de los pueblos indígenas o afrodescendientes por autoadscripción [...] En la Etapa 2, para proyectos de largometraje, solamente las y los directores que cuentan con al menos un cortometraje con créditos de dirección [...] (Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant creators (self-identified)", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant directors with a short credit, Mexico or Central America" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Stage-specific forms; introduction video 3–10 minutes; identity/tax/rights documents; script or cut as appropriate.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only individuals can apply, not companies or associations, and Mexican applicants need an RFC tax registration", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short", "animation" ], "get": "Up to MXN 450,000 to make a short, plus a mentor, learning sessions and the ECAMC residency", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g14_prod_short", "kinds": [ "grant", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Short production", "note": "Stage 2; short up to 30 minutes.", "value": "MXN 450,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to MXN450,000 for this stage; other ECAMC stage ceilings are alternatives, not extras.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not add stage ceilings; plan bank charges and a compliant rights window.", "question": "Which stage applies, what federal-share rules apply to it, and how will residency and cultural-screening rights be scheduled?" }, { "meanwhile": "Resolve the applicable contract dates before booking production.", "question": "Does the one-year implementation period run from signature or 30 days after signature under the differing ECAMC clauses?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-11", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in IMCINE's rules: 22 October, 17:00 central Mexico time, for all stages.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, "related": [ "ecamc-feature-completion", "ecamc-feature-continuity", "ecamc-feature-development", "ecamc-feature-production", "ecamc-short-completion" ], "slug": "ecamc-short-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "ECAMC current call index read", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 official entry point", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current full HTML rules read; stage-specific applicant/runtime/rights clauses", "title": "IMCINE — ECAMC 2027 rules", "url": "https://convocatorias.imcine.gob.mx/ecamc/bases_participacion.php" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Government call notice read", "title": "Guatemala Ministry of Culture — ECAMC announcement", "url": "https://noticias.mcd.gob.gt/2026/10/09/convocatoria-ecamc-2027-para-creadores-audiovisuales-de-pueblos-indigenas-y-afrodescendientes-cierra-el-22-de-octubre-de-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Stage-specific mentorship/residency and reporting. Copyright retained subject to a non-exclusive cultural/educational/promotional use arrangement generally delayed three years after first public screening, with specified extension route. Do not treat as unrestricted cash." } ], "title": "ECAMC — short production", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "MX" ], "evidence": "En esta convocatoria podrán participar: Las personas físicas de México y de Centroamérica de 18 años en adelante que provengan de los pueblos indígenas o afrodescendientes por autoadscripción ... No podrán participar en esta convocatoria como responsables de un proyecto las personas no indígenas o que no sean afrodescendientes ... No podrán participar en esta convocatoria las personas morales, ni asociaciones o sociedades civiles.", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous and Afro-descendant creators", "regions": [ "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Indigenous or Afro-descendant directors 18+ from Mexico or Central America" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Script/treatment, approach, development budget and finance plan, rights contracts and declarations; animation art/character material.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Closes at 07:59 on 30 December with no time zone given, so treat 29 December as your deadline; Argentine partners follow INCAA's rules", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-30", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "label": "Call opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-30", "label": "Closes 07:59 (time zone not stated)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-17", "label": "Selection published (INAP route)", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "animation" ], "get": "USD 35,000 co-development award; two Paraguayan and two Argentine projects are chosen", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g15", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Organiser-stated award reference", "note": "Two Paraguayan selections in this route; actual local award stated as PYG205,555,000.", "value": "$35,000" }, { "label": "INAP-side local award", "note": "Two INAP-side awards; not four available to Paraguayan majority applicants.", "value": "PYG 205,555,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Two INAP-side awards of PYG205,555,000; organiser describes each as about US$35,000. The USD reference is not a second award and not a verified current PYG conversion.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://inap.gov.py/inap-e-incaa-abren-convocatoria-de-codesarrollo-2026-2027/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Do not apply INAP rules to the INCAA route or count four awards as available to one national pool.", "question": "What are the controlling INAP terms, local-currency payment, early cutoff/timezone and co-development obligations?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-30", "organiser": "INAP–INCAA — Paraguayan route", "organiser_country": "Paraguay", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the INAP page: 30 December at 07:59 (no time zone given), with the selection published on 17 March 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/inap-e-incaa-abren-convocatoria-de-codesarrollo-2026-2027/" }, "related": [], "slug": "inapincaa-paraguayargentina-co-development-inap-route", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "INAP national route and local currency award read; full contracting rules still needed", "title": "INAP — Paraguay–Argentina co-development", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/inap-e-incaa-abren-convocatoria-de-codesarrollo-2026-2027/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Full national agreement, payment and reporting terms still need checking." } ], "title": "INAP–INCAA — Paraguay–Argentina Co-development / INAP route", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "PY" ], "evidence": "\"Podrán postularse ante el INAP empresas, instituciones y productores independientes paraguayos del sector audiovisual,\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Paraguayan majority producers with a genuine Argentine minority partner" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Line-specific script/outline, rights, budget and national certificates; use official document index.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Your director must not have directed and commercially released a feature, and the call closes at 07:59 on 19 October with no time zone given", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Up to PYG 260,000,000 for one debut feature; 70% repayable from net revenue", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g16_debut", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Debut feature", "note": "Distinct line; not additive. No verified 15 October PYG exchange-rate input.", "value": "PYG 260,000,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to PYG260,000,000 for this line; no current PYG conversion verified.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use 18 October only as an editorial safety target. PYG remains unconverted.", "question": "Confirm the national certificates, 19 October 07:59 timezone and current signed funding rules." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "INAP", "organiser_country": "Paraguay", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline (19 Oct, 07:59) confirmed on the INAP call page and in the Bases; no time zone is stated.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, "related": [ "inap-second-call-development", "inap-second-call-documentary-production", "inap-second-call-fiction-production", "inap-second-call-minority-co-production", "inap-second-call-short-production" ], "slug": "inap-second-call-debut-feature", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Six national funding lines and early clock checked", "title": "INAP — second national funding call", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Official rules index checked; linked full PDF not fully retrieved", "title": "INAP — second-call official documents", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/segunda-convocatoria-fc-2026/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not fully reviewed", "title": "INAP second call — linked full rules", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bases-y-Condiciones-7%C2%B0-INAP-2026-VF.pdf" } ], "stages": [], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Full terms, payout and reporting obligations not completely audited." } ], "title": "INAP second call — debut feature", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "PY" ], "evidence": "\"La presente convocatoria está dirigida a empresas, instituciones y productores independientes (persona física) paraguayos del sector audiovisual\" / \"podrán aplicar los productores, instituciones y empresas, siempre y cuando cuenten con el correspondiente Certificado de Nacionalidad otorgado por el INAP\" / \"En caso de que el productor sea una persona física, deberá ser paraguayo o tener al menos 5 años de residencia comprobada en el país.\" / \"Certificado de nacionalidad del proyecto, otorgado por el INAP.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Paraguayan producers or companies with INAP producer and project nationality certificates" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Line-specific script/outline, rights, budget and national certificates; use official document index.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Closes at 07:59 on 19 October with no time zone given, and you need INAP nationality certificates for both the producer and the project", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Up to PYG 70,000,000 for development (up to four projects); 70% repayable from net income", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g16_dev", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Development", "note": "Distinct line; not additive. No verified 15 October PYG exchange-rate input.", "value": "PYG 70,000,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to PYG70,000,000 for this line; no current PYG conversion verified.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use 18 October only as an editorial safety target. 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[...] 3. Certificado de nacionalidad del productor, institución o empresa otorgado por el INAP. 4. 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No verified 15 October PYG exchange-rate input.", "value": "PYG 290,000,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to PYG290,000,000 for this line; no current PYG conversion verified.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use 18 October only as an editorial safety target. 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PYG remains unconverted.", "question": "Confirm the national certificates, 19 October 07:59 timezone and current signed funding rules." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "INAP", "organiser_country": "Paraguay", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline (19 Oct, 07:59) confirmed on the INAP call page and in the Bases; no time zone is stated.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, "related": [ "inap-second-call-debut-feature", "inap-second-call-development", "inap-second-call-documentary-production", "inap-second-call-fiction-production", "inap-second-call-short-production" ], "slug": "inap-second-call-minority-co-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Six national funding lines and early clock checked", "title": "INAP — second national funding call", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Official rules index checked; linked full PDF not fully retrieved", "title": "INAP — second-call official documents", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/segunda-convocatoria-fc-2026/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not fully reviewed", "title": "INAP second call — linked full rules", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bases-y-Condiciones-7%C2%B0-INAP-2026-VF.pdf" } ], "stages": [], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Full terms, payout and reporting obligations not completely audited." } ], "title": "INAP second call — minority co-production", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "PY" ], "evidence": "La presente convocatoria está dirigida a empresas, instituciones y productores independientes (persona física) paraguayos del sector audiovisual [...] 2) En caso de que el productor sea una persona física, deberá ser paraguayo o tener al menos 5 años de residencia comprobada en el país. [...] 2.1.4. Largometraje de Coproducción Minoritaria: Largometraje tanto de ficción como documental [...] en el cual la participación paraguaya en la financiación del proyecto sea minoritaria, y que porcentualmente no sea inferior al 10 %.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Paraguayan producers or firms with INAP certificates, as minority partner (at least 10%)" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Line-specific script/outline, rights, budget and national certificates; use official document index.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Closes at 07:59 on 19 October with no time zone given, and you need INAP nationality certificates for both the producer and the project", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short" ], "get": "Up to PYG 70,000,000 for one short film; 70% repayable if the film earns net income", "id": "opp:atlas:current:g16_short", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Short", "note": "Distinct line; not additive. No verified 15 October PYG exchange-rate input.", "value": "PYG 70,000,000" }, { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to PYG70,000,000 for this line; no current PYG conversion verified.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Use 18 October only as an editorial safety target. PYG remains unconverted.", "question": "Confirm the national certificates, 19 October 07:59 timezone and current signed funding rules." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "INAP", "organiser_country": "Paraguay", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline (19 Oct, 07:59) confirmed on the INAP call page and in the Bases; no time zone is stated.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, "related": [ "inap-second-call-debut-feature", "inap-second-call-development", "inap-second-call-documentary-production", "inap-second-call-fiction-production", "inap-second-call-minority-co-production" ], "slug": "inap-second-call-short-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Six national funding lines and early clock checked", "title": "INAP — second national funding call", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/fondos-concursables-inap-2026-segundo-llamado/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Official rules index checked; linked full PDF not fully retrieved", "title": "INAP — second-call official documents", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/segunda-convocatoria-fc-2026/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not fully reviewed", "title": "INAP second call — linked full rules", "url": "https://inap.gov.py/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bases-y-Condiciones-7%C2%B0-INAP-2026-VF.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Full terms, payout and reporting obligations not completely audited." } ], "title": "INAP second call — short production", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "PY" ], "evidence": "La presente convocatoria está dirigida a empresas, instituciones y productores independientes (persona física) paraguayos del sector audiovisual ... podrán aplicar los productores, instituciones y empresas, siempre y cuando cuenten con el correspondiente Certificado de Nacionalidad otorgado por el INAP ... 1) La empresa, institución o productora deberá estar legalmente constituida y contar con RUC ... en el territorio nacional. 2) En caso de que el productor sea una persona física, deberá ser paraguayo o tener al menos 5 años de residencia comprobada en el país. / 3. Certificado de nacionalida", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Paraguayan producers or companies with INAP producer and project nationality certificates" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "We show Docedge Kolkata's 10 December deadline, but ALT EFF's own key-dates panel says 1 December, so apply by 1 December to be safe", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-10", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-01", "label": "Applications open via Docedge Kolkata (ALT EFF page)", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-10", "label": "Docedge Kolkata application deadline (no time stated)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-03", "label": "Docedge Kolkata selection announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-01", "label": "Docedge Kolkata forum, 1–8 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "INR 2,000", "label": "Application fee, Indian project", "note": "Docedge Kolkata fee", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "INR 2,000", "label": "Application fee, second participant", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "INR 15,000", "label": "Registration fee if selected", "note": null, "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "INR 13,000", "label": "Registration fee if selected, second participant", "note": null, "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "INR 2,000" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Share of an INR 1.2 crore fund for up to three projects, with mentorship and impact support", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w01", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://docresi.org/programmes/docedge-kolkata", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Partner market deadline does not verify grant. No corpus or inherited indexed amount enters the award table.", "question": "What is the actual ALT EFF 2026/27 grant deadline, allocation per film, eligibility and rights?" } ], "opens": "2026-11-01", "organiser": "ALTEFF", "organiser_country": "India", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The ALT EFF Film Fund now takes Indian documentary features through Docedge Kolkata, which closes on 10 December 2026; one panel on ALT EFF's page says 1 December, so apply early.", "status": "changed", "url": "https://docresi.org/programmes/docedge-kolkata" }, "related": [], "slug": "alt-eff-film-fund-docedge-pathway", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Thin fund page; no usable current grant rules", "title": "ALT EFF — Film Fund", "url": "https://www.alteff.in/film-fund" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Partner market read; market entry is not evidence of grant terms", "title": "DocedgeKolkata — 2027 programme", "url": "https://docresi.org/programmes/docedge-kolkata" } ], "stages": [], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "The partner market closes 10 December 2026, but that does not establish a grant deadline or entitlement. Indian market application INR2,000 and selected registration INR15,000 are separate costs." } ], "title": "ALT EFF Film Fund / Docedge pathway", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "IN" ], "evidence": "alteff.in/film-fund: \"Emerging and established Indian filmmakers with a strong environmental or impact-driven story aligned with the theme of coexistence are invited to apply.\" docresi.org: \"Applicants must be nationals of an Asian country, and the principal filming location of the submitted project must be in an Asian country.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "nationality" }, "who": "Indian documentary filmmakers with a feature on the 2026 theme of coexistence" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The last round closed on 11 December 2025; Hot Docs says details of the next round will be out in late October or early November", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2025-12-11", "dates": [ { "date": "2025-12-11", "label": "Last round closed", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Development advance up to CAD 15,000 or production grant up to CAD 60,000; shorts up to CAD 30,000", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w02", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/film-funds/hot-docs-slaight-family-fund/apply-hot-docs-slaight-family-fund", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Hot Docs", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The last round closed on 11 December 2025; Hot Docs says details of the next round will be published in late October or early November 2026.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/film-funds/hot-docs-slaight-family-fund/apply-hot-docs-slaight-family-fund" }, "related": [], "slug": "hot-docsslaight-family-fund", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Next details expected late October/early November; no new verified intake", "title": "Hot Docs — Slaight Family Fund", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/film-funds/hot-docs-slaight-family-fund" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Next application details expected late October/early November; this is not a verified closing date." } ], "title": "Hot Docs–Slaight Family Fund", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Be a corporation unaffiliated with any licensed network or programming undertaking. … International production companies making films about Canadian musical artists (max. 1 per year*) … Canadian productions, co-pros or treaty productions making films about Canadian musical artists … Canadian productions, co-pros or treaty productions making films about International musical artists (max. 1 per year*)", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Music documentary producers; non-Canadian companies only for films on Canadian artists" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The Fall 2026 grants round closed on 2 July; no next round announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-07-02", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-06-22", "label": "Fall 2026 round opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-07-02", "label": "Fall 2026 round closed, 5pm GMT+3", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Qatar" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Narrative feature grants up to USD 20,000 development, USD 100,000 production, USD 75,000 post", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w03", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "merged_ids": [ "opp:atlas:legacy:w04" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.dohafilm.com/en/funding-industry/funding/grants", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-06-22", "organiser": "Doha Film Institute", "organiser_country": "Qatar", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The Fall 2026 grants round closed on 2 July 2026 at 5pm GMT+3, and the Doha Film Institute has not yet announced dates for the next round.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.dohafilm.com/en/funding-industry/funding/grants" }, "related": [], "slug": "doha-film-institute-next-grants-round", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Fall 2026 intake was June–July; next round unverified", "title": "Doha Film Institute — Grants", "url": "https://www.dohafilm.com/en/funding-industry/funding/grants" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Fall 2026 closed 2 July. Spring 2027 dates not verified. Non-MENA eligibility differs by film stage." } ], "title": "Doha Film Institute — next grants round", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Feature Films Guideline PDF (DFI26-FeatureFilmsGuideline-EN.pdf): \"A project’s eligibility is determined by the director’s Nationality\" … \"The director attached must be a first or second-time filmmaker\" … \"Established (2+ features) MENA directors can only apply for post- production funding.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "nationality" }, "who": "First or second-time feature directors anywhere; established MENA directors for post only" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "No 2027 post-production call is announced yet; the fund's calendar lists 6 to 27 January and 6 to 21 July cycles without a year, so confirm first", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Post-production grant to get a feature completed and ready for distribution", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w04", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/red-sea-fund/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Red Sea Film Foundation", "organiser_country": "Saudi Arabia", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "No 2027 post-production call has been announced yet; the fund's calendar lists post-production cycles for 6 to 27 January and 6 to 21 July, without a year.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/red-sea-fund/" }, "related": [], "slug": "red-sea-fund-2027-postproduction-call", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "January 2026 postproduction dates checked; not January 2027", "title": "Red Sea Fund — dated 2026 postproduction call", "url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/press/red-sea-fund-announces-open-call-for-2026-post-production-support-cycle-1/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "watch_or_rolling", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "The dated January call retrieved belongs to 2026. No verified January 2027 application window. Festival changes do not automatically cancel the Fund." } ], "title": "Red Sea Fund — 2027 postproduction call", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Feature-length (60 minutes or more) fiction, documentary, or animation projects from directors of Arab nationality/origin, African and Asian nationalities.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "AFRICA", "ASIA", "MENA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "nationality" }, "who": "Directors of Arab nationality or origin, or African or Asian nationality; 60+ min features" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The 2025–26 call closed on 7 January; no next call announced when we checked on 17 October, though the last one opened on 7 November", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-01-07", "dates": [ { "date": "2025-11-07", "label": "2025–26 call opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-01-07", "label": "2025–26 call closed, 11:59pm Panama time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Panama" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "A share of $15,000 in total across development and post-production awards", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w05", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://iffpanama.ong/en/su-mirada-fund/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2025-11-07", "organiser": "IFF Panama", "organiser_country": "Panama", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The last Su Mirada call closed on 7 January 2026; IFF Panama has not yet announced the next one (the last call opened on 7 November).", "status": "closed", "url": "https://iffpanama.ong/en/su-mirada-fund/" }, "related": [], "slug": "iff-panama-su-mirada-next-call", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "November 2025–January 2026 cycle checked; not upcoming cycle", "title": "IFF Panama — Su Mirada", "url": "https://iffpanama.ong/en/su-mirada-fund/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "post" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Displayed window is 7 November 2025–7 January 2026, not upcoming November–January." } ], "title": "IFF Panama — Su Mirada next call", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AG", "AW", "BB", "BZ", "CR", "CU", "DO", "GD", "GP", "GT", "HN", "HT", "JM", "MQ", "NI", "PA", "PR", "SV", "TT" ], "evidence": "Eligible Countries: Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad & Tobago. | Applicants must be women, 25 years or older, and residents of one of the eligible countries. | Must have directed at least one short film.", "excludes": [], "identity": "Women filmmakers aged 25 or over", "regions": [ "CARIBBEAN", "CENTRAL_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "Women aged 25 or over living in Central America or the Caribbean" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "FOCINE 2026 closed on 30 January; the 2027 call wasn't published when we checked on 17 October (the 2026 call opened on 2 January)", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-01-30", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-01-02", "label": "FOCINE 2026 registration opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-01-30", "label": "FOCINE 2026 registration closed, 15:00 central Mexico time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "15:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Post-production support up to MXN 2m for features or MXN 200,000 for shorts (2026 terms)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w06", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.imcine.gob.mx/focine", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-01-02", "organiser": "IMCINE", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The FOCINE 2026 call closed on 30 January 2026; IMCINE has not yet published the 2027 call (the 2026 one opened on 2 January).", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.imcine.gob.mx/focine" }, "related": [], "slug": "imcine-focine-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "PDF cover checked: 2026, not 2027, regardless of URL upload month", "title": "IMCINE — FOCINE postproduction rules", "url": "https://www.imcine.gob.mx/media/2026/9/anexo-2---bases-postproduccion-2026-file_347a54c9b16178840492f046.