Upcoming Funding and Festival Submission Deadlines for Film Artists

Arts Council Funding for Film 2026

Full Funding Opportunities Schedule as of January 2026

Reel Art Award Deadline – Thursday 4th June 2026 5pm

Film Project Award Deadline – Thursday 23rd July 2026 5pm

Authored Works Award Deadline – Thursday 10th September 2026 5pm

ilDÁNA Award Deadline – Friday 6th March 2026 5pm

Agility Award – April 23rd 2026

UCC Film Artist in Residence – TBC

PLEASE CONFIRM ALL DEADLINES AND GUIDELINES ETC ON THE FILM SECTION OF ARTS COUNCIL WEBSITE AS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Festival Submissions/Grants/Bursaries, Training & Residencies

We advise film artists to take time to carefully read the supplied guidelines and ensure that you are eligible for any of the listed festival submissions, grants, bursaries and residencies below before you begin planning and writing. We also ask film artists to pay particular attention to the deadlines and closing times for any submissions listed on the funders website.

MCFF’s Angelis Novis Network: a rotating congregation of artists, curators, conservationists, funders, filmmakers, and other professionals from Ontario and around the world who convene online and in person throughout the year.

GOOD WICKEDRY online screenings, T A P E Collective Deadline: Rolling

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund Deadline: Rolling

Online residency: Working class creatives, The White Pube
Deadline: Rolling

London Short Film Festival
Regular Deadline: 2nd June 2026
Late Deadline: 18th August 2026

International Film Festival Rotterdam
Early deadline: 15th June 2026

Between Bridges Residency, Berlin
Deadline: 21st June 2026

CPH:LAB, Copenhagen
Deadline: 21st June 2026

Future Generation Art Prize
Deadline: 28th June 2026

New MFA programme at ECA in Edinburgh for artists working with moving image and experimental forms of cinema Deadline 29th June 2026

The IFI Documentary Festival The IFI Documentary Festival is looking for original and exciting Irish feature-length films for inclusion in their 2026 edition: deadline for submissions is 18.00 on Friday, July 3rd 2026.

MicroActs, London
Early deadline: 16th July 2026

dlr First Frames Short Film Scheme 2026 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council announces ongoing support for dlr First Frames Short Film Scheme – to support emerging film talent. There will be funding available for two creative shorts, with a budget of €15,000 each. Application closing date is Monday 20th July 2026

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
Deadline: 1st September 2026

Arts and Disability Connect

Round Two
Open: Monday 10th August 2026
Closing: Tuesday 29th September 2026

The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in the Republic of Ireland. If you have questions about the scheme, please email [email protected].

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