Funding News
German-Turkish CoPro Fund Announces Support For Seven Projects In 2026
Supported projects include new works by Onur Saylak, Tayfun Pirselimoğlu and French-Turkish directing duo Çağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti.
Australia & New Zealand
Screen Australia Awards $11.8m In Funding To 75 Narrative Projects
Supported projects include Toni Collette's directorial debut and a feature from viral comedy group Sooshi Mango.
Funding News
Philippines Launches Two-Track System For International Co-production Fund
The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has adjusted its International Co‑Production Fund (ICOF) to provide two tracks for minority and majority co-productions. The Minority Track supports international projects where the Filipino producer holds a minority equity share and offers the following levels of support [US$ amounts
Australia & New Zealand
Screen Australia Announces $4m In Documentary Funding
Grantees include Australia-Germany co-production 'Saving Tuvalu' and a feature doc about the Bondi Beach terror attacks.
Africa
Red Sea Fund Backs 30 Asian & African Projects In 2026 Funding Cycles
Grantees include Cannes Camera d'Or winner Ben'imana, Theja Rio's Angh and Kamila Andini's Four Seasons In Java.
Middle East & North Africa
Palestine Film Fund Selects Seven Projects For Second Funding Round 2026
Four features and three shorts were supported by PFI in its second funding round of 2026 with grants totalling €43,000
Korea & Japan
Busan Awards Co-Pro Support To Koji Fukada, Jakrawal Nilthamrong & Boo Junfeng
Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), operated by Busan film festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), has selected projects from Koji Fukada, Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Boo Junfeng for this year’s Co-Production Support Fund. All three projects – Fukada’s Grateful, Jakrawal’s Rhizome and Boo’s Trinity – are co-
Europe
Hubert Bals Development Support 2026: Funding News
IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has selected 20 projects to receive a grant of €10,000 each under its flagship Development Support Scheme 2026.
Europe
Berlin World Cinema Fund 2026: Funding News
Berlinale World Cinema Fund allocated €365,000 to projects from nine countries in its latest funding round.
Middle East & North Africa
Doha Film Institute Spring 2026: Funding News
Qatar's Doha Film Institute has selected 48 projects from 39 countries for its Spring 2026 funding round.
Korea & Japan
Asian Cinema Fund 2026: Funding News
Busan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund has selected 12 projects for its 2026 funding round.
Australia & New Zealand
Screen Australia Launches First Nations Factual Co-production Fund
Screen Australia’s First Nations Department, in partnership with several Australian regional screen agencies, has launched a factual co-production development fund, designed to elevate First Nations screen businesses in international markets. The programme will support up to five First Nations businesses to expand their global experience by encouraging creative
Africa
Annemarie Jacir & Rithy Panh Projects Among Titles Selected By Displacement Film Fund
International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Displacement Film Fund has revealed the five filmmakers selected for the second cycle of its short film grant scheme: Mohammed Amer, Annemarie Jacir, Akuol de Mabior, Bao Nguyen and Rithy Panh. Established in 2025, the fund is spearheaded by Cate Blanchett, actor, producer and
Funding News
Purin Film Fund Spring 2026: Funding News
Bangkok-based Purin Film Fund has selected six projects to receive funding in its Spring 2026 session, including two fiction and two documentary projects for production support, and two documentary projects for post-production support. In total, the fund is handing out grants of $160,000 in this funding round.
Australia & New Zealand
Screen Australia Announces Funding Of $20.4m Across Features, Series & Shorts
Screen Australia has announced $20.4m of production and development funding across 91 narrative projects, including the first projects through its new Short Film Production Funding Program. Among the titles is debut feature The Laugh Of Lakshmi, written and directed by S. Shakthidharan and produced by John Maynard (Balibo) and
News
HBF+Europe Minority Co-Prod & Post 2025: Funding News
Hubert Bals Fund has selected five projects for the 2025 round of its HBF+Europe Minority Co-pro scheme, and three for its HBF+ Europe Post scheme.
Funding News
Palestine Film Fund First Round 2026: Funding News
Palestine Film Institute has selected nine projects to receive grants through the Palestine Film Fund in its first ever funding round.
Funding News
Doha Film Institute Autumn 2025: Funding News
Doha Film Institute (DFI) has awarded funding to 57 projects in its autumn 2025 funding round, including 10 projects by Qatari and Qatar-based filmmakers. Filmmakers with projects that have received funding include Bassel Ghandour, who previously directed Theeb, Hinde Boujemaa (Noura’s Dream) and Ismaël El Iraki (Zanka Contact)