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "production", "post" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "A PDF under a September 2026 URL still gives January 2026 application dates." } ], "title": "IMCINE — FOCINE 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "MX" ], "evidence": "Podrán participar personas físicas o morales mexicanas cuya actividad u objeto social sea la producción cinematográfica o audiovisual | PDF: \"Los proyectos deberán ser presentados por personas físicas … nacidas en México o naturalizadas mexicanas, o por personas morales mexicanas, … o por escuelas de cine o audiovisual con RVOE.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Mexican-born or naturalised individuals, Mexican companies and accredited film schools" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Cycle 1 of 2026/27 closed on 6 July; no next cycle announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-07-06", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-06-09", "label": "2026/27 Cycle 1 opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-07-06", "label": "2026/27 Cycle 1 closed, 17h00", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [], "get": "Development, production and post-production funding by experience tier; no amounts on this page", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w07", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.nfvf.co.za/nfvf-call-for-funding-applications-production-development-2026-27/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-06-09", "organiser": "National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF)", "organiser_country": "South Africa", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The NFVF's 2026/27 Cycle 1 production and development call closed on 6 July 2026; no date for the next cycle has been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.nfvf.co.za/nfvf-call-for-funding-applications-production-development-2026-27/" }, "related": [], "slug": "nfvf-next-production-development-call", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "June–July 2026 call checked; no current next production/development call", "title": "NFVF — production/development call", "url": "https://www.nfvf.co.za/nfvf-call-for-funding-applications-production-development-2026-27/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "The verified regular call ran June–July 2026; no new in-window regular call established." } ], "title": "NFVF — next production/development call", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "National film/TV development and production support.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Individuals, companies and organisations making South African screen content, by tier" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The 2025 round is finished and no new eAccelerate call was announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Up to EUR 20,000 for a short film, with mentoring and industry support (2025 round)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w08", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://documentaryafrica.org/eaccelerate-fund/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Documentary Africa (DocA)", "organiser_country": "Kenya", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "No eAccelerate call is open: the Documentary Africa page shows the 2025 cohort and gives no date for the next call.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://documentaryafrica.org/eaccelerate-fund/" }, "related": [], "slug": "documentary-africa-eaccelerate-next-call", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Earlier cohorts/screenings do not establish new funding intake", "title": "Documentary Africa — eAccelerate", "url": "https://documentaryafrica.org/eaccelerate-fund/" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Past grantees and 2026 screenings do not prove a new grant call." } ], "title": "Documentary Africa — eAccelerate next call", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Director + Producer pairs from East Africa\" ... \"Films up to 20 minutes\" ... \"with at least 80% shot locally\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "AFRICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Director and producer pairs from East Africa making short films (2025 round)" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Only Singapore-registered companies can apply, and selection after the pitch only invites you to make a formal grant application", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-30", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-02", "label": "CFP 2 opens (Tracks A and B)", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "label": "CFP 2 closes, 6pm SGT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "18:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Singapore" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Route to an IMDA grant of up to SGD 300,000 to SGD 1.2m, depending on category", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w09", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.imda.gov.sg/about-imda/research-and-statistics/support-for-industry-sectors/media/tap/film", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep as a watch. Search-index text is not a verified grant deadline.", "question": "Provide readable current IMDA CFP2 terms, deadline and track definitions." } ], "opens": "2026-10-02", "organiser": "Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)", "organiser_country": "Singapore", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "IMDA's page gives the Feature Film CFP 2 window as 2 to 30 October 2026, closing at 6pm Singapore time.", "status": "changed", "url": "https://www.imda.gov.sg/about-imda/research-and-statistics/support-for-industry-sectors/media/tap/film" }, "related": [], "slug": "imda-feature-film-cfp-2", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "IMDA PDF blocked; watch retained", "title": "IMDA — Feature Film CFP 2 document", "url": "https://www.imda.gov.sg/assets/cd8711fc-3467-4a28-b462-698d1ab3a7c4.pdf" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Search indexing not used as decision evidence", "title": "IMDA CFP2 — official form lead", "url": "https://form.gov.sg/6ab943a37dfaec4a877213e5" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Not inspected", "title": "IMDA film programme — lead", "url": "https://www.imda.gov.sg/about-imda/research-and-statistics/support-for-industry-sectors/media/tap/film" } ], "stages": [], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Document retrieval blocked; closing date, financial model and current conditions not verified." } ], "title": "IMDA — Feature Film CFP 2", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "SG" ], "evidence": "CFP Brief PDF (updated 1 October 2026): \"Be a Singapore-registered company.\" | \"SG refers to Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Singapore-registered companies with Singapore talent, in four project categories" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The 2026 round has closed; KIMFF says applications open in December but gave no date for the next call when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "NPR 200,000 each for three short documentaries, with mentoring (2026 round)", "id": "opp:atlas:current:w10", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "No current verified award for budgeting.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://kimff.org/thf-documentary-grant-2026/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "kimff", "organiser_country": "Nepal", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The 2026 Toni Hagen grant round has closed; the KIMFF page says applications open in December but gives no date for the next call.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://kimff.org/thf-documentary-grant-2026/" }, "related": [], "slug": "kimff-toni-hagen-documentary-grant-next-call", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Closed call dates lead to January 2026 results", "title": "KIMFF — Toni Hagen Documentary Grant", "url": "https://kimff.org/thf-documentary-grant-2026/" } ], "stages": [], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Obligations", "text": "Current page is a closed 2026 edition. November–December dates on it belong to an earlier cycle." } ], "title": "KIMFF — Toni Hagen Documentary Grant next call", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "NP" ], "evidence": "\"invites young Nepali filmmakers to apply\" ... \"Applicant must from Nepal\" ... \"Applicants must be filmmakers who are yet to make a feature length documentary\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Nepali filmmakers who have not yet made a feature-length documentary" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Downloadable protected screener; 150-word synopsis and director note/biography; team filmographies; three film stills; director photograph.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2026 WIP Lab entry window closed on 2 October; we have no date for the next edition, so check with Film Bazaar", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-02", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-02", "label": "WIP only — late (elapsed)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata" }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "label": "Combined WIP + Viewing Room — alternative", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata" } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Rough-cut mentoring for the director and editor", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:a01", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://films.wavesbazaar.com/programme/work-in-progress-lab/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar", "organiser_country": "India", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "nfdc-waves-film-bazaar-wip-lab-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar — WIP Lab 2026", "url": "https://films.wavesbazaar.com/programme/work-in-progress-lab/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read the full rules and the limits on access to screening materials." } ], "title": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar — WIP Lab 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Worldwide fiction rough cuts; documentaries and finished films excluded.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Fiction feature teams worldwide with a rough cut; director and editor both attend" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Protected downloadable screener, synopsis, director note, team details, stills and photograph.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2026 Viewing Room entry window closed on 2 October; we have no date for the next edition, so check with Film Bazaar", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-02", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-02", "label": "Fiction short", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata" } ], "fee": { "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "animation" ], "get": "A paid listing on the industry viewing platform (not a merit selection)", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:a02", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://films.wavesbazaar.com/programme/viewing-room/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar", "organiser_country": "India", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "nfdc-waves-film-bazaar-viewing-room-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar — Viewing Room 2026", "url": "https://films.wavesbazaar.com/programme/viewing-room/" } ], "stages": [ "post", "finished" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "On submission", "text": "Applicant email is printed in the industry catalogue." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Applicant email is included in the catalogue. Organiser states it does not acquire exploitation rights via the viewing platform." } ], "title": "NFDC WAVES Film Bazaar — Viewing Room 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Worldwide films in post-production or completed.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Films from anywhere in post-production or completed; paid entry" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Rights-cleared English PDF screenplay, maximum 15 pages; examine any adaptation exception with the organiser.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The top three prizes are option and purchase deals for your script (CAD 1,000 or CAD 500), and production is not guaranteed", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-03-03", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-07-01", "label": "Opening date", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-04", "label": "Early bird deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-02", "label": "Regular deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-06", "label": "Late deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-02-03", "label": "Final deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-03", "label": "I-Missed-The-Deadline deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-07", "label": "Notification date", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-05-22", "label": "Award ceremony", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$50", "label": "Early Bird fee", "note": "Deadline 4 November 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$55", "label": "Regular fee", "note": "Deadline 2 December 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$60", "label": "Late fee", "note": "Deadline 6 January 2027", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$65", "label": "Final fee", "note": "Deadline 3 February 2027", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$75", "label": "I-Missed-The-Deadline fee", "note": "Deadline 3 March 2027; the FAQ (with 2025–26 dates) also lists student fees of USD 30–50", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$50–75" }, "formats": [ "short" ], "get": "Top three: option-purchase deals of CAD 1,000 or 500 and Crystal Awards; a chance of production", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:c01", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.funrepublicpictures.com/the-canadian-short-screenplay-competition/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Seek a written ruling for licensed adaptations; this is issue spotting, not a legal conclusion.", "question": "How are licensed adaptations treated under clauses 5 and 9?" } ], "opens": "2026-07-01", "organiser": "Canadian Short Screenplay Competition", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/CanadianShortScreenplayCompetition", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "4 Nov is only the early-bird deadline; entries run to 3 Feb 2027 (final) and 3 Mar 2027 (last chance).", "status": "changed", "url": "https://www.funrepublicpictures.com/the-canadian-short-screenplay-competition/" }, "related": [], "slug": "canadian-short-screenplay-competition", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Canadian Short Screenplay Competition — rules", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/CanadianShortScreenplayCompetition" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "On submission", "text": "Name and excerpts may be used for promotion." }, { "label": "If top three", "text": "All rights assignment and moral-rights waiver, with stated option/purchase prize; production not guaranteed." }, { "label": "If top three", "text": "Revisions may be requested without further payment." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "TOP THREE winners assign all script rights and waive moral rights; unpaid rewrites possible; production not guaranteed. Other entrants do not automatically assign all rights. Advertised top-three option/purchase amounts are CAD 1,000 / 500 / 250; these do not remove the assignment requirement or guarantee production. The top-three consideration is paired with stated CAD1,000 / 500 / 250 option-and-purchase prizes. The entry fees are separately USD. No revised pages or replacement draft is accepted after entry. Clauses 5 and 9 differ on adaptation eligibility; a licensed adaptation needs a ruling." } ], "title": "Canadian Short Screenplay Competition", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC) is open to writers of any nationality from any country worldwide.\" / \"must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced\" / \"not more than 15 pages in length\" / \"written in the English language\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers worldwide with an unproduced English short script of up to 15 pages" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Private screener with English subtitles where needed, production details and rights. Rough/fine cuts may be considered, but this is festival selection, not project finance.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Feature entry fees rise from CAD 70 by 29 October to CAD 165 by 4 January, plus 13% HST within Canada, and are non-refundable", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-01-04", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-29", "label": "Short early", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-10", "label": "Short regular", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-04", "label": "Short late", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "CAD 35", "label": "Short (1–40 min), early deadline fee", "note": "Early deadline 29 October 2026; 13% HST added within Canada", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CAD 50", "label": "Short (1–40 min), regular deadline fee", "note": "Regular deadline 10 December 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CAD 70", "label": "Short (1–40 min), late deadline fee", "note": "Late deadline 4 January 2027", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CAD 70", "label": "Mid-length, feature or episodic series, early deadline fee", "note": "Early deadline 29 October 2026; 13% HST added within Canada", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CAD 120", "label": "Mid-length, feature or episodic series, regular deadline fee", "note": "Regular deadline 10 December 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CAD 165", "label": "Mid-length, feature or episodic series, late deadline fee", "note": "Late deadline 4 January 2027; fees are non-refundable", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "CAD 35–165" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Festival selection and screening; selected films can compete for jury and audience awards", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:f01", "kinds": [ "festival" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/submit/submit-a-film", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Hot Docs", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Early (29 Oct), regular (10 Dec) and late (4 Jan 2027) deadlines confirmed on the Hot Docs submissions page.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/submit/submit-a-film" }, "related": [], "slug": "hot-docs-festival-films", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Hot Docs — submit a film", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/submit/submit-a-film" } ], "stages": [ "post", "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Long-form online availability in Ontario can defeat premiere eligibility; shorts have different online rules." } ], "title": "Hot Docs — Festival films", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "All films must have been completed after January 1, 2026 [...] Hot Docs accepts Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths and subject matter.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Documentaries from anywhere completed after 1 January 2026; Ontario/Toronto premiere" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Private screener, category-specific subtitles, credits, production data and rights; select the actual section rather than generic eligibility.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Short-film entries closed on 16 October; features can still enter until 6pm Central Mexico time on 31 October and need a Mexican premiere", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-31", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-07-20", "label": "Call for entries opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-08-20", "label": "Free submission period ends", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Short films close, 6pm Central Mexico time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "18:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2026-10-31", "label": "Feature films close, 6pm Central Mexico time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "18:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2027-03-06", "label": "FICG42 festival, 6 to 13 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "MXN 400", "label": "Feature film fee (after 20 August 2026)", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "MXN 200", "label": "Short film fee (after 20 August 2026)", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "MXN 200–400" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "animation" ], "get": "Mayahuel awards, with cash prizes of up to MXN 500,000 in the top sections", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:f02", "kinds": [ "festival" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/custom-page/regulations_for_participants_ficgg_42/show", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-07-20", "organiser": "FICG42", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Dates confirmed in the FICG42 rules: short films closed on 16 October and feature films close on 31 October 2026, both at 6pm Central Mexico time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/custom-page/regulations_for_participants_ficgg_42/show" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg42-festival-films", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — completed-film regulations", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/custom-page/regulations_for_participants_ficgg_42/show" } ], "stages": [ "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Feature Mexican premiere generally required. 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Selected Spanish/English/other-language films have different required exhibition subtitles.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Your film must not have been shown publicly in Colombia in any form, analogue or digital, before FICCI 66", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-29", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-31", "label": "Early-bird fee deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-29", "label": "Final deadline, 23:59:59 Colombia time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Bogota" }, { "date": "2027-04-06", "label": "FICCI 66 festival, 6–11 April 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$30", "label": "Short film early-bird fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$35", "label": "Short film deadline fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$60", "label": "Feature early-bird fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$70", "label": "Feature deadline fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": null, "label": "University Short Films, Tierra Adentro and De Indias", "note": "No registration fee; the platform's sending fee still applies", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$30–70" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "animation" ], "get": "Competition prizes from a pool of up to USD 100,000 shared across sections and WIP", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:f03", "kinds": [ "festival" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Target 28 November internally. Preserve both published clocks.", "question": "Which final cutoff clock controls?" }, { "meanwhile": "Route borderline lengths to manual classification; do not fabricate a universal short/feature definition.", "question": "Which category accepts a film of exactly 70 minutes?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "FICCI66", "organiser_country": "Colombia", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmmakers.festhome.com/festival/festival-internacional-de-cine-de-cartagena-de-indias-ficci", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed in the FICCI 66 terms: early-bird fees until 31 October and the final deadline on 29 November 2026 at 23:59 Colombia time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficci66-festival-films", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICCI66 — regulations", "url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICCI66 — official submission listing", "url": "https://filmmakers.festhome.com/festival/festival-internacional-de-cine-de-cartagena-de-indias-ficci" } ], "stages": [ "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "No prior Colombian public exhibition; read screening and non-exclusive publicity permissions." } ], "title": "FICCI66 — Festival films", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "FICCI66 Terms and Conditions PDF: \"Section for feature films and short films with legal and cultural nationality from countries other than Colombia and Ibero-America (United States, Canada, non-Iberian Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania)\" \"Only productions, audiovisual exercises, or pieces produced and/or premiered worldwide in the years 2026 and 2027 will be considered.\" \"Productions submitted for selection by the curatorial committee must not have had previous exhibitions in Colombia under any form of public communication, analog or digital.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "production" }, "who": "Films of any nationality made or premiered in 2026–2027 and not yet shown in Colombia" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Screener and film metadata. 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Runtime wording says short under40/feature over40; exactly40 requires clarification." } ], "title": "Doc Edge — Festival films", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [], "evidence": "International and New Zealand fee categories differ.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Documentaries completed from 1 January 2026, with a New Zealand premiere" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "DCP", "limit": null, "note": "Delivery cost, not a condition that every applicant own a DCP already.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "DIFF limits feature fiction and documentaries to African countries but also says non-African features are solicited, so check before entering one", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-01-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-15", "label": "Submissions open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-23", "label": "Early bird deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-15", "label": "Regular (final) deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-05-04", "label": "Notification date", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-07-15", "label": "48th festival, 15–25 July 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "animation" ], "get": "Screening at DIFF, Southern Africa's only Oscar-qualifying festival, and its awards", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:f05", "kinds": [ "festival" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za/about-us/submissions/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep native display text. 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Feature-length films produced outside of Africa, for features and documentaries are solicited – while international short and student films are accepted. | Films must have been completed after 1 January 2026 to be eligible for submission.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "AFRICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "production" }, "who": "African feature fiction and documentaries; shorts and student films from any country" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Finished screener and required production information; full current category form controls.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only films produced in 2026 and not yet screened in Egypt can enter, and the main competitions require African directors", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-08-21", "label": "Submissions opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-15", "label": "Submissions close", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-28", "label": "Festival in Luxor, 28 March to 3 April 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "animation" ], "get": "A competition screening at the 16th festival in Luxor; 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the Short Film Competition (documentary / narrative / animation), with films in both competitions required to be by African directors; the Diaspora Film Competition for long narrative or documentary films, dedicated to African directors living outside the continent who make films about Africa through a global lens; and the Upper Egypt Film Competition for directors from the governorates of Qena and Luxor.", "excludes": [], "identity": "African directors, including the diaspora", "regions": [ "AFRICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "African directors, including the diaspora; a separate strand for Qena and Luxor directors" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Treatment", "limit": "up to 1,000 words", "note": "English treatment; separate field limits apply.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Full script", "limit": null, "note": "Do not confuse with WIP’s required full script.", "optional": true }, { "item": "Project video", "limit": "up to 10 minutes", "note": "Only requested from shortlisted projects.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Chinese language project documents", "limit": null, "note": "Chinese-language projects require supporting documents in both English and Chinese; 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Read current agreement." } ], "title": "HAF25 — In-Development", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "(FAQ) The HAF is open to full length feature fictional film projects with Asian elements or Asian in key creative roles such as directors and producers that are looking for co-producers, investors, sales agents and funders. / A full-length (running time of 60 minutes or longer) live-action or animated film* project with an attached director, producer, and production company; With a proposed budget and not fully financed; ... At script development or pre-production stage", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "ASIA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Feature teams with director, producer and company, and Asian elements or Asian creatives" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Extra pitch deck", "limit": null, "note": "Do not send extra decks. 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Do not automatically reject funded rough cuts.", "question": "Can a rough cut with market financing enter?