Submissions & Funding Deadlines
Looking for funding for your film? Want to submit your work to festivals? Keep an eye on upcoming deadlines here.
If you have a deadline you’d like us to include, please contact filmireland@gmail.com
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TV Drama Production Funding 13th December 2019
Project Development Loans 13th December 2019
Documentary Development 13th December 2019
Screenplay Development 13th December 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 13th December 2019
TV Drama Development 31st October 2019
Project Development Loans 31st October 2019
Documentary Development 31st October 2019
Screenplay Development 31st October 2019
TV Drama Production Funding 18th October 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 18th October 2019
Project Development Loans 30th August 2019
Documentary Development 30th August 2019
Screenplay Development 30th August 2019
TV Drama Production Funding 16th August 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 16th August 2019
Authored Works Funding Scheme 15th August 2019
TV Drama Development 28th June 2019
Project Development Loans 28th June 2019
Documentary Development 28th June 2019
Screenplay Development 28th June 2019
TV Drama Production Funding 14th June 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 14th June 2019
Cinema Distribution Selective Scheme 4th June 2019
Television Programming 29th May 2019
Television Programming 28th May 2019
Reel Art Funding Scheme 9 May 2019
Support To Film Festivals 7th May 2019
WRAP Development Support 30th April 2019
Project Development Loans 30th April 2019
Documentary Development 30th April 2019
Screenplay Development 30th April 2019
Creative Europe MEDIA Single Project Development 24th April 2019
Screen Leaders 19th April 2019
TV Drama Production Funding 16th April 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 16th April 2019
Promotion of European Works Online 5th April 2019
IDFA Bertha Fund 1st April 2019
Shot by the Sea Submissions 31st March 2019
Young Irish Film Makers Screenwriting competition 31st March 2019
FilmOffaly Short Film Award 22nd March 2019
Newport Beach Film Festival Submissions 21st March 2019
Harp Media Student Short Film and Screenplay Competition 15th March 2019
Northern Ireland Screen’s Feature Documentary Development Funding 15th March 2019
Arts Grant Funding 14th March 2019
EFP Producers on the Move 2019 12 March 2019
Doc Fest Ireland Film Submissions 9th March 2019
Film Education 7th March 2019
Project Development Loans 28th February 2019
TV Drama Development 28th February 2019
TV Drama Production Funding 28th February 2019
Documentary Development 28th February 2019
Screenplay Development 28th February 2019
Pitch Pilot Workshop Galway 22nd February 2019
Slate Funding Development 20th February 2019
WFT Members’ Short Film Showcase Submissions 20th February 2019
St. Patrick’s Film Festival London Short Film Submission – 15th February 2019
Fiction: Irish Production 15th February 2019
Access to Markets 7th February 2019
Beara Film Fest 31st January 2019
Arts Council Film bursary award 31st January 2019
First Cut! Youth Film Festival 14th January
Submissions for Writers Conference 11th January
SDGI Arri Alexa Take 11th January 2019
Galway Film Fleadh Feature Film Submissions 18th January 2019
Irish Film Festa Short Film Submissions 10th January 2019
Artist Residencies and Bursaries @ Centre Culturel Irlandais 10th January 2019
Cinema Distribution Selective Scheme 8th January
Newport Beach Film Festival 21st December 2018
Junior Entertainment Talent Slate 20th December 2018
Support To Film Festivals 20th December 2018
Television Programming 18th December 2018
Creative Europe MEDIA Single Project Development 18th December 2018
Dingle International Film Festival Submissions – 3rd December 2018
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival Submissions – 1st December 2018
Cartoon Movie 21st November 2018
BAI Sound & Vision Round 3 TV & Radio – 8th November 2018
BAI Sponsorship Scheme 2019 29th November
Shebeen Flick Submissions Late Deadline – 1st October 2018
Celtic Media Festival Submissions – 31st October 2018
Dingle International Film Festival Físín Submissions – 26th October
Festivals Investment Scheme – 25th October 2018
Celtic International Fund – 24th October 2018
Reel Art and Authored Works –11 October 2018
BAI Archiving Funding Scheme –4th October 2018
Shebeen Flick Submissions – 1st October 2018
International Co-Production Development Fund – 30th September 2018
BAI Canada-Ireland Co-development Incentive – 28th September 2018
IMRO | RTÉ Scoring For Film Programme 28th September 2018
EWA Network Scriptwriter’s Residency 24th September
RTÉ | BAI Round 32 21st September 2018
Irish Screen America New York Submissions Extended Deadline 14th September 2018
Irish Film Festival London Submissions 14th September 2018
Dublin Port Short Film Prize 13th September 2018
Annual Directors’ Finders Series Showcase 7th September 2018
Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 31st August 2018
Waterford Film Festival Late Deadline 31st August
Richard Harris International Film Festival Submissions Late Deadline 18th August 2018
Screen Ireland Film Project Award – 16th July 2018
Wexford Stories Short Film Funding 31st July 2018
ADIFF Submissions 31st July 2018
Richard Harris International Film Festival Submissions 31st July 2018
Wicklow Screendance Laboratory 27th July 2018
Waterford Film Festival Short Films & Short Scripts 27th July 2018
Writing Mentorship Scheme 23rd July 2018.
