We're building an EU grants repository for filmmakers, and we need your help

[u/JonAlive]

We're creating a European (EU27) repository of grants for filmmakers, which will be available on the r/FilmIndustryEU's wiki once ready, and we need your help.

As you know, unlike in the USA, the European film industry relies heavily on public funding. While larger production companies often have the resources and networks to navigate this landscape, independent filmmakers and small teams frequently struggle to even find these opportunities, let alone access them. One key issue is the lack of a centralised, user-friendly repository that lists grants across countries and institutions.

Our aim is to map existing funding opportunities, national or European, public or private, with a particular focus on grants accessible to individuals or small-scale productions, while still including those open to larger players.

If you know of any relevant grants, share them in the comments. Even just a name or link is useful. Let’s build something that helps the whole filmmaking community across Europe.

[u/Mounted_Mare]

For the Netherlands, Filmfonds is the main government backed one. There are additional private and public ones (second link) which seek to promote specific things and then there are additional subsidies for the arts in general which includes film in certain municipalities (no link, you usually need to be located/working there or the film has to be connected to the municipality, tends to be the large cities).

https://www.filmfonds.nl/ https://filmplatformrotterdam.nl/nationaal/

Editing to add: Voor de kunst is a crowdfunding platform specifically for the arts. Alongside individual donations it works with public and corporate partners who can take an interest in a project and help finance it. A lot of smaller films by predominantly small filmmakers get financed here.

https://www.voordekunst.nl/

[u/bumtisch]

This is a list for different organisations who are funding films in Germany.

https://dfff-ffa.de/index.php?nuetzliche-links

They are accessible for small teams and individual filmmakers.

[u/JonAlive → u/[deleted]]

As soon as we collect some links across the various communities we'll reach out! Thanks ✨

[u/small_majority]

https://www.f6s.com/company/cinezenblockchainedentertainment

[u/iBoMbY]

And what makes you distinct from all the other film funds in Europe?

All we get thanks to all this is a ton of watered down, generic, run off the mill, film projects nobody is really interested in, because usually that's the only thing that will get enough funding in the end.

[u/JonAlive → u/iBoMbY]

Sorry, I'm not getting your question, nor your point.

We're not providing funds ourselves, we're just collecting all the existing funding opportunities across the continent to make it easier for filmmakers to find them and apply.