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Hot Docs", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Hot Docs Forum page: 10 December 2026, with no time given; the Forum and Deal Maker share one application form.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/conference/hot-docs-forum/submit-forum" }, "related": [], "slug": "hot-docs-forum", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Hot Docs Deal Maker — apply", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/conference/deal-maker/submit-deal-maker" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Hot Docs pitch programmes FAQ", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/faq/pitch-faqs" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Hot Docs Forum — apply", "url": "https://hotdocs.ca/industry/conference/hot-docs-forum/submit-forum" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "If selected", "text": "Required acknowledgement/logo; organiser states it does not take project rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "No project-ownership transfer identified in inspected application pages; re-read selection and publicity agreements. The organiser explicitly says it does not take rights in selected projects; the required Hot Docs credit/logo still applies." } ], "title": "Hot Docs Forum", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Independent production companies are eligible to enter documentary projects currently in development or production.\" \"Only independent production companies will be considered.\" FAQ (hotdocs.ca/faq/pitch-faqs): \"No. The Hot Docs Forum and Deal Maker are international events, and you do not require any Canadian link within your film or funding structure.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Independent production companies worldwide with a doc about 10–75% financed" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Extra pitch deck", "limit": null, "note": "An allowed cross-platform image field does not authorise extra attachments.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Footage or visuals", "limit": "up to 10 minutes", "note": "Single streamable link in current checklist.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "If selected, each pitch team member must buy a Hot Docs industry pass, priced only after selection; 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Do not describe the conflict as resolved.", "question": "Which regular deadline governs?" }, { "meanwhile": "Show alternatives and processing uncertainty. Do not invent a rounding or tax explanation.", "question": "What will checkout charge for regular and late entry?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "AIDC", "organiser_country": "Australia", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Regular deadline confirmed; a late deadline at a higher fee runs to 8 November, 23:59 AEDT.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.aidc.com.au/pitches-marketplace/the-factory-2/" }, "related": [], "slug": "aidc-the-factory", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "AIDC 2027 — submission guidelines", "url": "https://www.aidc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AIDC-2027-The-FACTory-Submission-Guidelines-1.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "AIDC 2027 FACTory — terms", "url": "https://www.aidc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AIDC-2027-The-FACTory-Terms-Conditions.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "The FACTory — current webpage", "url": "https://www.aidc.com.au/pitches-marketplace/the-factory-2/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "On submission", "text": "Promotional/programme use licence; copyright retained. Full-project display is restricted by terms." }, { "label": "On submission", "text": "Read the scope of the moral-rights waiver." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Ownership retained, but broad perpetual non-exclusive publicity licence and moral-rights language, including full-project uses, need review." } ], "title": "AIDC — The FACTory", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Australian and international filmmakers are eligible to apply.\" / \"Applicants must be the rights holder in the work.\" / \"Applicants must be 18 years of age or over.\" / \"Entry is open to feature films, singles, and series.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Rights-holders worldwide (18+) with a doc feature, one-hour single or factual series" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Development dossier, script/treatment, producer/company, budget and finance evidence; full form controls.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Applications for the 24th Co-production Meeting closed on 16 October; no next call announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-08-10", "label": "Registration opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Deadline, 23:59 central Mexico time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" }, { "date": "2027-03-06", "label": "FICG 42 in Guadalajara, 6–13 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary" ], "get": "One-to-one meetings, two free accreditations, up to four nights' lodging, partner prizes", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p05", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://ficg.mx/en/encuentro-coproduccion-2027/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep partial candidates visible with checks. Do not fill the gaps with search snippets, old editions or assumed global eligibility.", "question": "What do the complete current forms and rules require?" } ], "opens": "2026-08-10", "organiser": "FICG", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Applications for the 24th Co-production Meeting closed on 16 October 2026 at 23:59 Mexico City time, and the meeting takes place during FICG, 6 to 13 March 2027.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://ficg.mx/en/encuentro-coproduccion-2027/" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg-24-co-production-meetings", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG24 Co-production Meetings form", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/24_co-production_meetings" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG24 — full eligibility page", "url": "https://ficg.mx/en/encuentro-coproduccion-2027/" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — official application portal", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Confirm applicant's rights and full current selection terms." } ], "title": "FICG — 24 Co-production Meetings", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"La convocatoria está dirigida a largometrajes iberoamericanos de ficción, documental o animación que aún no hayan iniciado su etapa de rodaje y cuya duración estimada sea superior a los 70 minutos.\" \"al menos el 20% de su estructura de financiamiento asegurada al momento de la inscripción\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "IBERO_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "production" }, "who": "Ibero-American features over 70 min, not yet shot, with 20% of financing secured" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Pilot and dossier", "limit": null, "note": "First written pilot draft and complete dossier.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "Episode 0 registration closed on 16 October; no next call announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Closed: 23:59 Mexico City time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series", "documentary" ], "get": "A place among up to 7 series projects in the Episode 0 activity at FICG 42", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p06", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/8_episode_0_series_in_development", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep partial candidates visible with checks. Do not fill the gaps with search snippets, old editions or assumed global eligibility.", "question": "What do the complete current forms and rules require?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "FICG", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Registration for Episode 0 at FICG 42 closed on 16 October 2026 at 23:59 Mexico City time, and no next call has been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/8_episode_0_series_in_development" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg-episodio-0", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG Episodio 0 form", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/8_episode_0_series_in_development" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — official application portal", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read updated rights and financing terms before submission." } ], "title": "FICG — Episodio 0", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "This call for entries is exclusively open to fiction and documentary series from the Ibero-American region that are actively in the development phase and submit a complete dossier, including the first written draft of their pilot episode.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "IBERO_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "production" }, "who": "Ibero-American fiction and documentary series in development, with a pilot draft" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Genre feature development and pitch package; exact form checklist controls.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Fantastic Genre pitch submissions closed on 16 October; no next call announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Closed: 23:59 Mexico City time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "A pitch at FICG 42 and meetings with producers, funders, buyers and sales agents", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p07", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/genero_fantastico", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep partial candidates visible with checks. Do not fill the gaps with search snippets, old editions or assumed global eligibility.", "question": "What do the complete current forms and rules require?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "FICG", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Submissions for Pitch Guadalajara Fantastic Genre at FICG 42 closed on 16 October 2026 at 23:59 Mexico City time, and no next call has been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/genero_fantastico" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg-pitch-guadalajara-genero-fantastico", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG Genre Pitch form", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/genero_fantastico" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — official application portal", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Confirm rights chain and selection/publicity terms." } ], "title": "FICG — Pitch Guadalajara: Género Fantástico", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "Full territorial/unshot/financing conditions need current-rule confirmation.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Horror, terror and sci-fi feature film projects in development" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Work-in-progress screener, completion plan, team, rights, budget/finance and requested technical material.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Films entered in an earlier Guadalajara Construye can't apply again, and travel and food costs are yours even if selected", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-27", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-02", "label": "Call opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-27", "label": "Deadline, 23:59 Mexico City time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Mexico_City" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Industry screening at FICG 42, catalogue listing, two badges and possible lodging for 3 nights", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p08", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/21_gdlc_submissions", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-02", "organiser": "FICG", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the FICG submissions page: 27 November 2026, 23:59 Mexico City time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/21_gdlc_submissions" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg-guadalajara-construye-21", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — official application portal", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Guadalajara Construye 21 form", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/21_gdlc_submissions" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read completion-award agreements and credit requirements; 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Do not fill the gaps with search snippets, old editions or assumed global eligibility.", "question": "What do the complete current forms and rules require?" } ], "opens": "2026-09-23", "organiser": "FICG", "organiser_country": "Mexico", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the FICG submissions page: 27 November 2026, 23:59 Mexico City time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficg-doculab-19", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "DocuLab19 form", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027/film-form/19_dclb_submissions_" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICG42 — official application portal", "url": "https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2027" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read lab access, publicity and credit conditions." } ], "title": "FICG — DocuLab 19", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "DocuLab: documentary lab is open to directors from Ibero-American countries with a first or second cut of their films to be analysed at individual screening sessions.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "IBERO_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Ibero-American directors with a documentary at first or second cut" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Full script", "limit": null, "note": "Current checklist requires full script.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Treatment", "limit": null, "note": "FAQ requests it; omission from the current checklist is not an express waiver. Prepare and confirm where to upload.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "You need a director, producer and production company attached; confirm the Asian-link rule, which the WIP page doesn't spell out", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-02", "label": "Submissions open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-16", "label": "Deadline, 23:59 Hong Kong time (GMT+8)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Hong_Kong" }, { "date": "2027-03-15", "label": "HKIFF Industry Project Market, 15–17 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "HKD 800", "label": "Submission fee, online payment", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "HKD 800", "label": "Submission fee, telegraphic transfer", "note": "Plus HKD 300 bank charge", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "HKD 800" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "A 10-minute presentation to investors, sales agents and programmers, plus private meetings", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p10", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en/haf/wip/eligibility-and-selection-criteria", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Prepare the treatment and confirm the upload route. Omission is not an explicit waiver or prohibition.", "question": "Where should the treatment be supplied?" }, { "meanwhile": "Ask for the correct validity date. Do not silently add one year.", "question": "Through which date must the screening link remain valid?" } ], "opens": "2026-11-02", "organiser": "HAF25", "organiser_country": "Hong Kong", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Dates confirmed on the HAF Work-in-Progress page: submissions open on 2 November and close on 16 December 2026 at 23:59 Hong Kong time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en/haf/wip/eligibility-and-selection-criteria" }, "related": [], "slug": "haf25-work-in-progress", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "HKIFF Industry FAQ", "url": "https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en/faq" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "HAF25 — WIP submission fees", "url": "https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en/wip-submission-period-and-fee" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "HAF25 — WIP eligibility", "url": "https://industry.hkiff.org.hk/en/haf/wip/eligibility-and-selection-criteria" } ], "stages": [ "production", "post" ], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Keep screening links private and valid; review selection/publicity agreements." } ], "title": "HAF25 — Work-in-Progress", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [], "evidence": "Asian link per FAQ, subject to current-call clarification.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "ASIA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Feature projects of 60+ minutes in production or post, with director, producer and company" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Combined document or deck", "limit": null, "note": "One file per project, in English; budget in SGD; no stated page maximum.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2026 call closed on 16 October after an extension; no 2027 edition announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-08-18", "label": "Call for entries opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Extended deadline, 23:59 SGT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Singapore" }, { "date": "2026-11-18", "label": "Shortlisted finalists announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-03", "label": "Live pitch at ATF 2026, Singapore", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "SGD 20,000 cash prize for the winner and a possible co-production with Mediacorp", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p11", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-x-mediacorp-co-production-pitch-2026.html", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-08-18", "organiser": "ATF × Mediacorp 2026", "organiser_country": "Singapore", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The 2026 call closed on 16 October (extended deadline, 23:59 Singapore time); no 2027 edition has been announced yet.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-x-mediacorp-co-production-pitch-2026.html" }, "related": [], "slug": "atf-x-mediacorp-co-production-pitch", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "ATF × Mediacorp 2026", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-x-mediacorp-co-production-pitch-2026.html" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "On submission", "text": "Submitted information may be used for programme publicity." }, { "label": "If winner", "text": "18 months from signing the winner agreement; not a guaranteed co-production." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Winner grants Mediacorp an 18-month first-refusal right from agreement signing. No guaranteed commission. Submission includes evaluation/publicity permissions." } ], "title": "ATF × Mediacorp Co-Production Pitch", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Who can apply? Applications are open to: International production companies ; and/or Owners or operators of content platforms , excluding entities or businesses registered in Singapore | Be new, original scripted formats.", "excludes": [ "SG" ], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Production companies and platforms outside Singapore with an original scripted series" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project teaser", "limit": "up to 5 minutes", "note": "Project footage, not a self-introduction; final deadline unless agreed.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Downloadable visual assets", "limit": null, "note": "Hero image and team headshots have separate specifications. Links must permit download; view-only links are not sufficient.", "optional": false } ], "caution": "The regular fee is NZD 150 on Doc Edge's web page but NZD 175 in its submission guide; we show the web page figure", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-20", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-13", "label": "Early Bird deadline, 11.59pm NZT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2026-12-04", "label": "Regular deadline, 11.59pm NZT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2026-12-20", "label": "Late (final) deadline, 11.59pm NZT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Pacific/Auckland" }, { "date": "2027-01-11", "label": "Notifications", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "NZD 150", "label": "Early Bird fee", "note": "Until 13 November 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "NZD 150", "label": "Regular fee", "note": "Web page says NZ$150; the submission guide PDF says NZ$175", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "NZD 250", "label": "Late fee", "note": "Until 20 December 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "NZD 150–250" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Pitch at Doc Edge 2027 with two Industry accreditations, mentoring and workshops", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p12", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://docedge.nz/whats-on/industry/pitch/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "A higher planning allowance is not the verified checkout fee.", "question": "Is regular entry NZD150 or NZD175?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Doc Edge Pitch 2027", "organiser_country": "New Zealand", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed: early bird 13 November, regular 4 December and late 20 December, each at 11.59pm New Zealand time, with notifications on 11 January.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://docedge.nz/whats-on/industry/pitch/" }, "related": [], "slug": "doc-edge-pitch", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Doc Edge Pitch 2027 — submission guide", "url": "https://docedge.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Doc_Edge_Pitch_2027_Submission_Guide_FINAL.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Doc Edge Pitch — live page", "url": "https://docedge.nz/whats-on/industry/pitch/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "On submission", "text": "If completed, acknowledge Doc Edge Pitch with its supplied logo and named credits under the submission terms; confirm any exception before agreeing." }, { "label": "On submission", "text": "Submission agrees to offer Doc Edge the completed project’s New Zealand premiere unless otherwise agreed in writing. This is not restricted to selected entrants in the printed clause." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Submission terms contain a future New Zealand-premiere offer and completed-project credit obligations, unless the applicable exception is agreed. The agreement begins on submission; performance is later if the project is completed. Read the full clause, not just finalist conditions." } ], "title": "Doc Edge Pitch", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Guide PDF: \"Open to filmmakers from Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally.\" \"Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.\" \"Feature documentaries and one-off factual projects must be longer than 40 minutes.\" \"Documentary series are eligible.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Rights-holders worldwide (18+) with a doc over 40 minutes or a factual series" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project package, budget and financing evidence, company/experience proof; English and Spanish capability. Producer applies; both attend.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The rules give 27 November at 6pm but also say apply before 27 November, so treat 26 November as your deadline", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-27", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-30", "label": "First deadline (USD 20), 6pm", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "18:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-27", "label": "Second deadline (USD 30), 6pm; the rules also say 'before 27 November', so 26 November is safest", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "18:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-27", "label": "In-person lab in José Ignacio, 27 to 31 January 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$20", "label": "First deadline fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$30", "label": "Second deadline fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$20–30" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Online and in-person lab in José Ignacio; awards include a USD 50,000 development fund", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p13", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.joseignaciofilmfestival.com/17/en/jiiff-lab-reglamento", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "José Ignacio", "organiser_country": "Uruguay", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed in the JIIFF Lab rules: 30 October (USD 20) and 27 November 2026 (USD 30), both at 6pm with no time zone given, though the rules also say to apply before 27 November, so 26 November is safest.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.joseignaciofilmfestival.com/17/en/jiiff-lab-reglamento" }, "related": [], "slug": "jose-ignacio-jiiff-lab", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "JIIFF Lab 2027 — rules", "url": "https://www.joseignaciofilmfestival.com/17/en/jiiff-lab-reglamento" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Programme credit/logo obligations and award-specific conditions; equipment/services are not cash." } ], "title": "José Ignacio — JIIFF Lab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"the call is open to director-producer duos developing a fiction feature film project from an Ibero-American country.\" ... \"Directors must have been born in, or have resided for at least three years in, any Ibero-American country\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "IBERO_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Ibero-American director and producer pairs with a fiction feature in development" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "WIP screener with required subtitles, completion plan, producer/director details and rights. One project representative attends.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "WIP features need a lead production company based in an Ibero-American country, and only Colombian projects can enter the shorts strand", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-29", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-31", "label": "Early-bird fee deadline (WIP features)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-29", "label": "Final deadline, 23:59:59 Colombia time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Bogota" }, { "date": "2027-04-06", "label": "FICCI 66 festival, 6–11 April 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$10", "label": "WIP feature early-bird fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$15", "label": "WIP feature deadline fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": null, "label": "WIP short film fee", "note": "No registration fee; the platform's sending fee still applies", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$10–15" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short" ], "get": "Post-production services for each category winner and a private industry screening", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p14", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Target 28 November internally. Preserve both published clocks.", "question": "Which final cutoff clock controls?" }, { "meanwhile": "Route borderline lengths to manual classification; do not fabricate a universal short/feature definition.", "question": "Which category accepts a film of exactly 70 minutes?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "FICCI66", "organiser_country": "Colombia", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmmakers.festhome.com/festival/festival-internacional-de-cine-de-cartagena-de-indias-ficci", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed in the FICCI 66 terms: the Work in Progress call shares the 31 October early-bird date and the 29 November 2026 final deadline, 23:59 Colombia time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf" }, "related": [], "slug": "ficci66-work-in-progress", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICCI66 — regulations", "url": "https://ficcifestival.com/sites/default/files/2026-08/FICCI66%20_%20Terms_and_Conditions_ENG.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "FICCI66 — official submission listing", "url": "https://filmmakers.festhome.com/festival/festival-internacional-de-cine-de-cartagena-de-indias-ficci" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Rights retained subject to non-exclusive promotion and award agreements; no assumption of unrestricted grant money." } ], "title": "FICCI66 — Work in Progress", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CO" ], "evidence": "FICCI66 Terms and Conditions PDF: \"It is aimed at Colombian fiction feature films, Colombian documentary feature films, and/or Colombian essay feature films; Colombian fiction short films, Colombian documentary short films, and/or Colombian essay short films; as well as Ibero-American documentary, fiction, and/or essay feature films that are in an advanced stage of editing and ready to move to the next phase of post-production.\" \"In this section, films by Ibero-American or Colombian directors may participate, whose main production company is based in an Ibero-American country or in Colombia.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "IBERO_AMERICA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Features: Ibero-American director and lead company. Shorts: Colombian projects" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Feature screenplay or pilot, rights-cleared. Choose development and/or awards category deliberately; confirm category payment mechanics.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "We couldn't load Female Eye's FilmFreeway page on 17 October, so confirm the deadline, categories and fee currency there before entering", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-31", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-12-31", "label": "Feature / pilot early", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation", "series" ], "get": "Not published in our notes", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p15", "kinds": [ "competition", "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/FemaleEyeFilmFestival", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep native display text. Do not convert an unqualified dollar sign as USD or infer currency from the venue.", "question": "Which currency applies to the displayed dollar amounts?