Film Mayo Creative Ireland Residency Award 18th July 2018
Underground Cinema Film Festival Submissions 14th July 2018
Spook Screen Submissions 30th June 2018
ilDÁNA Documentary Funding 21st June
IFI Documentary Festival Submissions 20th June 2018
Pitching Competition Galway Film Fleadh 8th June 2018
Galway Film Fair Marketplace 1st June 2018
Irish Film Board Production Funding 31st May 2018
TV Programming Support Scheme 24th May 2018
Galway Film Fleadh Short Film Submissions 12th May 2018
Cork Film Festival Feature Film Submissions 4th May 2018
Film Bursary Award 2018 27th April 2018
dlr First Frames Scheme Short Film Funding 27th April 2018
Arts and Disability Connect Funding Scheme 26th April 2018
Light Moves Festival of Screendance Submissions 20th April 2018
Support for Development of Audiovisual Content – Single Project 2018 19th April 2018
Screen Training Ireland Screen Leaders 13th April 2018
POV Training Scheme for female writers & directors 13th April 2018
Northern Ireland Screen’s Feature Doc Development 6th April 2018
Film In Cork 2018 Short Film Award Submissions 6th April 2018
OFFline Film Festival Animation Residency 30th March 2018
Artist in the community scheme Arts Council Funding 26th March
Film Offaly & Filmbase 2018 Short Film Award 23rd March 2018
EFP Producers on the Move 22nd March 2018
SHORT STORIES IFB Funding 23rd March 2018
Student Media Production Awards Funding 20th March 2018
Youth Music Video Competition 28th February 2018
IFB New Writing Development 28th February 2018
First Cut! Youth Film Festival Short Film Submissions 28th February 2018
IFTA Film & Drama Awards 15th February 2018
Arts Council Film Project Award 15th February 2018
Galway Film Centre & RTÉ Short Film Commission Scheme 14th February 2018
Hope: 1998 All Ireland Referendum Funding 9th February 2018
Creative Europe Slate Funding – Support for Development of Audiovisual Content 6th February 2018
Frameworks Scheme – 2nd February 2018
Irish Film Board Screenplay Development 31st January 2018
Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year 2018 26th January
Arts Council Film Bursary Award 25th January 2018
Bursary Information Day for Documentary Filmmakers 18th January 2018
Irish Film Festa Submissions 10th January 2018
BAI Sponsorship Scheme 4th January 2018
Storyland Submissions 15th December 2017
Junior Entertainment Talent Slate 14th December 2017
IMRO Music for Screen Seminar 6th Dec 2017
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival 1st December 2017
Sound and Vision 1st December 2017
BAI Sound & Vision Scheme Round 30 1st December 2017
Irish Film Festival, Boston 30th November, 2017
RTÉ ECommissioning – Irish Scripted Comedy 29th November 2017
Support for Development of Audiovisual Content – Single Project 2018 23th November 2017
ilDÁNA 20th October 2017
IFTA Awards 2018 Submissions Deadline for Film & Drama 17th November 2017
TV Programming Support Scheme 16th November 2017
Reel Art 13th October 2017
Cine4 Development Scheme 6th October
Shebeen Flick 1st October
Audi Dublin International Film Festival 1st October 2017
Irish Filmmaker Competition 27th August 2017
Foyle Film Festival 29th September 2017
TV3 Spring 2018 31st July 2017
Cork Film Festival 15th July 2017
Kerry Film Festival 14th July 2017
The One Minute Film Festival 30th June 2017
Light Moves Symposium 30th June 2017
Cine4 Development Scheme 22nd June 2017
Wexford Documentary Film Festival 19th June 2017
Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition 7th June 2017
Close Up – Filmbase Talent Development Scheme 5th June 2017
Jameson First Shot 1st June 2017
Film 48 Hour Challenge 31st May 2017
TV Programming Scheme 30th May 2017
Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival 29th May 2017
GAZE International LGBT Film Festival 12th May 2017
Still Voices Short Film Festival 14th May 2017
Arts and Disability Connect 4th May 2017
TV3 Single Documentary Call Out 2017 31st April 2017
TV3 Autumn 2017 30th April 2017
dlr First Frames Scheme 28th April 2017
Support for Film Festivals 27th April 2017
Support for Content Development of a Single Project 20th April 2017
Science on Screen 19th April 2017
Galway Film Fleadh 31st March 2017
TV3 Studio Call Out 2017 22nd March 2017
The Short Film Festival of Ireland 17th March 2017
Sci-Fi Film Festival 15th March 2017
ilDÁNA 10th March 2017
Frameworks Short Film Scheme 10th March 2017
Support for Film Education 2nd March 2017
Arts Council Film Project Award 2nd March 2017
First Cut! Youth Film Festival 28th February
Young Animator Of The Year Awards 28th February 2017
RTÉ Factual 20th February 20 17
