For filmmakers around the world, the documentary grants directory guides you to opportunities on how to fund your documentary.
Apply for grants supporting creative documentary films by Arab directors.
A documentary grant supporting young filmmakers from Africa, Asia, or Latin America. Promoting diverse storytelling, with a focus on impactful, global narratives.
A UK-focused grant supporting independent feature documentary films and immersive non-fiction projects, offering funding up to £150,000 for ambitious and diverse storytelling.
Early-stage grant offering up to $25,000 USD for documentary filmmakers to create a fundraising piece, with mentorship, industry connections, and development support.
This international fund supports filmmakers who are members of or deeply connected to underrepresented and marginalized communities.
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Film Grant Fund provides intentional support and funding to amplify women, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ centered stories that celebrate running across the spectrum of cultural experiences.
Funding for international co-productions of fiction, animation, and documentary feature films in Europe
The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund invests in African documentary filmmakers to tell their stories and contribute to the next generation of African documentary talent.
This documentary fund is dedicated to filmmakers telling engaging, high-quality stories that embrace music artists in all its forms and that demonstrate Canadian music’s role in the world.
The IWMF’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists supports the production of ambitious projects and underreported, globally important stories.
Humanities for All is a grant program that supports projects from Californians, encourages greater public participation in humanities programming, particularly by new and/or underserved audiences.
A grant offering $25,000–$75,000 to support global independent filmmakers creating documentaries with journalistic rigor, covering production costs and fostering fact-based storytelling.
The IDFA Bertha Fund is the only fund in the world dedicated solely to stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania.
We invest in 10-15 documentaries year-round on a rolling basis. If you're working on a feature-length or episodic documentary and seeking funding, we invite you to submit.