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Female Eye", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "female-eye-screenplays-pilots", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Female Eye — organiser listing", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/FemaleEyeFilmFestival" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read current category terms; no full-rights transfer identified in inspected listing. That is not a legal clearance." } ], "title": "Female Eye — Screenplays / Pilots", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "International screenplay/pilot route open to men and women", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Screenwriters worldwide of any gender; female-protagonist scripts preferred" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "First script pages", "limit": "up to 5 pages", "note": "Plus one-page synopsis/logline; documentary-specific treatment needs category confirmation.", "optional": false }, { "item": "Pitch deck", "limit": null, "note": "Optional, not a fee-generating prerequisite.", "optional": true } ], "caution": "Live Pitch 2026 entries closed on 16 October; no 2027 pitch call announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Live Pitch 2026 deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$100", "label": "Entry fee", "note": "Currency not stated on the page; paid via PayPal", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$100" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "series" ], "get": "Top pitch wins a $1,500 cash prize, a $10,000 Sunbelt Rentals equipment grant and an award", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p16", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.thefemaleeyefilmfestival.com/live-pitch-2026", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Keep native display text. Do not convert an unqualified dollar sign as USD or infer currency from the venue.", "question": "Which currency applies to the displayed dollar amounts?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Female Eye", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/FemaleEyeFilmFestival", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Live Pitch 2026 entries closed on 16 October 2026, according to the festival's own page, and no 2027 pitch call is announced there yet.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.thefemaleeyefilmfestival.com/live-pitch-2026" }, "related": [], "slug": "female-eye-live-pitch", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Female Eye — organiser listing", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/FemaleEyeFilmFestival" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Review live-pitch visibility and category rights terms before sharing sensitive material." } ], "title": "Female Eye — Live Pitch", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [], "evidence": "National/international writers pitching features, series, limited series, documentaries or web-series", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers in Canada or abroad pitching features, series or documentaries" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project application, requested documentation, online pre-selection/revision process and preparatory sessions.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The rules say to apply before 13 November, so treat 12 November as your last day", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-12", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-12", "label": "The rules say “before 13 November”", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "A place on a four-day lab in José Ignacio plus an online session; accommodation and meals covered", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:p17", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.joseignaciofilmfestival.com/17/en/generacion-j-bases-y-reglamento", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": "Target 12 November internally. 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Do not fill the gaps with search snippets, old editions or assumed global eligibility.", "question": "What do the complete current forms and rules require?" } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Doha Film Institute", "organiser_country": "Qatar / online", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Doha Film Institute's lab page; applications are open.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.dohafilm.com/en/learning-training/learning/workshops-labs/2026/0c910051-36d5-4f6c-a2e5-2140406daf3c" }, "related": [], "slug": "doha-film-institute-short-script-lab", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Doha Short Script Lab — application form", "url": "https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=i4rNdlg1aU2f-i9bfr7scuPDQlX1a_NLh30S-uC18D5UOFY3Mk00VzBETzhBUjhDVjhMTDI0V1FaNy4u" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Doha Film Institute — Short Script Lab", "url": "https://www.dohafilm.com/en/learning-training/learning/workshops-labs/2026/0c910051-36d5-4f6c-a2e5-2140406daf3c" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Downstream Qumra/funding routes have separate rules; this lab is not guaranteed production funding." } ], "title": "Doha Film Institute — Short Script Lab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Applicants must be adults (aged 18+) who have written and directed at least one short film. ... Applicants from Qatar and the MENA region, including the diaspora, as well as DFI grantees from any region, are prioritised for participation. We also warmly encourage applications from emerging countries and regions. Applicants must be comfortable writing and speaking in English.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writer-directors 18+ with a short made, working in English; Qatar and MENA prioritised" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Perfil Cultura registration; official application form and mandatory documents; project/market plan. Administrative completeness and amendments require a check.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Both the applicant and the person attending must be emerging producers, directors or screenwriters; support is in kind, not cash", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "15:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Santiago" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "animation", "series", "short" ], "get": "Accreditation, one return flight and up to 4 nights' lodging for Ventana Sur, Montevideo (6 places)", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:s01", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.fondosdecultura.cl/apoyo-mercados-internacionales-2026-ventana-sur/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Chile", "organiser_country": "Uruguay", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Fondos de Cultura call page: 19 October, 15:00 Santiago time.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.fondosdecultura.cl/apoyo-mercados-internacionales-2026-ventana-sur/" }, "related": [], "slug": "chile-ventana-sur-2026-attendance-support", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Chile 2026 international-market support — general rules", "url": "https://www.fondosdecultura.cl/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bases-mercados-audiovisuales-2026.pdf" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Chile — Ventana Sur 2026 attendance support", "url": "https://www.fondosdecultura.cl/apoyo-mercados-internacionales-2026-ventana-sur/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "production", "post", "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "This supports attendance in a delegation; it is not selection into Ventana Sur’s project pitches or production financing." } ], "title": "Chile — Ventana Sur 2026 attendance support", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CL" ], "evidence": "\"Personas Naturales: De nacionalidad chilena o extranjera con cédula de identidad otorgada por el Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación de Chile, que sean mayores de 18 años.\" / \"Personas Jurídicas: Chilenas de derecho público o privado, con o sin fines de lucro.\" / \"Para postular al mercado Ventana Sur ... tanto el responsable como el asistente al mercado ... deberán ser productor o director o guionista que tengan la calidad de emergente.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Chilean nationals, holders of a Chile-issued ID, or Chilean legal entities (18+)" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2026 call has closed and the next opens in December; last time, accepted writers paid a USD 1,500 lab fee", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$40", "label": "Application fee", "note": "As listed for the 2026 call; the next call may differ", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$1,500", "label": "Lab fee if accepted", "note": "Due on acceptance; 50% refund if cancelled more than 15 days before the lab", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$40" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Two-week online lab with a facilitator, one-on-one meetings and peer workshops", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:w01", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://cqnl.org/storylines-lab-en/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Cine Qua Non", "organiser_country": "Mexico / online", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The 2026 Storylines Lab call has closed; 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2027 eligibility not yet published" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "There is no 2026 festival or Souk; the sixth edition is set for late 2027 and its submission process is not yet announced", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation", "documentary" ], "get": "Not published in our notes", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:x01", "kinds": [ "market", "festival" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/red-sea-film-festival-2026-faq/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Red Sea", "organiser_country": "Saudi Arabia", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "There is no 2026 Red Sea festival or Souk; the sixth edition is planned for the fourth quarter of 2027, with a new submission process still to be announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/red-sea-film-festival-2026-faq/" }, "related": [], "slug": "red-sea-film-festival-souk-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Red Sea — 2026 FAQ", "url": "https://redseafilmfest.com/en/red-sea-film-festival-2026-faq/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "production", "post", "finished" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not infer rights terms from a prior cycle." } ], "title": "Red Sea Film Festival / Souk 2026", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Check the official rules: not stated in our notes" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2027 competition closed on 31 July; 31 January 2027 is the notification date, not a deadline, and no next round is announced", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-07-31", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-07-31", "label": "Extended deadline (closed)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-31", "label": "Notification date", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Not published in our notes", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:x02", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://gemsvancouver.org/program/screenplay-competition/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "GEMFest", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The GEMFest 2027 screenplay competition closed on 31 July 2026; entrants hear by 31 January 2027, and no next round has been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://gemsvancouver.org/program/screenplay-competition/" }, "related": [], "slug": "gemfest-screenplay-competition", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "GEMFest — screenplay competition", "url": "https://gemsvancouver.org/program/screenplay-competition/" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not infer rights terms from a prior cycle." } ], "title": "GEMFest — screenplay competition", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "The contest is open to women and gender-diverse screenwriters. | Submissions can be from anywhere in the world but must be written in English.", "excludes": [], "identity": "Women and gender-diverse writers", "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Women and gender-diverse screenwriters from anywhere, writing in English" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Applications closed on 24 September; no next call announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-09-24", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-10", "label": "Early bird window ends", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-09-24", "label": "Regular deadline (no extensions)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-10", "label": "Notifications on or before 10 November", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-19", "label": "Intensive in Toronto, 19–22 January 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$70", "label": "Early bird fee", "note": "20 August to 10 September 2026", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$95", "label": "Regular fee", "note": "11 to 24 September 2026; the FAQ's Application Details list Regular USD 70 and Late USD 90 instead", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": null, "label": "Lab Intensive fee if selected", "note": "No fee in 2027 thanks to ally support", "stage": "selected", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$70–95" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "series" ], "get": "Four-day screenwriting intensive in Toronto with mentors, then follow-up support to June 2027", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:x03", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://twlstories.org/faqs/canada-lab/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "The Writers Lab Canada", "organiser_country": "Canada", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Applications for the 2027 TWL Canada Intensive closed on 24 September 2026, and the next call has not been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://twlstories.org/faqs/canada-lab/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-writers-lab-canada", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "The Writers Lab Canada — FAQ", "url": "https://twlstories.org/faqs/canada-lab/" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not infer rights terms from a prior cycle." } ], "title": "The Writers Lab Canada", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA" ], "evidence": "\"Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are women and nonbinary writers aged 40 or over.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": "Women and nonbinary writers aged 40 or over", "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Canadian women and nonbinary writers aged 40+, citizens or permanent residents" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Entries closed on 30 June and no next call is announced; the previously announced prize money won't be paid this year", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-06-30", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-04-30", "label": "Primary submission opened", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-06-30", "label": "Primary submission deadline (passed)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-12", "label": "Lab during the 25th DIFF, 12 to 15 January 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Online mentoring and pitching; prize money withdrawn this year, winners get certificates", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:x04", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/west-meets-east-screenplay-lab/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-04-30", "organiser": "Dhaka", "organiser_country": "Bangladesh", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Primary submissions for the 2027 lab closed on 30 June 2026 and no next call is announced; the page also says the announced prize money will not be paid this year.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/west-meets-east-screenplay-lab/" }, "related": [], "slug": "dhaka-west-meets-east-screenplay-lab", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "Dhaka — West Meets East", "url": "https://www.dhakafilmfestival.org/west-meets-east-screenplay-lab/" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not infer rights terms from a prior cycle." } ], "title": "Dhaka — West Meets East Screenplay Lab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"The director must be a citizen of an Asian country (by birth)\" ... \"The project must be a feature-length fiction film\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "ASIA" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "nationality" }, "who": "Directors who are citizens of an Asian country by birth, with an original fiction feature" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Await a current official call and full rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "These ATF calls closed in September, the last on 29 September; no 2027 calls announced when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-09-29", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-07", "label": "ATF x SAAVA IP Accelerator closed, 2359 SGT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Singapore" }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "label": "ATF x TTB Animation Lab & Pitch closed, 2359 SGT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Singapore" }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "label": "ATF x EST N8 Horror Pitch closed, 2359 SGT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Asia/Singapore" }, { "date": "2026-12-01", "label": "ATF in Singapore, 1 to 4 December 2026", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation", "documentary", "series", "short" ], "get": "A pitch slot at ATF in Singapore, 1 to 4 December 2026, with market access", "id": "opp:atlas:legacy:x05", "kinds": [ "market", "lab" ], "money": [], "official_url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/ATF-TTB-Animation-Lab-and-Pitch-2026.html", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "ATF", "organiser_country": "Singapore", "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "These ATF 2026 pitch calls closed in September 2026, the last on 29 September, and the pitches take place at ATF in Singapore from 1 to 4 December 2026.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/ATF-TTB-Animation-Lab-and-Pitch-2026.html" }, "related": [], "slug": "atf-other-2026-pitches-not-mediacorp", "sources": [ { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "ATF × EST N8 2026", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-x-est-studios-horror-pitch-2026.html" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "ATF × Largo 2026", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-x-largo-ai-powered-pitch-2026.html" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "ATF × SAAVA 2026", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/atf-ip-accelerator-2026.html" }, { "checked_on": null, "note": null, "title": "ATF × TTB 2026", "url": "https://www.asiatvforum.com/en-gb/in-development-at-atf/ATF-TTB-Animation-Lab-and-Pitch-2026.html" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not infer rights terms from a prior cycle." } ], "title": "ATF — other 2026 pitches (not Mediacorp)", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Varies: Asian or European animation teams, or projects with a strong Asian element" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The film must be your first documentary of 50 minutes or more as director or co-director", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2027-01-22", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-24", "label": "Applications open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-22", "label": "Applications close, 23:59 GMT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Etc/GMT" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "GBP 120,000 funding for the winner and a GBP 25,000 development award for the runner-up", "id": "opp:europe:current:g01", "kinds": [ "grant", "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Main prize £120,000; runner-up development prize £25,000. Not a guaranteed award to every finalist.", "value": "£120,000" }, { "label": "Runner-up development award", "note": "Not additional to main award.", "value": "£25,000" }, { "label": "Illustrative signing tranche", "note": "Part of £120,000 main award, not extra.", "value": "£40,000" }, { "label": "Illustrative rushes tranche", "note": "Part of main award.", "value": "£40,000" }, { "label": "Illustrative fine-cut tranche", "note": "Part of main award.", "value": "£30,000" }, { "label": "Illustrative final tranche", "note": "Part of main award.", "value": "£10,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.whickerawards.com/apply/film-and-tv/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-11-24", "organiser": "The Whickers", "organiser_country": "Jersey / UK", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Dates confirmed: applications open on 24 November and close on 22 January 2027 at 23:59 GMT.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.whickerawards.com/apply/film-and-tv/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-whickers-film-and-tv-funding-award", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Main-call URL timed out on two attempts. Earlier researched dates and restrictions retained with existing conflict warnings; not newly reconfirmed. No closure inferred.", "title": "The Whickers — current award call", "url": "https://www.whickerawards.com/apply/film-and-tv/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Terms clock, budgets, payment tranches and publicity/confidentiality conditions compared with main call.", "title": "The Whickers — terms and conditions", "url": "https://www.whickerawards.com/apply/film-and-tv/terms-and-conditions/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [ { "label": "Additional notes", "text": "Reasonable finalist director travel/accommodation covered; do not assume producer costs. Terms grant promotional rights over application material; request confidentiality safeguards before disclosing sensitive footage." }, { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Illustrative main-award tranches £40k/£40k/£30k/£10k against contract, rushes, fine cut and picture lock. Dates illustrative, not guaranteed cash dates." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "The Whickers — Film & TV Funding Award", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Must be the filmmaker or filmmakers’ first 50+ minute documentary film where they own the director or co-director credit\" \"Open to filmmakers from anywhere in the world.\" \"No, all of our awards are open to applicants of all ages (18+).\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Directors 18+ anywhere making a first 50+ min documentary, executive producer attached" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "You must be the European minority co-producer and the director must be from an IBF-listed country; 2027 rules are final only after 15 November", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2027-01-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-15", "label": "Entries open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-15", "label": "Confirmed 2027 guidelines due after this date", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-15", "label": "Deadline, 23:59 in your own time zone", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Up to €40,000 per documentary, ideally from late production onwards", "id": "opp:europe:current:g02", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "€600,000 maximum total film budget. Applicant share at least 20%; minority structure and combined European-share limits apply.", "value": "€40,000" } ], "official_url": "https://professionals.idfa.nl/en/training-funding/funding/ibf-europe/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-11-15", "organiser": "IDFA Bertha Fund", "organiser_country": "Netherlands", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the IDFA page: 15 January 2027, 23:59 in your own time zone, with entries opening on 15 November.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://professionals.idfa.nl/en/training-funding/funding/ibf-europe/" }, "related": [], "slug": "idfa-bertha-fund-ibf-europe", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "The page explicitly says 2027 regulations are still being finalized; recheck after 15 November.", "title": "IDFA — IBF Europe", "url": "https://professionals.idfa.nl/en/training-funding/funding/ibf-europe/" } ], "stages": [ "production", "post" ], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [ { "label": "Additional notes", "text": "The published 50% financing milestone is due within six months of selection, not necessarily at initial application." }, { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Costs eligible after application. At least 50% finance to be secured within six months of selection; this is not a 50%-at-application rule. Budget an external audit." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "IDFA Bertha Fund — IBF Europe", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "The applicant should be a minority producer in the project and should be an audiovisual entity established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-program and owned—either directly or by majority participation—by nationals from such countries. | The project should have a director (or directors) with nationality from a country on the IBF Europe Country List and who preferably lives and works in a listed country.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "EU", "EUROPE" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "European minority co-producers of documentaries by directors from IBF-listed countries" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "The UK producer must be the minority partner in the co-production, and both deadlines are at midday UK time, not midnight", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-24", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-29", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "label": "Fast Track", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2026-11-24", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Up to £300,000 non-recoupable (max 50% of UK contribution), plus up to £6,000 for sustainability", "id": "opp:europe:current:g03", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Maximum also 50% of the UK contribution, not 50% of the entire film budget.", "value": "£300,000" }, { "label": "Separately approved sustainability consultancy", "note": "Ring-fenced consultancy support, subject to approval, additional to the main award. Do not add unless requested and approved.", "value": "£6,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-29", "organiser": "UK Global Screen Fund", "organiser_country": "United Kingdom", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Confirmed: Fast Track applications close midday 27 Oct; all other applications close midday 24 Nov 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" }, "related": [ "uk-global-screen-fund-documentary-animation-tv" ], "slug": "uk-global-screen-fund-feature-co-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "BFI — UKGSF international co-production", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "BFI — UKGSF application guidance", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-international-co-production/applying-uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Additional notes", "text": "The applicant is an eligible independent UK parent production company, not an SPV. Another qualifying third-party source must contribute to the UK share, but that source need not be geographically UK-based. The parent company applies; a successful award transfers to the project SPV. No simultaneous same-project production applications to UKGSF, the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund or BFI Doc Society Fund; only one can supply production support. Previous development support is a separate question." }, { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Not a replacement for the rest of the finance plan. Standard fiction/animation shooting window 23 February–24 July 2027; documentary delivery by 24 May 2028." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "UK Global Screen Fund — feature co-production", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "GB" ], "evidence": "Applications must be made by a producer who is resident in the UK and is leading an independent UK production company. [...] be a limited company registered and centrally managed in the UK [...] Feature film international co-productions, including drama, animation and documentary, in any genre and in any language, where the UK producer is a “minority” co-producing partner", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "UK-resident producers leading a UK company, as minority partner on a feature co-production" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Only animation or documentary TV co-productions qualify, led by a UK-resident producer of a UK limited company; deadlines are at midday", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-24", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-29", "label": null, "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "label": "Fast Track", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2026-11-24", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary", "animation", "series" ], "get": "Non-recoupable grant of up to £300,000, capped at 50% of the UK financial contribution", "id": "opp:europe:current:g04", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Maximum also 50% of the UK contribution, not 50% of the entire film budget.", "value": "£300,000" }, { "label": "Separately approved sustainability consultancy", "note": "Ring-fenced consultancy support, subject to approval, additional to the main award. Do not add unless requested and approved.", "value": "£6,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-29", "organiser": "UK Global Screen Fund", "organiser_country": "United Kingdom", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Confirmed: Fast Track applications close midday 27 Oct; all other applications close midday 24 Nov 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" }, "related": [ "uk-global-screen-fund-feature-co-production" ], "slug": "uk-global-screen-fund-documentary-animation-tv", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "BFI — UKGSF international co-production", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "BFI — UKGSF application guidance", "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund/uk-global-screen-fund-international-co-production/applying-uk-global-screen-fund-ukgsf-international-co-production" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Additional notes", "text": "The applicant is an eligible independent UK parent production company, not an SPV. Another qualifying third-party source must contribute to the UK share, but that source need not be geographically UK-based. Minority TV co-productions require two qualifying financing broadcasters in two countries; majority require three in three. Qualifying VOD can count subject to rights conditions; worldwide buyouts do not automatically count. The parent company applies; a successful award transfers to the project SPV. No simultaneous same-project production applications to UKGSF, the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund or BFI Doc Society Fund; only one can supply production support. Previous development support is a separate question." }, { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Not a replacement for the rest of the finance plan. Standard fiction/animation shooting window 23 February–24 July 2027; documentary delivery by 24 May 2028." