Seeking financing for your film can be a more daunting task than the filmmaking process itself. The agonising wait for your agent, producers, or any potential backers to provide the necessary funds can be disheartening.

However, don't lose hope, as securing film funding doesn't have to feel like an insurmountable challenge. In fact, there are film grants available to cater for the needs of every filmmaker, and you don't have to exhaust yourself searching for them. Below, we’ve compiled a list of film grants that will hopefully help you progress your project's creation.

Documentary Film Grants

AmDocs Film Fund

Deadline: Rolling

California Documentary Project Grant

Deadline: November TBD

California Documentary Project: NEXT GEN Grant

Deadline: March TBD

Catapult Film Fund

Deadline: Rolling

EURODOC

Deadline: November TBD

Film Independent Directing Lab

Deadline: April-May TBD

Film Independent Documentary Lab

Deadline: March (TBD)

Frameline Completion Fund

Deadline: Fall (TBD)

Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund

Deadline: December

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund

Deadline: August

ITVS Open Call

Deadline: June

MountainFilm Commitment Grant

Deadline: August

NEH Media Production Grants

Deadline: August

SFFILM Documentary Film Fund

Deadline: June

Screen Australia: Documentary Development

Deadline: Anytime

Sundance Documentary Fund

Deadline: February

The Alter-Ciné Foundation

Deadline: August

The Fledging Fund

Deadline: October

The Scottish Documentary Institute Consultancies

Deadline: March

Visions Sud Est Fund

Deadline: February

Creative Capital

Deadline: February

Feature Film Grants

Film Independent Project Involve

Deadline: September (TBD)

Flies Collective Film Grant

Deadline: July

GLAS Animation Grant Program

Deadline: May

Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant

Deadline: November (TBD)

Moving Image Institute Filmmaker Grants

Deadline: January

National Film Board of Canada Filmmaker Assistance Program

Deadline: Specific to your region

SFFILM Rainin Grant

Deadline: April

Screen Australia’s Feature Film Production Program

Deadline: Rolling basis throughout pandemic

ScreenCraft Film Production Fund

Deadline: December

SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Fellowship

Deadline: Reopens in March

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture: Cinema Grant

Deadline: July

The Roy Dean Grant/From the Heart Productions

Deadline: June

World Cinema Fund Production Funding

Deadline: July

Short Film Grants

Jerome Foundation Short Film Grants 

Deadline: Spring

The Film Fund

Deadline: March TBD

AFS Grant for Short Films

Deadline: Rolling

Filmmakers Without Borders

Deadline: January

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation For Documentary Photo & Film

Deadline: November 

Women In Film Finishing Fund

Deadline: TBD

The Roy Dean Grant/From the Heart Productions Grant

Deadline: March

The Independent Filmmaker Project

Deadline: September 

CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund

Deadline: TBD

CrossCurrents International Doc Fund

Deadline: June

Grants for TV 

ITVS Open Call

Deadline: February 

Vision Maker Media - Public Media Content Fund

Deadline: March 

Independent Lens

Deadline: January

The Diversity Development Fund

Deadline: July

NEH Media Production Grants

Deadline: January

Grants for Women in Film

Chicken & Egg Open Call

Deadline: Spring

Sondra Kelly Award

Deadline: March TBD

Women Make Movies Fiscal Sponsorship

Deadline: Rolling

WIFV Fiscal Sponsorship

Deadline: April TBD

WIFV Carolyn’s First Decade Fund

Deadline: Call for applications will be in Summer

Student Film Grants

Into Film

Deadline: Rolling

Film Hub London

Deadline: TBD

Student Academy Awards

Deadline: June

New Media Film Grants

 (for the web, phone or other digital platforms)

Filmmakers Without Borders

Deadline: June - August 

The Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance

Deadline: Rolling

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New Media Grants

Deadline: Rolling

VR & Interactive Media Grants

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation New Media Grants

Deadline: Rolling

Ford Foundation: JustFilms

Deadline: Rolling

NEH Digital Projects for the Public

Deadline: June

The Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance

Deadline: Rolling

Screenwriting Grants

BAFTA Rocliffe Film Call

Deadline: February (TBD)

Cinequest Screenwriting Competition

Deadline: Rolling

ScreenCraft Short Film Production Fund

Deadline: May (TBD)

Nickelodeon Writing Program

Deadline: August

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