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "UK Global Screen Fund — documentary / animation TV", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "GB" ], "evidence": "Applications must be made by a producer who is resident in the UK and is leading an independent UK production company. / be a limited company registered and centrally managed in the UK and in good standing / Television international co-productions in animation or documentary only, in any language.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "UK independent production company leading an international co-production" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Shooting on any slate project can't start until at least 10 months after the deadline, so not before 1 October 2027", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-01", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "label": "Call opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-01", "label": "Deadline, 17:00 CET (Brussels)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Brussels" }, { "date": "2027-10-01", "label": "Earliest first day of principal photography (10 months after the deadline)", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "series", "other" ], "get": "Lump-sum grant of €90,000 to €510,000 to develop a slate of three to five works", "id": "opp:europe:current:g05", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "€90,000–€510,000 per SLATE of 3–5 works, optional short. Fixed project sums depend on form and budget; not €510,000 for one script.", "value": "€510,000" }, { "label": "Minimum qualifying slate", "note": "Not a guaranteed minimum for any arbitrary portfolio.", "value": "€90,000" }, { "label": "Documentary single work", "note": "Fixed component inside the slate total.", "value": "€30,000" }, { "label": "Documentary series", "note": "Fixed component inside the slate total.", "value": "€35,000" }, { "label": "Animation single work", "note": "Fixed component inside slate.", "value": "€55,000" }, { "label": "Animation series", "note": "Fixed component inside slate.", "value": "€60,000" } ], "official_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2027/call-fiche_crea-media-2027-devslate_en.pdf", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-30", "organiser": "Creative Europe MEDIA", "organiser_country": "European Union", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in the EU call document: 1 December, 17:00 Brussels time; results are expected in May 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2027/call-fiche_crea-media-2027-devslate_en.pdf" }, "related": [], "slug": "creative-europe-media-european-slate-development-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "2027 eligibility, slate unit, ten-month start restriction and component tariff table; relevant table screenshots inspected.", "title": "European Commission — 2027 European slate development call", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2027/call-fiche_crea-media-2027-devslate_en.pdf" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "Creative Europe Desk Ireland — European slate funding", "url": "https://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/funding-opportunities/call/european-slate-funding" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Lump-sum framework; expenditure, evidence and payment obligations remain contractual. Never multiply the maximum by the number of works." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "Creative Europe MEDIA — European slate development 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA strand and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries | be independent European audiovisual production companies that can demonstrate recent experience in producing internationally distributed works", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "EU", "EUROPE" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Independent European production companies with recent internationally distributed work" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Above €150,000 the whole award becomes an advance on receipts, not a grant", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2027-01-13", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-12-09", "label": "Exchange rates for non-euro currencies published", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-13", "label": "Deadline, 12:00 noon Paris time", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "12:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "date": "2027-03-15", "label": "Project evaluation meetings, 15–19 March (subject to revision)", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-01", "label": "Decisions communicated", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Grant of up to €150,000; larger awards are advances on receipts, capped at €500,000", "id": "opp:europe:current:g06", "kinds": [ "grant", "other_finance" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Awards ≤€150,000 are non-refundable. If award exceeds €150,000, the WHOLE award is an advance on receipts. Programme maximum €500,000 belongs to that separate branch.", "value": "€150,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/deadlines", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Eurimages", "organiser_country": "Council of Europe", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Eurimages page: 13 January 2027 at 12:00 noon Paris time, with decisions communicated on 1 April 2027 rather than mid-March.", "status": "changed", "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/deadlines" }, "related": [], "slug": "eurimages-co-production-support-grant-size-awards", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "January deadline, March evaluation meeting and Council of Europe application-FX release date checked.", "title": "Council of Europe — Eurimages deadlines", "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/eurimages/deadlines" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "2026 rules reviewed: award threshold, percentage caps, each-country finance and filming measured at meeting; do not certify 2027 unchanged.", "title": "Eurimages — currently published co-production regulations 2026", "url": "https://rm.coe.int/website-coprodregulations-2026-en/488029dce8" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Additional notes", "text": "2026 rules: 17% total-production-cost ceiling for fiction/animation, or 25% for documentary or qualifying female-director projects; overall ceiling €500,000. These percentages and the €150,000 mechanism threshold apply separately." }, { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Fiction/animation rate normally ≤17% of film budget; documentaries and qualifying female-directed projects up to 25%. Contract and country rules control." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "Actual awarded amount determines subsidy versus advance; current 2026 rules need 2027 confirmation." } ], "title": "Eurimages — co-production support, grant-size awards", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [], "evidence": "At least two qualifying member-state co-producers; treaty/share rules apply.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "EUROPE" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Independent producers co-producing from at least two Eurimages member states" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Only applications filed on the deposit day (23 November) count, and the CNC may close deposits early if too many arrive", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-23", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-23", "label": "Deposit day opens (applications accepted on deposit day only)", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-23", "label": "Deposit day, Session 04 (no time stated; may close early)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Pre-filming grant of up to €300,000, or €500,000 for French-initiated films over €2.5m", "id": "opp:europe:current:g07", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Ordinary ceiling €300,000; up to €500,000 for a qualifying French-initiated film with budget at least €2.5m. The €4m animation figure in the full guide is a CNC certification threshold, not the stated higher-award threshold. Confirm borderline structure with CNC.", "value": "€300,000" }, { "label": "Qualifying larger French-initiated film cap", "note": "Full 2026 French guide p.5 states €500k for a qualifying French-initiated film with budget ≥€2.5m. Do not substitute the separate €4m animation certification threshold.", "value": "€500,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-11-23", "organiser": "CNC", "organiser_country": "France", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Confirmed on the CNC page: Session 04 applications are accepted only on deposit day, 23 November 2026, and the CNC may close deposits early if too many arrive.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862" }, "related": [ "cnc-aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde-post-filming" ], "slug": "cnc-aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde-pre-filming", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current dates and broad terms; page says complete revised English description is not yet available.", "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, English", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/web/en/funds/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190870" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Dates and French descriptions compared. Certification and award-cap thresholds must not be conflated.", "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, French", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "€4m animation threshold concerns CNC certification; award cap uses €2.5m French-initiated criterion. Applicant capital, 60% French spend and 70/30 tranches.", "title": "ACM pre-filming — complete French description applicable from 1 January 2026", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/165400/Descriptif%2Bcomplet%2BACM%2Bavant%2Br%C3%A9alisation%2Bpour%2Bles%2Bd%C3%A9p%C3%B4ts%2Beffectu%C3%A9s%2B%C3%A0%2Bpartir%2Bdu%2B01%2B01%2B2026.pdf/9a9ef931-3c92-9e70-9363-f628357b9167?t=1768559554411" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "2026 guide: 70% at agreement and 30% on approved completion documents; at least 60% of the grant funds eligible French expenditure." }, { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, pre-filming", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "FR" ], "evidence": "\"La société de production déposant la demande d’aide doit être établie en France\" \"Les projets présentés doivent entrer dans le cadre d’une coproduction entre la société de production française déposant la demande d’aide et une ou plusieurs sociétés de production basées à l’étranger\" \"L’œuvre doit être réalisée par un ressortissant étranger (ou français, mais dans ce cas, l’œuvre cinématographique ne peut pas être d’expression originale française).\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "French-based producer co-producing with a foreign company; foreign-national director" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Only films already refused ACM pre-filming aid can apply, and at least 60% of the aid must go on eligible French costs", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-09", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-09", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-25", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Up to €70,000 in post-filming aid, at least 60% of it spent on eligible French costs", "id": "opp:europe:current:g08", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Post-filming cap is €70,000, not the older €50,000 figure.", "value": "€70,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "CNC", "organiser_country": "France", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deposit date of 9 November confirmed on the CNC calendar; the CNC says dates may change.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862" }, "related": [ "cnc-aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde-pre-filming" ], "slug": "cnc-aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde-post-filming", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Current dates and broad terms; page says complete revised English description is not yet available.", "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, English", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/web/en/funds/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190870" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Dates and French descriptions compared. Certification and award-cap thresholds must not be conflated.", "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, French", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/production/aide-aux-cinemas-du-monde_190862" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Eligibility pages 1–3 and amount/cashflow page 4 inspected; eligibility page 1 also visually inspected. Distinguishes finished runtime >60 minutes from advanced cut >=60 minutes; confirms prior ACM refusal, premiere restriction, director/language, rights and coproduction tests. Not every clause or annex reviewed.", "title": "ACM post-filming — complete French description applicable from 1 January 2026", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/165400/Descriptif%2Bcomplet%2BACM%2Bapr%C3%A8s%2Br%C3%A9alisation%2Bpour%2Bles%2Bd%C3%A9p%C3%B4ts%2Beffectu%C3%A9s%2B%C3%A0%2Bpartir%2Bdu%2B01%2B01%2B2026.pdf/763acbfd-4a48-1baa-dce5-84ab8f2436ae?t=1768559593804" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "CNC — Aide aux cinémas du monde, post-filming", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "FR" ], "evidence": "\"Avoir fait l’objet d’un refus d’attribution d’une aide aux cinémas du monde avant réalisation\" / \"Être réalisée par un ressortissant d’un pays étranger\" / \"La société de production déposante : Doit être établie en France\" / \"un contrat de coproduction ... conclu entre la ou les sociétés de production établies en France et la ou les sociétés de production établies à l’étranger\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "France-based producers of a foreign director's co-production refused ACM pre-filming aid" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "Authors must be French or nationals of a country on the CNC's eligible list (EU and some other European states), so check the list", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-02", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-02", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "A fixed €10,000 writing award, paid directly to the author or authors", "id": "opp:europe:current:g09", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "Fixed writing award, not the development average.", "value": "€10,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/ecriture-et-developpement/fonds-daide-a-linnovation-en-documentaire-de-creation_2198824", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "CNC", "organiser_country": "France", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "The 2 November writing-aid deposit date is confirmed on the CNC fund page.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/ecriture-et-developpement/fonds-daide-a-linnovation-en-documentaire-de-creation_2198824" }, "related": [ "cnc-documentary-innovation-development-after-writing-award", "cnc-documentary-innovation-enhanced-development" ], "slug": "cnc-documentary-innovation-writing", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "CNC — documentary innovation fund", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/multi-sectoriel/ecriture-et-developpement/fonds-daide-a-linnovation-en-documentaire-de-creation_2198824" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "CNC — documentary innovation fund guide", "url": "https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/144330/Notice%2Bdu%2Bfonds%2Bd%27aide%2B%C3%A0%2Bl%27innovation%2Ben%2Bdocumentaire%2Bde%2Bcr%C3%A9ation.pdf/27dc9e18-2127-74bf-9bb3-6b488eac4d51?t=1789738344786" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Money terms", "text": "No ordinary revenue recoupment established for the listed grant route; reporting, eligible-cost, contractual and recovery-for-breach terms still apply." } ], "title": "CNC — documentary innovation: writing", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "FR" ], "evidence": "Le porteur de projet peut : être seul ou accompagné d’un ou plusieurs coauteurs ; être français ou assimilé (cf. annexe 1 liste des pays éligibles). 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Dies bedeutet eine Antragsberechtigung bei der jurybasierten kulturellen Kurzfilmförderung des Bundes besteht nur, wenn Antragstellende als Referenzen mindestens zwei programmfüllende Filme oder Kurzfilme nachweisen können … | Die beantragende Person muss ihren Wohnsitz oder Geschäftssitz in Deutschland haben oder, bei Sitz in einem anderen EU-Mitgliedstaat oder einem Vertragsstaat des EWR, eine Niederlassung in Deutschland besitzen.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "German-based producer of a children's short (max 30 min) with German cultural character" }, { "bring": [], "caution": "You need a home or business base in Germany, or a German branch if your company is elsewhere in the EU or EEA", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-12-15", "label": "Submission deadline, 23:59 (no time zone stated)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Berlin" }, { "date": "2027-03-11", "label": "Jury session, 11–12 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Non-repayable production grant of up to €1 million for a fiction feature", "id": "opp:europe:current:g19", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Headline amount", "note": "≤€1 million.", "value": "€1,000,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.ffa.de/Jurybasierte-Filmfoerderung-fuer-programmfuellende-Filme.html", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "FFA", "organiser_country": "Germany", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the FFA page: 15 December 2026 by 23:59, for the jury session on 11–12 March 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.ffa.de/Jurybasierte-Filmfoerderung-fuer-programmfuellende-Filme.html" }, "related": [ "ffa-cultural-documentary-feature-production" ], "slug": "ffa-cultural-fiction-feature-production", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Reopened and principal relevant calendar/eligibility/amount information inspected; not every linked form or clause.", "title": "FFA — application and committee calendar", "url": "https://www.ffa.de/einreich-sitzungstermine.html" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": "Production caps, exceptional documentary cap, minimum runtime and talent-route split checked.", "title": "FFA — cultural feature production", "url": "https://www.ffa.de/Jurybasierte-Filmfoerderung-fuer-programmfuellende-Filme.html" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Cashflow", "text": "Accessible release versions and archive deposit are real budget items. 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Website selection wording is broader than PDF. Rehearsal 22 March; obtain written clearance on edge cases.", "title": "Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions — additional rules", "url": "https://seriesmania.com/forum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/rules-and-regulation-en.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Prior-market exclusivity", "text": "Website: prior selection; regulations: selected and presented. Unpitched training allowed." } ], "title": "Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"Any producer or distributor with a drama series seeking international financing and co-production partners.\" Rules and regulations PDF: \"Projects must be submitted by a legal entity, production or distribution company. Applications submitted by individuals will not be accepted.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Production companies anywhere with a first-run live-action fiction series; rights held" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "2-page synopsis; 3-page director's note; CVs; prior directing work; 2-minute personal video. Shortlisted teams must supply a 15-page treatment by 10 December.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Projects that already have a screenplay draft aren't eligible, and if selected you pay a €3,000 participation fee (plus VAT if due)", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-03", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-03", "label": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "16:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "date": "2026-12-08", "label": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-10", "label": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": "16:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "€3,000", "label": "Participation fee if selected", "note": "+ VAT if due; no application fee is mentioned; half-fee scholarships for some participants", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "€2,300", "label": "Second participant fee if selected", "note": "+ VAT if due; co-writer or director", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Five script development modules in Malta, Tartu, online and Turin, ending at the TFL Meeting Event", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu02", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Script development; final industry presentation", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/scriptlab---story-editing/scriptlab-2027", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed: 3 November 2026, 4 pm CET. The organiser says it will not be extended.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/scriptlab---story-editing/scriptlab-2027" }, "related": [], "slug": "torinofilmlab-scriptlab", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab — call", "url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/scriptlab---story-editing/scriptlab-2027" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"ScriptLab is open to both experienced and emerging writer/directors, or teams of writer and director, from all over the world\" / \"Applicants need to have at least one previous work as a director\" / \"projects who already have drafts of the screenplay, will not be considered\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers and directors anywhere with an early feature idea and no screenplay draft yet" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "English screenplay or equivalent nonfiction dossier; budget/financing templates; director/producer notes; distribution plan; visual concept; previous work; video.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected teams pay a €3,500 participation fee (plus VAT if due), and you must submit at least a first draft of the script in English", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-05", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-05", "label": "Deadline, 4.00 pm CET", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "16:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "date": "2027-01-15", "label": "Preselected applicants notified by email", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-20", "label": "Preselected: updated financial plan and timeline due, 2.00 pm CET", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": "14:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "€3,500", "label": "Participation fee if selected (team of two)", "note": "Plus VAT if due; covers training, accommodation with breakfast, lunches and some dinners; half-fee scholarships for some; no application fee stated", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "€2,300", "label": "Participation fee if selected (third team member)", "note": "Plus VAT if due; scriptwriter, co-director or co-writer", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "animation" ], "get": "Three workshops, industry meetings and a chance at production awards of up to €50,000", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu03", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Creative and production development; competitive awards", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/featurelab/featurelab-2027", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed: 5 November 2026, 4.00 pm CET.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/featurelab/featurelab-2027" }, "related": [], "slug": "torinofilmlab-featurelab", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab — call", "url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/featurelab/featurelab-2027" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "FeatureLab is open to creative teams of director and producer (together with a scriptwriter, if on board) from all over the world, developing their 1st or 2nd feature film projects. [...] At least a first draft of the script in English must be presented when applying", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Teams anywhere on a director's first or second feature, with at least a first draft" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Logline, synopsis, production/distribution statements, EUR financing plan and a visual sample generally no longer than 3 minutes.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The DKK 250 entry fee is non-refundable, but it's waived for projects from DAC-list countries and some low-capacity European countries", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-03", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-03", "label": "CPH:FORUM", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-16", "label": "CPH:FORUM", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "DKK 250", "label": "Entry fee", "note": "Approx. EUR 30; waivers for DAC-list countries and listed low-capacity European countries", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "DKK 250" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "A pitch and financier meetings at CPH:DOX, free accreditation for two, and pitch-award eligibility", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu04", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Pitching and curated industry meetings", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://cphdox.dk/forum-rules-and-regulations/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "CPH:FORUM", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on CPH:DOX's rules page; no closing time is published.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://cphdox.dk/forum-rules-and-regulations/" }, "related": [], "slug": "cph-forum", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "CPH:FORUM — call", "url": "https://cphdox.dk/forum-rules-and-regulations/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Prior submissions", "text": "Cannot simultaneously submit the same project to CPH:DOX finished-film selection." }, { "label": "Documentary participant safety", "text": "Form distinguishes public and restricted project information; sensitive projects should contact the team." } ], "title": "CPH:FORUM", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Projects must be feature-length films (52+ minutes) or series / CPH:FORUM has a natural emphasis on Scandinavia and Europe but is open to film projects from independent documentary filmmakers, fiction filmmakers, journalists, activists and visual artists worldwide", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Documentary teams anywhere with a 52+ min feature, a series or a hybrid project" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Portal fields: logline 400 characters; synopsis 1,500; director statement 3,000; producer statement 1,500; connection/point of view 1,500; goals 250; bios/filmographies; EUR budget and financing; timeline; teaser/trailer; previous work and stills. Treatment/deck optional but recommended.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected projects pay a CHF 360 participation fee and must attend on-site pitch training in Nyon on 11 April 2027", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-08", "label": "Submissions open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "label": "Early deadline (CHF 30), 17:00 CET", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Zurich" }, { "date": "2026-12-15", "label": "Final deadline (CHF 40), 17:00 CET", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Zurich" }, { "date": "2027-03-11", "label": "Participation fee if selected (CHF 360); terms also say 'prior to' 11 March, so pay by 10 March to be safe", "role": "payment", "role_label": "Payment due", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-11", "label": "Mandatory on-site pitch training in Nyon; showcase 12–14 April 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "CHF 30", "label": "Early deadline fee", "note": "On or before 2 November 2026, VAT included", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CHF 40", "label": "Final deadline fee", "note": "3 November to 15 December 2026, VAT included", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "CHF 360", "label": "Participation fee if selected", "note": "Covers pitch training and two industry accreditations", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "CHF 30–40" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Pitch to industry in Nyon with roundtables and one-to-one meetings; may qualify for €20,000 award", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu05", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Pitch preparation and tailored meetings", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/vdr-industry/vdr-pitching/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-08", "organiser": "Visions du Réel", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed on the Visions du Réel page and terms: early 2 November and final 15 December, both 17:00 CET.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/vdr-industry/vdr-pitching/" }, "related": [], "slug": "visions-du-reel-vdrpitching", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Old -1.pdf URL failed. Followed the organizer’s current regulations link to VdR27_Industry_TC_VdR–Pitching.pdf; checked format, participation, fees and attendance.", "title": "Visions du Réel — VdR–Pitching — call", "url": "https://www.visionsdureel.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/VdR27_Industry_TC_VdR%E2%80%93Pitching.pdf" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "VdR–Pitching 2027 — overview", "url": "https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/vdr-industry/vdr-pitching/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Repaired access through organizer link. Field-level checklist checked; treatment/deck optional but recommended.", "title": "VdR–Pitching 2027 — checklist", "url": "https://www.visionsdureel.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/VdR27_VdR%E2%80%93Pitching_Submission-Checklist-1.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Market debut", "text": "First public presentation at this development stage." } ], "title": "Visions du Réel — VdR–Pitching", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "T&C PDF: \"Projects should be planned as a feature length film (duration over 60’.\" \"Projects from all over the world are eligible.\" \"Hybrid projects are eligible.\" \"Directors must have completed a minimum of one short film.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Teams anywhere with a nonfiction or hybrid feature over 60 min; no TV series" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "English dossier: aim for no more than 25 pages (guidance, not a hard cap). Graphic development; rights; finance; distributor/sales/streamer interest except at concept stage.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected teams pay €950 per person (excluding VAT), and pulling out after 8 January 2027 costs €1,000", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-12", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-12", "label": "Cartoon Movie", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-18", "label": "Cartoon Movie", "role": "payment", "role_label": "Payment due", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-08", "label": "Cartoon Movie", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-26", "label": "Cartoon Movie", "role": "payment", "role_label": "Payment due", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-02", "label": "Cartoon Movie", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "€950", "label": "Participation fee if selected", "note": "Per person, excl. VAT, incl. registration and admin costs; EUR 350 deposit; no submission fee is mentioned", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "€1,000", "label": "Withdrawal fee after 8 January 2027", "note": "If a selected project withdraws", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "animation" ], "get": "A pitching session at Cartoon Movie 2027 in Bordeaux, 2–4 March", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu06", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Animation financing and distribution access", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/submit-your-project/schedule-deadlines", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Cartoon Movie", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Submission deadline of 12 Nov confirmed on the Cartoon Movie schedule page.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/submit-your-project/schedule-deadlines" }, "related": [], "slug": "cartoon-movie", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "Cartoon Movie — call", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/submit-your-project/regulations" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "Cartoon Movie — additional rules", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/register-to-event/accreditation-fees" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "Cartoon Movie — application instructions", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/submit-your-project/application" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "Cartoon Movie — 2027 timetable", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/movie/submit-your-project/schedule-deadlines" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "2025-dated AI declaration policy linked from current Cartoon rules. Not represented as newly published 2027 policy.", "title": "CARTOON — AI policy adopted by current call", "url": "https://www.cartoon-media.eu/assets/files/Others/AI-Usage-Policy-CARTOON-2025.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Ai disclosure", "text": "CARTOON requires use to be declared/labeled under its linked policy." }, { "label": "Withdrawal", "text": "€1,000 penalty after 8 January 2027." } ], "title": "Cartoon Movie", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AL", "AM", "BA", "GE", "IS", "LI", "MD", "ME", "MK", "NO", "RS", "UA", "XK" ], "evidence": "\"Any European producer whose registered office is located in a country associated with Creative Europe MEDIA can present a new animation project at Cartoon Movie.\" / \"the 27 EU countries + Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norwa, Serbia and Ukraine.\" / \"CARTOON also considers eligible projects submitted by production companies based in Armenia, Georgia, Kosovo and Moldova.\" / \"Projects submitted by UK-based production companies as main producers are not eligible.\" / \"Only independent production companies can submit a project.\"", "excludes": [ "GB" ], "identity": null, "regions": [ "EU" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Independent producers based in Creative Europe MEDIA countries; UK lead producers excluded" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "National correspondent's project/script, budget and funding proof. Selected national finalists may need an English version within seven days.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You apply by email through your country's national correspondent; Baltic and Kosovo projects come only through nominating forums", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-20", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-20", "label": "Euro Connection", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-02-01", "label": "Euro Connection", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short" ], "get": "Pitch training and co-production meetings in Clermont-Ferrand; €160 travel grant, hotel and meals", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu07", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Selected hospitality; international co-production meetings", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.lecourt-clermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EC27_appel_ENG_final.pdf", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Euro Connection", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in the official 2027 call; apply through your national correspondent.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.lecourt-clermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EC27_appel_ENG_final.pdf" }, "related": [ "euro-connection-immersive-projects" ], "slug": "euro-connection", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Read short-film criteria, national-correspondent table, Ukraine exception and separate immersive route. Nomination pathways are not open direct submissions.", "title": "Euro Connection — call", "url": "https://www.lecourt-clermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EC27_appel_ENG_final.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "Euro Connection", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AT", "BE", "BG", "CY", "CZ", "DE", "EE", "ES", "FI", "FR", "GR", "HR", "HU", "IE", "IT", "LT", "LV", "MD", "MT", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RO", "SE", "SI", "SK", "UA", "XK" ], "evidence": "Producers with a company based in one of the countries associated to Euro Connection 2027 may apply by email no later than October 20, 2026, to the national correspondent in their country [...] The project must have partial funding* secured from an external source. [...] For Kosovo, the finalist project will be nominated with the results of the Short Film Forum [...] For Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), the winning project of the Baltic Pitching Forum [...] will be selected [...] Associated countries and national correspondants’ contacts for Euro Connection 2027 [...] AUSTRIA [..", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "Short-film producers with a company in an associated European country and outside funding" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Use the separate immersive-project form in the current call; do not send the short-film national form.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Use the separate immersive form; production must start no earlier than June 2027", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-20", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-20", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "immersive" ], "get": "An invitation to pitch in Clermont-Ferrand in February 2027 (up to four XR projects selected)", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu07_xr", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Selected hospitality; international co-production meetings", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://forms.gle/pQep3TE7SrX4Jxs19", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Euro Connection", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the official immersive-projects application form.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://forms.gle/pQep3TE7SrX4Jxs19" }, "related": [ "euro-connection" ], "slug": "euro-connection-immersive-projects", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Read short-film criteria, national-correspondent table, Ukraine exception and separate immersive route. Nomination pathways are not open direct submissions.", "title": "Euro Connection — call", "url": "https://www.lecourt-clermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EC27_appel_ENG_final.pdf" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "Euro Connection — Immersive Projects", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "May apply: Narrative AR/VR/XR projects with a maximum duration of 45 minutes. Presented by a production company based in the European Union. With initial/partial funding secured. Whose production will not start before June 2027.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [ "EU" ], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "company" }, "who": "EU-based production company with a partly funded narrative XR project up to 45 min" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Commercial pitch/deck, production information and category-specific supporting material; financial commitment for scripted. Not a screenplay-only competition.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You need at least one confirmed external funding commitment, and finalists must buy a Content London pass (£399 at the discounted rate)", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-18", "label": "C21 Content London Pitch", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": "C21 Content London Pitch", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Etc/GMT" }, { "date": "2026-11-03", "label": "C21 Content London Pitch", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-01", "label": "C21 Content London Pitch", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "£399", "label": "Content London pass if a finalist", "note": "Discounted VIP rate; finalists must hold a valid pass; no entry fee is mentioned", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "A live pitch at Content London on 1 December 2026; the winner gets a £20,000 C21 marketing package", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu08_s", "kinds": [ "competition", "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Buyer exposure; competitive marketing package", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.c21media.net/c21-pitch-content-london-2026/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "C21 Content London Pitch", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the organiser's page: 19 October, 23:59 GMT.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.c21media.net/c21-pitch-content-london-2026/" }, "related": [ "c21-content-london-pitch-unscripted" ], "slug": "c21-content-london-pitch-scripted", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "C21 Content London Pitch — call", "url": "https://www.c21media.net/c21-pitch-content-london-2026/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Category-specific market history", "text": "Scripted: other markets within six months. 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This is not the Co-Pro Pitching template.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Applying is free, but selected writers pay €1,090 (solo) or €1,890 (duo) in tuition, plus their own travel, lodging and meals", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-09", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-09", "label": "Series Mania Writers Campus", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-16", "label": "Series Mania Writers Campus", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" }, { "amount": "€1,090", "label": "Tuition fee if selected (solo)", "note": "Incl. VAT; travel, accommodation and meals not included", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "€1,890", "label": "Tuition fee if selected (duo)", "note": "Incl. VAT; travel, accommodation and meals not included", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "Mentoring, a four-day workshop in Lille, and a pitch and accreditation at Series Mania Forum", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu09", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Writer development and Forum access", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://seriesmania.com/institute/en/program/writers-campus/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Series Mania Writers Campus", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline (9 Nov) and selection results (16 Dec) confirmed on the Writers Campus page; no time is given.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://seriesmania.com/institute/en/program/writers-campus/" }, "related": [], "slug": "series-mania-writers-campus", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Fees and eligibility current. Page gives different March arrival/workshop dates; use organizer confirmation before booking.", "title": "Series Mania Writers Campus — call", "url": "https://seriesmania.com/institute/en/program/writers-campus/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Attachment status", "text": "No production company or broadcaster attached." } ], "title": "Series Mania Writers Campus", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AL", "AT", "BA", "BE", "BG", "CH", "CY", "CZ", "DE", "DK", "EE", "ES", "FI", "FR", "GB", "GR", "HR", "HU", "IE", "IS", "IT", "LI", "LT", "LU", "LV", "MD", "ME", "MK", "MT", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RO", "RS", "SE", "SI", "SK", "UA", "XK" ], "evidence": "Hold nationality or a long-term residence permit from one of the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine or the United Kingdom. / The project must not be attached to a production company or television channel/str", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Professional screenwriters from listed European countries, with no producer attached" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "English narrative dossier, team/company credentials, development plan, budget/finance and required application checklist.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected participants pay €1,800 each for the three workshops, plus travel, and shortlisted projects pay €100 for a feedback session", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-10-19", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-19", "label": "MIDPOINT Feature Launch", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-18", "label": "MIDPOINT Feature Launch", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "€400", "label": "Company Time fee", "note": "Producers' follow-up workshop; covers accommodation and tuition", "stage": "application", "state": "optional" }, { "amount": "€100", "label": "Online Feedback Session fee if shortlisted", "note": "Per project; about 20 projects shortlisted", "stage": "selected", "state": "optional" }, { "amount": "€1,800", "label": "Participation fee if selected (Workshops 1–3)", "note": "Per participant; covers accommodation, board and tuition; travel not included; instalments possible", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "Three workshops, pitching at Karlovy Vary IFF and a chance at a €10,000 development award", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu10", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Story and production development; industry meetings", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/en/detail/midpoint-feature-launch-2027-7CbDOS", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "MIDPOINT Feature Launch", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the organiser's call page (open call 3 September to 19 October 2026).", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/en/detail/midpoint-feature-launch-2027-7CbDOS" }, "related": [], "slug": "midpoint-feature-launch", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "MIDPOINT Feature Launch — call", "url": "https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/en/detail/midpoint-feature-launch-2027-7CbDOS" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Possible schedule clash", "text": "Prague 18–24 March overlaps Lille Co-Pro commitments 22–25 March." } ], "title": "MIDPOINT Feature Launch", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"CREATIVE TEAMS of writer and/or director of first or second feature film, and producer (max. of 3 participants per team).\" / \"Special focus on projects coming from Central and Eastern Europe.\" / \"Global eligibility: non-European projects should demonstrate an intention to co-produce with a European country.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "1st or 2nd feature teams worldwide; CEE focus; non-Europeans need a European co-pro" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Single English PDF: half-page synopsis; visual/narrative note up to 1 page; budget; EUR finance plan with status; teaser/scenes; production details.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Entries must be received by 25 November and no time is given, so send yours a day or two early", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-25", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-18", "label": "Open call", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-25", "label": "Submissions must be received by this date (no time stated)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-06", "label": "Thessaloniki Pitching Forum, 6–11 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Online lab, public pitch and one-to-one meetings, five nights' lodging and cash awards", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu11", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Pitch lab; meetings; five hotel nights", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://filmfestival.gr/en/tidf/tidf-agora/thessaloniki-pitching-forum/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-18", "organiser": "Thessaloniki Pitching Forum", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Thessaloniki Pitching Forum page: submissions must be received by 25 November 2026, with no time given.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://filmfestival.gr/en/tidf/tidf-agora/thessaloniki-pitching-forum/" }, "related": [], "slug": "thessaloniki-pitching-forum", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Reopened organizer source and checked the deadline/status, fee and relevant programme conditions in its stated scope.", "title": "Thessaloniki Pitching Forum — call", "url": "https://filmfestival.gr/en/tidf/tidf-agora/thessaloniki-pitching-forum/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "Thessaloniki Pitching Forum", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "AL", "AM", "BA", "BG", "CY", "CZ", "DZ", "EG", "ES", "FR", "GE", "GR", "HR", "HU", "IL", "IT", "JO", "LB", "LY", "MA", "MD", "ME", "MK", "MT", "PL", "PS", "PT", "RO", "RS", "SI", "SK", "SY", "TN", "TR", "UA", "XK" ], "evidence": "\"Countries eligible to participate (as major production country or as a co-production country) are: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia – Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.\" \"Do you have a documentary that is not from the eligible countries but you think Thessaloniki Pitching Forum is a good launching platform for you? You ", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "production" }, "who": "Documentary teams anywhere; focus on SE Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Prepare documentary dossier, narrative/access statement, visual evidence and finance plan; final mandatory package awaits the call.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "There's a registration fee, reduced until 10 December, but the amounts and eligibility rules weren't published when we checked on 17 October", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-01-20", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-20", "label": "Call opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-10", "label": "Reduced registration fee ends", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-20", "label": "Deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-05-03", "label": "DocsBarcelona Pro, 3–7 May 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Pitching, meetings, training and artistic consultancy programmes at DocsBarcelona Pro", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu12", "kinds": [ "market", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Pitch, development and meeting tracks; rules forthcoming", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://docsbarcelona.com/en/docsbarcelona-2027-opens-the-call-for-submitting-documentaries-for-its-30th-edition/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-11-20", "organiser": "DocsBarcelona Pro", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Dates confirmed in DocsBarcelona's announcement: the Pro call opens on 20 November 2026 and closes on 20 January 2027, with a reduced fee until 10 December.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://docsbarcelona.com/en/docsbarcelona-2027-opens-the-call-for-submitting-documentaries-for-its-30th-edition/" }, "related": [], "slug": "docsbarcelona-pro", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "2027 project opening/final dates announced; track-level rules and fees not published. Not an apply-now recommendation.", "title": "DocsBarcelona Pro — call", "url": "https://docsbarcelona.com/en/docsbarcelona-2027-opens-the-call-for-submitting-documentaries-for-its-30th-edition/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "post" ], "state": "announced_not_open", "terms": [], "title": "DocsBarcelona Pro", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "2027 track-specific eligibility pending", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Non-fiction projects at different stages of development" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Feature: script/treatment, finance, notes and CVs. TV: 1–2 page pitch, pilot outline/script, bible, dialogue scene, budget and finance. 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Features >60 pages; shorts ≤40; TV pilot first episode. No bible. IMPORTANT: script PDF must have no title page and no personal/identifying information. Credit co-writers in the submission metadata, not inside the anonymous script.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The script PDF must be anonymous: no title page or identifying details", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-03-08", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-12-07", "label": "Early deadline, 11:59pm GMT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2027-01-18", "label": "Regular deadline, 11:59pm GMT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2027-03-08", "label": "Late (final) deadline, 11:59pm GMT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/London" }, { "date": "2027-06-16", "label": "Raindance Script Competition", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "£60", "label": "Feature — early entry", "note": "Standard entry; through 2026-12-07. 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Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "£45", "label": "Short — regular entry", "note": "Standard entry; through 2027-01-18. Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "£60", "label": "Short — late entry", "note": "Standard entry; through 2027-03-08. Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": null, "label": null, "note": "Standard entry; through 2026-12-07. Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" }, { "amount": null, "label": null, "note": "Standard entry; through 2027-01-18. Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" }, { "amount": null, "label": null, "note": "Standard entry; through 2027-03-08. Not a feedback or membership rate.", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "£35–60" }, "formats": [ "short" ], "get": "Industry Discovery List for 4-5 short scripts; the winner gets a Script Angel consultation", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu17_s", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Script recognition; industry circulation, not financing", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://raindance.org/festival/submit/scripts/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Raindance Script Competition", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/Raindance", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed on the Raindance page: early 7 December 2026, regular 18 January 2027 and late 8 March 2027, all at 11:59pm GMT.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://raindance.org/festival/submit/scripts/" }, "related": [ "raindance-script-competition-feature", "raindance-script-competition-tv-pilot" ], "slug": "raindance-script-competition-short", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Script-competition page read; organizer-managed FilmFreeway controls the 2027 fee calendar. Review circulation terms rather than inferring free feedback.", "title": "Raindance Script Competition — call", "url": "https://raindance.org/festival/submit/scripts/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "Checked script-category fee schedule, final 8 March date, anonymity, unproduced status and circulation. 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Retained as a mixed-itinerary companion, not an unqualified wholly-European venue claim.", "title": "TorinoFilmLab SeriesLab — call", "url": "https://www.torinofilmlab.it/labs/serieslab/serieslab-2027" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [], "title": "TorinoFilmLab SeriesLab", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "SeriesLab is open to teams of European writers or writer-directors and their producers, and to teams of international writers or writer-directors and their producers working on a project with European co-production potential.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "mixed" }, "who": "European writer–producer teams, or teams elsewhere with European co-production potential" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "3-page synopsis, 1-page intention, CV/work samples, reflection and a 5-minute spoken story video; not a promotional trailer.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Taking part is free, but if your film goes into production you pay a €6,000 contribution on the first day of shooting", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-12", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-12", "label": "23h59 CET", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" }, { "amount": "€6,000", "label": "Contribution if the film goes into production", "note": "Paid on the first day of shooting; nothing due if the film is not made", "stage": "selected", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "animation" ], "get": "Writing coaching for eight features: three Brittany residencies with board and lodging covered", "id": "opp:europe:legacy:eu19", "kinds": [ "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Year-long feature writing development for eight projects.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.legroupeouest.com/actualites/selection-annuelle-2027/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Le Groupe Ouest", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed: 12 November 2026 at 23:59 CET.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.legroupeouest.com/actualites/selection-annuelle-2027/" }, "related": [], "slug": "le-groupe-ouest-selection-annuelle", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": "French proficiency not French nationality. At least one qualifying co-author; €6,000 triggered only on production. No universal producer/director attachment.", "title": "Le Groupe Ouest — Sélection Annuelle — 2027 call", "url": "https://www.legroupeouest.com/actualites/selection-annuelle-2027/" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Production contribution", "text": "€6,000 becomes payable on first shooting day if produced." } ], "title": "Le Groupe Ouest — Sélection Annuelle", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "aux scénaristes et auteur·ices-réalisateur·rices de court ou long-métrage (fiction ou documentaire) ayant donné lieu à une sélection en festival(s) de niveau national ou international de Catégorie 1 [...] Faut-il être français·e pour candidater ? Non. Il n’y a pas de condition de nationalité pour candidater à la Sélection Annuelle. En revanche, le ou la candidat·e doit être en mesure d’écrire et de s’exprimer en français.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers of any nationality with working French; the film can be in any language" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "2-page synopsis, 15–20-page treatment, 2-page motivation, CV/work samples, visual material and a 2-minute personal video.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Selected teams pay €2,000 (plus VAT if due), with some half-fee scholarships, and projects must be at treatment stage", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-04", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-17", "label": "Online Q&A with the Head of Studies, 3pm CET", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": "15:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "date": "2026-12-04", "label": "Closes 11.59pm CET", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "Europe/Paris" }, { "date": "2027-03-15", "label": "First online module, 15 to 19 March 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "€2,000", "label": "Participation fee if selected (per team of up to 2)", "note": "Plus VAT if due; 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Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Read fellowship agreement and participation requirements." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Free application; fellowship includes festival engagement. Current grant amount and precise overseas travel coverage were not established." } ], "title": "Sundance — Merata Mita Fellowship 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"This opportunity is open to U.S.-based and international Indigenous artists who identify as women\" / \"are endeavoring to direct a feature film\"", "excludes": [], "identity": "Indigenous women", "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Indigenous artists who identify as women, worldwide" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Script at most ten pages; budget and production schedule.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "CV, approximately 150-word bio, one-to-three-minute pitch video.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Pitch deck optional, not a replacement for the script.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only for your scripted directorial debut, and directing duos or teams can't apply", "check_yourself": [ "Is this the applicant’s first scripted directorial short, excluding prior student films?", "Is this NOT a current degree/student-film project?", "Can production begin no earlier than April 2027 and finish during 2027?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-15", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-15", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "short" ], "get": "A $5,000 seed grant (five awards), plus mentorship and in-kind colouring services", "id": "opp:us:current:g06", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$5,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.wavelengthproductions.com/wavegrant", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Wavelength", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline of 15 Nov confirmed on the WAVE Grant page; no time is given.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.wavelengthproductions.com/wavegrant" }, "related": [], "slug": "wave-grant-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Wavelength WAVE 2027", "url": "https://www.wavelengthproductions.com/wavegrant" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Applicant owns intellectual property and retains editorial/budgetary control under the published programme." } ], "title": "WAVE Grant 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "This project must be the applicant’s scripted directorial debut. [...] Applicants must be based in the United States and will be required to provide proof of residency. [...] Directing duos or teams are not eligible.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "US residents, with proof of residence" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Fiction: full screenplay of at most 12 pages. Documentary: treatment of at most 10 pages. These are not interchangeable.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Budget and schedule; a prior directed sample made in 2017 or later, under 40 minutes. A qualifying episodic/music-video sample can be acceptable; a reel, trailer or proof-of-concept alone is not.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "New short of at most 12 minutes; sample eligibility and the two-short directing-credit requirement are separate checks.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Two eligible directorial work samples must be hosted on Vimeo, not on YouTube or general file-sharing platforms; each must satisfy the published sample rules.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Director biography/CV, artist statement, mentorship and distribution goals, English application materials and properly cleared documentary access/rights are also required.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Hybrid projects are welcomed by the FAQ, but must select the appropriate narrative/documentary application path and its exact screenplay or treatment requirements.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 2026 grant closed on 16 October; winners are announced on 15 March 2027 and no next round was announced when we checked", "check_yourself": [ "Is this an individual/directing-team entry, with all participants eligible and no excluded company/insider applicant?", "Is the applicant at least the age of majority where they live?", "Are the director biography/CV, artist statement, English application and mentorship/distribution goals ready?", "Are both eligible samples hosted as Vimeo links, not general file-sharing links?", "Are filming rights and documentary access/permissions secured?", "Is the directed sample from 2017 or later, under 40 minutes, and not only a reel/trailer/proof-of-concept?", "Can the film shoot in the US/Canada March–September 2027 and deliver by March 2028?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Closed: 11:59 pm Eastern", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/New_York" }, { "date": "2027-03-15", "label": "Applicants notified and winners announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "documentary", "short" ], "get": "USD 60,000 production grant, Panavision camera package, mentorship and release on Vimeo", "id": "opp:us:current:g07", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$60,000" } ], "official_url": "https://vimeo.com/shortfilmgrant", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Vimeo", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Applications for the 2026 Vimeo Short Film Grant closed on 16 October 2026 at 11:59 pm New York time; winners are announced on 15 March 2027, and no next round has been announced.", "status": "closed", "url": "https://vimeo.com/shortfilmgrant" }, "related": [], "slug": "vimeo-short-film-grant-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Vimeo Short Film Grant — programme and official rules", "url": "https://vimeo.com/shortfilmgrant" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "closed_or_historical", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Entry rules grant a broad, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, transferable, non-exclusive royalty-free licence over Program Materials, including derivatives. Winner hosting includes six months exclusive then six months non-exclusive. Obtain advice on the actual submission materials before entering." } ], "title": "Vimeo Short Film Grant 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "CA", "US" ], "evidence": "The Vimeo Short Film Grant is open to directors who are residents of the US and Canada only. | The Vimeo Short Film Grant is intended for emerging filmmakers who have directed at least two short films, but have yet to direct a feature film. | is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico, and all U.S. territories and possessions), and Canada", "excludes": [ "PR" ], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "Legal residents of the 50 US states, DC or Canada, aged 18 or over" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Cover letter; synopsis/outline; distribution plan; crew biographies; complete project budget.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "For fiction: one–two-page synopsis/outline and the first ten script pages. For documentary: one–six-page proposal. Work sample is optional.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Your budget must be under $500,000, and winners filming outside the US may not be able to use all the donated services", "check_yourself": [ "Does the project make the programme’s required positive social contribution?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-31", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-31", "label": "Midnight PT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$48", "label": "Application fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$38", "label": "Student fee", "note": "Student ID required", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$38–48" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "series" ], "get": "A $3,500 cheque plus $20,000+ in services and discounts (one winner)", "id": "opp:us:current:g08", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$3,500" } ], "official_url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/roy-w-dean-film-grants-and-awards/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Fall 2026 form retains a February 2026 notification reference. A reliable decision date is not established." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "From the Heart Productions", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed: 31 October at midnight Pacific Time (PT).", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/roy-w-dean-film-grants-and-awards/" }, "related": [], "slug": "roy-w-dean-fall-grant-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "From the Heart — Roy W. Dean grants", "url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/roy-w-dean-film-grants-and-awards/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "From the Heart grant FAQ", "url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/grant-faq/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Roy W. Dean Fall public application", "url": "https://form.jotform.com/From_the_Heart/roy-w-dean-grant-application-fall" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "Roy W. Dean Fall Grant 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Budget Must Be Under $500,000 Open to Filmmakers from Any Country For Any Phase of Production from Development to Post-Production / (FAQ) Yes, you can live anywhere in the world and enter any of our grants. But, you may not be able to use all the benefits of the specific grant you have won unless you are filming in the US.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Filmmakers anywhere (international applicants accepted)" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Cover letter; one–two-page synopsis; fundraising and distribution plan; crew information; budget; student identification.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "A work sample is optional; a reel may be offered where the form permits it. Confirm exact upload fields.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Your film must be budgeted at $50,000 or less; check with From the Heart before entering a series rather than a film", "check_yourself": [ "Is the applicant currently enrolled in a qualifying school/course?", "Does the project make the required positive social contribution?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-30", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-30", "label": "Deadline, 11:59pm PT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$28", "label": "Student application fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$28" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short" ], "get": "$3,000 cash plus donated services and products", "id": "opp:us:current:g09", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$3,000" } ], "official_url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/carole-dorothy-joyce-grant-for-student-filmmakers/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Film-focused overview versus a TV/Web/New Media category in the form: series applications remain Confirm, not automatically eligible or rejected." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "From the Heart Productions", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the From the Heart page: 30 November 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific time, with finalists named in March 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/carole-dorothy-joyce-grant-for-student-filmmakers/" }, "related": [], "slug": "carole-dorothy-joyce-student-grant-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Carole Dorothy Joyce student grant", "url": "https://fromtheheartproductions.com/carole-dorothy-joyce-grant-for-student-filmmakers/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Carole Dorothy Joyce public application", "url": "https://form.jotform.com/From_the_Heart/cdj-student-grant" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "Carole Dorothy Joyce Student Grant 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"The grant seeks films from student filmmakers enrolled in university, college, community college, extension courses, or high school\" \"Student Filmmakers from any country are welcome to apply.\" \"must be budgeted at $50,000 or less\"", "excludes": [], "identity": "Students", "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Student filmmakers, worldwide (student ID required)" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Questionnaire, printed mailed request, then complete online project proposal.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Budget and public-access plan; follow the live request process for work-sample specifications.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "You must complete the initial questionnaire by 20 November (paper requests postmarked by 25 November) before sending your proposal by 16 December", "check_yourself": [ "Are BOTH the application writing and submitted project material clear of prohibited generative-AI use?", "Does the project meet Puffin’s public/social benefit and underrepresented-voice purpose?", "Does the US applicant/sponsor meet the individual or small-organisation rules, including any $250,000 organisational-budget cap?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-16", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-14", "label": "Request period opens", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-20", "label": "Initial questionnaire closes", "role": "prerequisite", "role_label": "Do first", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-25", "label": "Paper request form postmark deadline", "role": "prerequisite", "role_label": "Do first", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-12-16", "label": "Proposal deadline, 5pm EST", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/New_York" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "series", "other" ], "get": "Grant of up to USD 3,500", "id": "opp:us:current:g10", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$3,500" } ], "official_url": "https://www.puffinfoundation.org/faqs", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." } ], "opens": "2026-09-14", "organiser": "Puffin Foundation", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadlines confirmed: questionnaire by 20 November, paper request postmarked by 25 November, and proposal by 5pm Eastern time on 16 December.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.puffinfoundation.org/faqs" }, "related": [], "slug": "puffin-foundation-2027-film-video", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Puffin prospective applicants", "url": "https://www.puffinfoundation.org/prospective-applicants" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Puffin FAQ", "url": "https://www.puffinfoundation.org/faqs" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production", "post", "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "Puffin Foundation 2027 — Film / Video", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "Prospective applicants page: \"Grants from the The Puffin Foundation can only be awarded to US residents with a social security number, or to US based non-profits (including fiscal sponsors).\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "US residents with an SSN, or US nonprofits and fiscal sponsors" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "New-work proposal, detailed budget and non-grant contribution; evidence of Queens residence or workspace; public-engagement plan.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Work samples may show completed or in-progress work; preliminary plans can be relevant to a new project. Screenwriting is within the literary-arts scope.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Use NYFA’s mandatory project-budget template, not a personal spreadsheet template. A virtual public component is allowed if live and primarily serving Queens audiences; a permanent upload alone is not sufficient.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Watch the free information session before applying: the page calls it both required and recommended", "check_yourself": [ "Is this new 2027 artistic work with live public engagement for Queens audiences (in person in Queens, or a qualifying live virtual event)?", "Is this an eligible artistic/public-benefit project rather than industrial/commercial entertainment?", "Is the applicant NOT a full-time degree student during the restricted current/2027 period?", "Is the project budget prepared in NYFA’s required budget template?", "Is at least 10% of the project’s resources from other cash or in-kind support?", "Are LLC, prior-grant and DCLA exclusion rules clear for this applicant?", "Does the applicant have qualifying Queens residence or a Queens studio/workspace?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-17", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-17", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "17:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/New_York" } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short", "series", "other" ], "get": "50–100% of a requested $3,000–$7,500 (no guaranteed $3,000 minimum)", "id": "opp:us:current:g11", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": "Request $3,000–$7,500; an award can be 50–100% of the request. This is not a guaranteed $3,000 minimum payment.", "value": "$3,000–$7,500" } ], "official_url": "https://www.nyc.gov/site/dcla/cultural-funding/funding-for-artists.page", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "The page uses both required and recommended information-session language. Attend/watch the free recording and confirm compliance; source ambiguity is not resolved by a checkbox." }, { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Eligible-expense bullets allow individual supplies/equipment items up to $1,000, while the ineligible-expense list excludes equipment or capital goods whose total exceeds $1,000. Confirm any aggregate equipment budget over $1,000; do not treat the per-item wording as permission to exceed the total wording." }, { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "NYFA / NYC Department of Cultural Affairs", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on NYC Cultural Affairs' funding page. NYFA's own grant page blocked our check.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.nyc.gov/site/dcla/cultural-funding/funding-for-artists.page" }, "related": [], "slug": "queens-arts-fund-new-work-grant-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "NYFA Queens Arts Fund New Work 2027", "url": "https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/queens-arts-fund-new-work-grant/" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development", "production", "post", "finished" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "Queens Arts Fund — New Work Grant 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "\"The New York Foundation for the Arts currently administers the Queens Arts Fund, providing grants to artists and arts organizations within Queens.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": "Queens", "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Queens residents, or artists with a year-round Queens studio lease" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project proposal, budget and director experience/work samples; exact lengths and uploads must be confirmed in SlideRoom.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Only full-time Miami-Dade County residents who have already completed a short documentary can apply", "check_yourself": [ "Does the applicant meet the current Miami-Dade residency requirement?", "Has the applicant previously completed a documentary short?", "Is the documentary connected to South Florida as required?", "Is the applicant a US citizen or permanent resident?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-06", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "A $50,000 grant for a documentary of 50 minutes or more (one award), plus free archive access", "id": "opp:us:current:g12", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$50,000" } ], "official_url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." }, { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Track-level facts are published; complete form, exact closing time and award agreement remain unverified." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Miami Film Festival / Miami Dade College", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Miami Film Festival page: applications run 28 Sept to 6 Nov 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-louies-2027-documentary-feature", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Film Festival — The Louies", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Dade College — Louies announcement", "url": "https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-film-festival-opens-applications-for-the-louies-offering-100000-to-local-documentary-filmmakers/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "The Louies 2027 — Documentary Feature", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "Applicants must be full-time residents of Miami-Dade County, 18 years of age or older and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Feature documentary applicants will have previously completed, at minimum, a short documentary. [...] Currently, this application is only open to residents of Miami-Dade County.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": "Miami-Dade County", "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Miami-Dade County residents who are US citizens or permanent residents, 18+" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project proposal, budget and director experience/work samples; exact lengths and uploads must be confirmed in SlideRoom.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "First-time directors can apply, but you need a crew credit on a short film and must live full-time in Miami-Dade County", "check_yourself": [ "Does the applicant have the required filmmaking experience, even if a first-time director?", "Does the applicant meet the current Miami-Dade residency requirement?", "Is the documentary connected to South Florida as required?", "Is the applicant a US citizen or permanent resident?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-06", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "$10,000 each for three 8–12 min short documentaries, plus free use of the Wolfson archive", "id": "opp:us:current:g13", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$10,000" } ], "official_url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." }, { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Track-level facts are published; complete form, exact closing time and award agreement remain unverified." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Miami Film Festival / Miami Dade College", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Miami Film Festival page: applications run 28 Sept to 6 Nov 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-louies-2027-documentary-short", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Film Festival — The Louies", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Dade College — Louies announcement", "url": "https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-film-festival-opens-applications-for-the-louies-offering-100000-to-local-documentary-filmmakers/" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "The Louies 2027 — Documentary Short", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "Applicants must be full-time residents of Miami-Dade County, 18 years of age or older and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. ... Short documentary applicants can be first time directors but must have previously crewed on a short film and received a credit on the film.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": "Miami-Dade County", "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Miami-Dade County residents who are US citizens or permanent residents, 18+" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Project proposal, budget and director experience/work samples; exact lengths and uploads must be confirmed in SlideRoom.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Check the application form for any fee and the closing time on 6 November; neither is published on the festival page", "check_yourself": [ "Does the applicant meet the current Miami-Dade residency requirement?", "Is the documentary connected to South Florida as required?", "Is the applicant a US citizen or permanent resident?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-11-06", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "$10,000 to finish a feature documentary in post-production (two awards), plus archive access", "id": "opp:us:current:g14", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$10,000" } ], "official_url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. Blank is not zero." }, { "meanwhile": null, "question": "Track-level facts are published; complete form, exact closing time and award agreement remain unverified." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Miami Film Festival / Miami Dade College", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the Miami Film Festival page: applications run 28 Sept to 6 Nov 2026.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-louies-2027-documentary-feature-finishing", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Film Festival — The Louies", "url": "https://miamifilmfestival.com/the-louies/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Miami Dade College — Louies announcement", "url": "https://news.mdc.edu/pressrelease/miami-film-festival-opens-applications-for-the-louies-offering-100000-to-local-documentary-filmmakers/" } ], "stages": [ "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Definitive award agreement not inspected." } ], "title": "The Louies 2027 — Documentary Feature Finishing", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "\"Applicants must be permanent Miami-Dade County residents, age 18 or older, and U.S. citizens or permanent residents.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": "Miami-Dade County", "test": "mixed" }, "who": "Miami-Dade County residents who are US citizens or permanent residents, 18+" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Grant application and project budget; original project and rights information.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "A free IMGN account and a production book containing a script breakdown and script coverage. Tutorial features such as scheduling/previsualisation are not silently promoted to mandatory grant attachments.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "There is a separate IMGN platform agreement, so check what rights it takes over material you upload before applying", "check_yourself": [ "Does the applicant hold original, unencumbered rights or the exact permission required for this route?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-12-31", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-12-31", "label": "Deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-31", "label": "Winner announced and funds paid by 31 January", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" }, { "amount": "$15", "label": "Optional fiscal sponsorship, standard", "note": "Only if you also apply to the optional Fiscal Sponsorship Program", "stage": "application", "state": "optional" }, { "amount": "$45", "label": "Optional fiscal sponsorship, expedited", "note": "Only if you also apply to the optional Fiscal Sponsorship Program", "stage": "application", "state": "optional" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "documentary", "short" ], "get": "USD 4,500 grant for one independent narrative or documentary project", "id": "opp:us:current:g15", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": null, "value": "$4,500" } ], "official_url": "https://form.jotform.com/CFA_Institute/cfa--imgn-grant-application", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "The separate IMGN platform/privacy agreement was not audited; free registration does not settle uploaded-material rights." } ], "opens": null, "organiser": "Cinematography for Actors / IMGN", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the application form: 31 December, with the winner announced by 31 January 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://form.jotform.com/CFA_Institute/cfa--imgn-grant-application" }, "related": [], "slug": "cfa-x-imgn-grant-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "CFA x IMGN grant programme", "url": "https://www.cinematographyforactors.com/imgn-grant-application" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "CFA x IMGN public application and terms", "url": "https://form.jotform.com/CFA_Institute/cfa--imgn-grant-application" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Creator ownership retained, with promotional permissions over application material and winner name/likeness. Separate IMGN platform/data terms were not inspected." } ], "title": "CFA x IMGN Grant 2026", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "\"Applications are open to U.S.-based filmmakers (50 states + DC), 18 and older.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "Legal residents of the 50 US states or DC, aged 18 or over" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Script at most fifteen pages OR treatment at most five.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Lookbook, $100,000 budget, team statements/CVs and directing samples.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Non-member deadline is 26 October ($65); the 2 November deadline is for members ($45)", "check_yourself": [ "Is the proposed short about seniors/aging as required?", "Does the proposed all-in production plan fit the $100,000 commissioning budget?", "Does the director have at least two short-film credits or one feature in that role?", "Can the team meet the required participation, production, post-production and publicity schedule?", "Does the producer have at least two short-film credits or one feature in that role?", "Are the director and producer separate people?", "Can both core applicants remain physically in the US with unrestricted legal work rights through the programme?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2026-10-26", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-26", "label": "Non-member final", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "label": "Member final", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-02", "label": "Paid-member pricing", "role": "payment", "role_label": "Payment due", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$65", "label": "Application fee (non-members)", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$45", "label": "Application fee (Film Independent Members)", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "Waived", "label": "Application fee (Filmmaker Pro Members)", "note": "Free for Filmmaker Pro Members", "stage": "application", "state": "unknown_or_conditional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$45–65" }, "formats": [ "documentary", "short" ], "get": "A $100,000 all-in production budget per team (five teams); Film Independent owns the film", "id": "opp:us:current:g16", "kinds": [ "other_finance" ], "merged_ids": [ "opp:us:legacy:a03" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": "All-in production budget per selected director–producer team, not unrestricted personal grant money.", "value": "$100,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/artist-development/film-independent-x-humana-foundation-shorts/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Film Independent / Humana Foundation", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Non-member (26 Oct) and member (2 Nov) deadlines confirmed on the Film Independent page; no time is given.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/artist-development/film-independent-x-humana-foundation-shorts/" }, "related": [], "slug": "film-independent-x-humana-foundation-shorts", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Film Independent x Humana Foundation Shorts", "url": "https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/artist-development/film-independent-x-humana-foundation-shorts/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Film Independent current applications", "url": "https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/applications/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmindependent1.submittable.com/submit", "url": "https://filmindependent1.submittable.com/submit" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. 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[...] Participation is contingent upon your unrestricted right to work lawfully in the United States throughout the duration of the program.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "Director–producer teams physically in the US with unrestricted work rights" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Full English screenplay with required WGA/copyright registration.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Director and producer, $1.2 million production plan/budget.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "At least five consecutive minutes of the director’s previous work; a montage reel alone is insufficient.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Current students can't apply, and an attached writer or director must be from, or connected to, an underrepresented community", "check_yourself": [ "Is this the director’s first or second scripted feature?", "Does the directing sample include at least five consecutive minutes, not just a montage reel?", "Is the applicant NOT a current student?", "Does the applicant hold original, unencumbered rights or the exact permission required for this route?", "Is a separate producer attached?", "Can the team pitch in New York in June and enter pre-production in July 2027?", "Does the applicant/project meet the programme’s underrepresented-voice/community criteria?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": "2027-01-18", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-24", "label": "Opens, 11:00 am ET", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": "11:00", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/New_York" }, { "date": "2027-01-18", "label": "Closes, 11:59 pm ET", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/New_York" }, { "date": "2027-05-03", "label": "All applicants notified by 3 May 2027", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": null, "label": "Entry fee", "note": null, "stage": "application", "state": "free_or_explicit_zero" } ], "state": "free", "summary": "Free to enter" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature" ], "get": "USD 1.2m to make the winning feature; the four other finalists get USD 15,000 each", "id": "opp:us:current:g17", "kinds": [ "other_finance", "competition" ], "merged_ids": [ "opp:us:legacy:f01" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": "One $1.2 million production award; four other finalists receive $15,000 each. Do not add them together as one applicant’s award.", "value": "$1,200,000" } ], "official_url": "https://tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories/rules", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-24", "organiser": "Tribeca / AT&T", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed in Tribeca's rules: 18 January 2027 at 11:59 pm Eastern time, and all applicants hear by 3 May 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories/rules" }, "related": [], "slug": "tribeca-at-and-t-untold-stories-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories FAQ", "url": "https://tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories/faq" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories rules", "url": "https://tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories/rules" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories", "url": "https://tribecafilm.com/attuntoldstories" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Winner must sign production agreements and form a single-purpose LLC. Read the contract; marketing premiere language is stronger than the rules." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Live finalist pitch in New York. 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Not a fixed $10,000 grant.", "value": "$10,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.thefilmfund.co/official-rules/", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "The Film Fund", "organiser_country": "US", "pack": "funding", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline of 17 Nov, 11:59:59 PM Eastern, confirmed in The Film Fund's official rules.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.thefilmfund.co/official-rules/" }, "related": [], "slug": "the-film-fund-fall-narrative-contest-2026", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "The Film Fund — official rules", "url": "https://www.thefilmfund.co/official-rules/" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "note": null, "title": "The Film Fund — landing page", "url": "https://www.thefilmfund.co/" } ], "stages": [ "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Rights note", "text": "Ownership retained but submitted application materials carry a perpetual, transferable and sublicensable promotional licence. 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Entrants from anywhere in the world are eligible, except where prohibited by law in the state, province or country where the Entrant is located.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Filmmakers worldwide" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Letter of inquiry, project/impact strategy, budget and financing context.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false }, { "item": "Samples and additional documents requested through the funder’s subsequent process.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Start with a letter of inquiry; replies can take up to six months, so allow for that in your production schedule", "check_yourself": [ "Does the documentary have a concrete social-impact strategy and producing-capacity plan?" ], "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "closes": null, "dates": [], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [], "state": "unknown", "summary": "Not published" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "Grants typically $25,000 to $150,000 per documentary project", "id": "opp:us:current:g19", "kinds": [ "grant" ], "money": [ { "label": "Amount", "note": "Typical documentary grant range $25,000–$150,000; individual amount determined through review, not promised.", "value": "$25,000–$150,000" } ], "official_url": "https://www.perspectivefund.org/faq", "open_questions": [ { "meanwhile": null, "question": "No fully verified current application price or explicit free-entry statement was established. 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Finalists prepare a 4-minute live pitch.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Not for writers already staffed or paid to develop TV, and entries close at 7:59am Central on 14 December, or earlier if the cap is reached", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-12-14", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-09-08", "label": "Submissions open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "label": "Early deadline ($45), 7:59am CT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Chicago" }, { "date": "2026-11-16", "label": "Fee waiver or student discount request, before 11:59pm CT", "role": "prerequisite", "role_label": "Do first", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Chicago" }, { "date": "2026-11-23", "label": "Regular deadline ($65), 7:59am CT", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Chicago" }, { "date": "2026-12-14", "label": "Late deadline ($85), 7:59am CT", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "07:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": "America/Chicago" }, { "date": "2027-03-02", "label": "Semi-finalists announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-16", "label": "Finalists announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "items": [ { "amount": "$45", "label": "Early deadline fee", "note": "On or before 5 October 2026, 8am CT", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$65", "label": "Regular deadline fee", "note": "Until 23 November 2026, 8am CT", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$85", "label": "Late deadline fee", "note": "Until 14 December 2026, 8am CT", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "15% off", "label": "Student discount", "note": "Request before 16 November 2026; fee waivers also available on request", "stage": "application", "state": "optional" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$45–85" }, "formats": [ "series" ], "get": "Ten finalists pitch live at ATX TV Festival and join a year-long mentorship programme", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f04", "kinds": [ "competition", "lab" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "10 finalists receive live feedback, a year-long mentorship programme and industry meetings; finalist/winner benefits differ. No employment or specific buyer meeting is guaranteed.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://atxfestival.com/pitch", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-09-08", "organiser": "ATX TV Festival", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Deadline confirmed on the ATX TV Festival page: 14 December, 7:59am Central time, though entries may close early if the cap is reached.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://atxfestival.com/pitch" }, "related": [], "slug": "atx-tv-festival-pitch-competition-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "atxfestival.com/pitch", "url": "https://atxfestival.com/pitch" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "atxfestival.com/terms-and-conditions-pc", "url": "https://atxfestival.com/terms-and-conditions-pc" } ], "stages": [ "writing", "development" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Creative generative AI prohibited. Limited technical/admin uses may be allowed only with disclosure. Check previous IP, awards and pitching restrictions. Entry is non-confidential. Prior awards/publication/IP and earlier industry pitches can affect eligibility." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Finalist attendance required; travel and accommodation are NOT covered. Pay and complete the entry within the organiser's 24-hour instruction." } ], "title": "ATX TV Festival — Pitch Competition 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [ "US" ], "evidence": "The Competition is open only to individuals who at the time of entry are legal residents of one of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia and who have reached the age of majority in their state at the time of entry . | Void in Puerto Rico and all other U.S. and foreign territories and possessions | Who Should Not Apply: Writers who have been staffed on a TV show or paid to develop a project by a studio, network, or production company.", "excludes": [ "PR" ], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "listed", "subnational": null, "test": "residence" }, "who": "Legal residents of the 50 US states or DC, of age of majority" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "English PDF; title, author name(s) and registration are recommended, NOT anonymous by requirement. Feature 70–130 pages; TV pilot 10–70; short 5–40. Supplemental decks may not be read.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "Scripts made with any AI tools are banned, and the final deadline is 6 November at 11:59pm EST, not 5 December", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-06", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-05-29", "label": "Hella Early deadline (11:59 pm EDT)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-06-26", "label": "Early deadline (11:59 pm EDT)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-09-11", "label": "Regular deadline (11:59 pm EDT)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "label": "Late deadline (11:59 pm EDT)", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "label": "Extended (final) deadline (11:59 pm EST)", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": "23:59", "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-29", "label": "Initial notification (quarterfinalists)", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-02-12", "label": "Semifinalists announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-03-05", "label": "Finalists announced", "role": "selection", "role_label": "Selection news", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-04-22", "label": "Festival, 22 April to 2 May 2027", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "$120", "label": "Feature script · Late fee (until 2026-10-16)", "note": "Do not upload duplicate/revised entries; no AI writing/development.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$100", "label": "Short script · Late fee (until 2026-10-16)", "note": "Do not upload duplicate/revised entries; no AI writing/development.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$140", "label": "Feature script · Extended final (until 2026-11-06)", "note": "Do not upload duplicate/revised entries; no AI writing/development. Calendar final 6 Nov vs introductory prose 5 Dec; conservative planning date.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$110", "label": "Short script · Extended final (until 2026-11-06)", "note": "Do not upload duplicate/revised entries; no AI writing/development. Calendar final 6 Nov vs introductory prose 5 Dec; conservative planning date.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$100–140" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "short", "series" ], "get": "Cash prizes of $250–500, travel stipend, two nights' lodging, mentoring or a retreat, and a badge", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f05", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "3 feature winners, 1 pilot and 1 short; mentor meetings, live scene readings, festival access and cash prizes.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplay-submission-faq", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Atlanta Film Festival", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/ATLFFscreenplaycompetition", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Final deadline confirmed: 6 November 2026 at 11:59 pm EST, per the festival's screenplay FAQ.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplay-submission-faq" }, "related": [], "slug": "atlanta-film-festival-screenplay-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmfreeway.com/ATLFFscreenplaycompetition", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/ATLFFscreenplaycompetition" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplay-submit", "url": "https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/screenplay-submit" }, { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "atlantafilmfestival.com/gafilm", "url": "https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/gafilm" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Do not submit duplicate/revised versions in the same cycle; published rules allow disqualification. AI restriction includes development, not only final prose." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Winner support includes a travel stipend OR airfare plus 2 hotel nights for out-of-state/international winners; confirm actual package." } ], "title": "Atlanta Film Festival — Screenplay 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "\"I live outside of the US, can I still submit to the competition? Of course! In fact, many past winners are not from the United States.\" / \"Writers of any age are welcome.\" / \"the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) tools or software in the creation, development, or writing of the screenplay is strictly prohibited.\"", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers worldwide with an unoptioned, unproduced English script (no AI use)" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Blind PDF: feature 70–125 pages; hour TV 45–70; half-hour ≤45. Short limit is inconsistent at 40 pages: confirm if exactly 40.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "We couldn't load Cinequest's FilmFreeway page on 17 October, so confirm the 13 November deadline and fees there, and the limit if your short is 40 pages", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-13", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "label": "Late fee — historical", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-13", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "$85", "label": "30-minute TV · Final (until 2026-11-13)", "note": "Check exact 40-page short boundary. Unoptioned/unsold requirement.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$90", "label": "60-minute TV · Final (until 2026-11-13)", "note": "Check exact 40-page short boundary. Unoptioned/unsold requirement.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$100", "label": "Feature script · Final (until 2026-11-13)", "note": "Check exact 40-page short boundary. Unoptioned/unsold requirement.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$70", "label": "Feature script · Late fee — historical (until 2026-10-09)", "note": "Passed before this snapshot; retained for historical comparison, not available entry pricing.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$65", "label": "60-minute TV · Late fee — historical (until 2026-10-09)", "note": "Passed before this snapshot; retained for historical comparison, not available entry pricing.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$55", "label": "30-minute TV · Late fee — historical (until 2026-10-09)", "note": "Passed before this snapshot; retained for historical comparison, not available entry pricing.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$55–100" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "short", "series" ], "get": "Finalists are honoured at the Cinequest Writers Celebration with industry events", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f06", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Top-10/category access and industry-facing events; feature prize $5,000; other category winners $1,000. Only brief feedback on request, not full coverage.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/CinequestScreenwritingCompetition", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Cinequest", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "cinequest-screenwriting-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmfreeway.com/CinequestScreenwritingCompetition", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/CinequestScreenwritingCompetition" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Changes to option/sale/production status can disqualify the script. Updated drafts need new paid submissions; entry does not promise representation or finance." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Festival passes are not travel funding. No airfare/accommodation award verified." } ], "title": "Cinequest — Screenwriting 2027", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "no US-residency restriction found in published rules.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Screenwriters with screenplays or teleplays of any genre and length" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Visual sample ≤5 minutes; synopsis; status; overall budget and secured funding; director/producer bios or filmographies.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "The 19 February 2027 pitch location isn't announced yet, so check you can attend in person before paying to enter", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2026-11-01", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-07-22", "label": "Submissions open", "role": "opening", "role_label": "Opens", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-09-13", "label": "Early bird deadline", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "label": "Final deadline", "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-02-19", "label": "Big Sky Pitch day (location to be announced)", "role": "event_or_context", "role_label": "Event", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "$60", "label": "Feature documentary WIP · Final (until 2026-11-01)", "note": "If selected, in-person Missoula attendance is mandatory.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$60" }, "formats": [ "documentary" ], "get": "A 10-minute pitch to commissioning editors and funders, with feedback and 1-1 coaching", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f07", "kinds": [ "market" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Up to 10 projects; 10-minute pitch + 10-minute funder feedback; preparation and festival access. Funding is not automatic.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/docshop/big_sky_pitch/", "open_questions": [], "opens": "2026-07-22", "organiser": "Big Sky", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/BigSkyPitch", "recheck": { "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "note": "Final deadline confirmed on the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival's own page: 1 November 2026, with selected projects announced in January 2027.", "status": "confirmed", "url": "https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/docshop/big_sky_pitch/" }, "related": [], "slug": "big-sky-pitch-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmfreeway.com/BigSkyPitch", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/BigSkyPitch" } ], "stages": [ "development", "production", "post" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "A concept with no footage/visual sample is not application-ready. Earlier descriptions and rules differ on earliest project stage; use the stricter published gate." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "IN-PERSON attendance required despite an 'online' platform label. No travel subsidy verified. Notification text varies between 8 and 10 Jan." } ], "title": "Big Sky Pitch 2027", "where": { "confidence": "unclear", "countries": [], "evidence": "No US-residency restriction found.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "unclear", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Teams with a feature documentary work in progress, any form or subject" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Short ≤30 pages; TV pilot ≤50; feature ≤120. Female-short category ≤15 pages. A feedback bundle is optional.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "We couldn't load the FilmFreeway page on 17 October, so confirm the deadline and category rules there; note the TV prize is an option on your script", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-06-01", "dates": [ { "date": "2027-01-15", "label": "Early fee", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-06-01", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "$50", "label": "Feature script · Early fee (until 2027-01-15)", "note": "Category-specific outcomes; TV option is not the feature prize. Early checkpoint; final 1 June 2027.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$40", "label": "Female short script · Early fee (until 2027-01-15)", "note": "Category-specific outcomes; TV option is not the feature prize. Early checkpoint; final 1 June 2027.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$70", "label": "Short + 1-page feedback · Early fee · Optional feedback bundle (until 2027-01-15)", "note": "Category-specific outcomes; TV option is not the feature prize. Early checkpoint; final 1 June 2027.", "stage": "application", "state": "optional" }, { "amount": "$45", "label": "Short script · Early fee (until 2027-01-15)", "note": "Category-specific outcomes; TV option is not the feature prize. Early checkpoint; final 1 June 2027.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$40–50" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "short", "series" ], "get": "TV winner: option via 88th Street; feature: Alta Global consultation; Female Short: $1,000", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f08", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Category-specific: TV winner option through 88th Street; feature winner Alta Global consultation; winning short screening/distribution IF and WHEN film is completed, not guaranteed production financing. Female Short prize $1,000 to shoot film.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/HollyShortsScreenplayContest", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "HollyShorts", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "hollyshorts-screenplay-contest-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmfreeway.com/HollyShortsScreenplayContest", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/HollyShortsScreenplayContest" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "TV option and short-film distribution provisions require agreement review. Feature consultation is NOT an option or production award." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "All-access passes are not flights or hotel. No travel award verified." } ], "title": "HollyShorts — Screenplay Contest 2027", "where": { "confidence": "partial", "countries": [], "evidence": "worldwide short-screenplay call. Category limits and rights terms apply.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers worldwide with English scripts; category limits apply" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Screenplay category: feature ≤130 pages; half-hour TV ≤40; hour TV ≤70. Confirm the short-script page limit in the selected entry category.", "limit": null, "note": null, "optional": false } ], "caution": "We couldn't load the FilmFreeway page on 17 October, so confirm the deadline, fees and short-script page limit there before entering", "check_yourself": [], "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "closes": "2027-07-01", "dates": [ { "date": "2026-11-15", "label": "Early fee", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-01-15", "label": "Early fee", "role": "application_fee_tier_cutoff", "role_label": "Earlier deadline", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null }, { "date": "2027-07-01", "label": null, "role": "application_submission_deadline", "role_label": "Closes", "time": null, "time_note": null, "timezone": null } ], "fee": { "items": [ { "amount": "$50", "label": "Screenplay category · Early fee (until 2026-11-15)", "note": "Student $35; Gold discount separate. Script final 1 Jul 2027; do not use film-category prices.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" }, { "amount": "$65", "label": "Screenplay category · Early fee (until 2027-01-15)", "note": "Student $50; Gold discount separate. Script final 1 Jul 2027; do not use film-category prices.", "stage": "application", "state": "priced" } ], "state": "priced", "summary": "$50–65" }, "formats": [ "fiction_feature", "short", "series" ], "get": "Festival-linked screenplay recognition; no production funding or sale verified", "id": "opp:us:legacy:f09", "kinds": [ "competition" ], "money": [ { "label": "Note", "note": "Festival-associated screenplay recognition. No guaranteed production funding or sale verified for the current script category.", "value": null } ], "official_url": "https://filmfreeway.com/RIFilmFest", "open_questions": [], "opens": null, "organiser": "Flickers' Rhode Island", "organiser_country": null, "pack": "festivals_and_industry", "portal_url": null, "recheck": null, "related": [], "slug": "flickers-rhode-island-screenplay-2027", "sources": [ { "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "note": null, "title": "filmfreeway.com/RIFilmFest", "url": "https://filmfreeway.com/RIFilmFest" } ], "stages": [ "writing" ], "state": "open_or_published", "terms": [ { "label": "Contract", "text": "Selection terms and definitive agreements were not inspected. Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "The festival's film-qualification credentials do not make an unproduced script Oscar-qualifying." }, { "label": "Travel", "text": "Budget any festival visit separately; no travel support verified." } ], "title": "Flickers' Rhode Island — Screenplay 2027", "where": { "confidence": "stated", "countries": [], "evidence": "Worldwide; English; unproduced work with rights controlled by applicant.", "excludes": [], "identity": null, "regions": [], "scope": "worldwide", "subnational": null, "test": "unknown" }, "who": "Writers worldwide who control the rights to an unproduced English script" }, { "bring": [ { "item": "Feature 60–140 pages; TV 20–70; short category 3–59 vs rules 3–60. 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Read them before accepting an award or granting rights." }, { "label": "Rights", "text": "Current listing retains old 2024 award copy and lists notification 1 Nov, one day after final deadline. 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