SHORT SHOTS Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Scheme 16th February 2017
Fastnet Film Festival 14th February 2017
Support for Development – Slate Funding 2nd February 2017
Short Film Commission Scheme 31st January 2017
Close Up – Development Scheme for Actors 26th January 2017
RTÉ Young Peoples Animated Shorts Scheme 18th January 2017
Factual Entertainment Series for RTÉ2 16th January 2017
Eurimages Co-production 12th January 2017
RTÉ Comedy, Talent Development and Music proposals 5th January 2017
Irish Film Festa (short films) 20th December 2016
Film In Cork – Short Script Award 9th December 2016
Distribution – Selective Scheme 1st December 2016
Chicago Irish Film Festival 1st December 2016
Irish Film Board Development 30th November 2016
Irish Film Board Distribution 30th November 2016
Support for Film Festivals 24th November 2016
TV Programming Scheme 24th November 2016
Irish Film Festival London 23 – 27 November 2016
Support for Content Development of a Single Project – 17th November 2016
Irish Film Board Development 31st October 2016
Irish Film Board Production & Distribution 28th October 2016
Audi Dublin International Film Festival 1st October 2016
IFB Production and Distribution Funding 30th September 2016
Canada-Ireland Co-development Incentive 28th September 2016
Northern Ireland Screen Short Film Funding 23rd September 2016
Radharc Awards 2016 23rd September 2016
Clones Film Festival Short Film Submissions 31st August 2016
Submissions for 10th Waterford Film Festival 26th August 2016
IFTA Gala Television Awards 22nd August 2016
IFB Focus Shorts 5th August 2016
IFB Real Shorts 5th August 2016
Underground Cinema Film Festival 31st July 2016
Cinemagic Belfast 25th July, 2016
Waterford Film Festival 15th July 2016
IFB Short Stories 15th July 2016
Kerry Film Festival 11th July 2016
Audi Dublin International Film Festival 11th July 2016
Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition 9th July 2016
Cork Film Festival 2nd July 2016
Fingal Film Festival 30th June 2016
IFI Documentary Festival 20th June 2016
Galway Film Fleadh The One Minute Film Festival June 23rd 2016
IFB Production and Distribution Funding 17th June 2016
Distribution Selective Scheme 14th June 2016
Kerry Film Festival Short Film Submission 11th July 2016
Film on the Edge 10th June 2016
Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition 9th June 2016
Galway Film Fleadh 2016 Marketplace Applications 27th May 2016
Light Moves 27th May 2016
Television Programming 26th May 2016
Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival 15th May
Directors’ Finders Series Showcase 29th April 2016
Support for Film Festivals 28th April 2016
Single Project Development 21st April 2016
Eurimages Co-Production 15th April, 2016
Pitching Forum for Co-Production Projects April 15th 2016
March on Film 31st March, 2016
Feel Good Lost Filmmakers Competition 29th February 2016
Galway Film Fleadh Feature Films 25th March 2016
Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund 18th March 2016
Frameworks 11th March 2016
Limerick Film Festival 4th March 2016
FilmOffaly Award 4th March 2016
Co-Production Funds 25 February 2016
IFB Production and Distribution Funding 19th February 2016
Jameson Gone in 60 Seconds 14th February 2016
Fastnet Film Festival 14th February 2016
March On Film 14th February 2016
First Cut! Youth Film Festival 12th February
Slate Funding 4th February 2016
Live Life National Film Competition 1st February
ASSET programme 30th January 2016
Short Shots @ Filmbase 28th January 2016
Access to Markets 28th January 2016
National Youth Media Awards 22nd January 2016
Fresh Film Festival 22nd January 2016
Arts Council Bursary Awards 21st January 2016
Young Directors Awards 2016 15th January 2016
Artists in Residence @ Centre Culturel Irlandais 11th January 2016
Jameson First Shot Film Competition 4th January
Irish Film Festa (short film) 20th December
Belfast Film Festival Short Film Competition 18th December
Animation Dingle December 4th 2015
Dingle International Film Festival 11th December 2015
Dublin Doc Fest 11th December 2015
EU Commission TV Programming Funding 3rd December, 2015 / May 26, 2016
Chicago Irish Film Festival 1st December 2015
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 20th November 2015
EU Commission Single Project Development Funding 19th November 2015 / 21st April 2016
Splanc! Irish language Arts Documentary Scheme 16th November 2015
Boston Irish Film Festival 15th November 2015
Feature Documentary Development 6th November 2015
Animation Dingle Early Deadline 6th November 2015
Dublin International Film Festival Short Film Submissions 31st October 2015
Junior Galway Film Fleadh Story Pitching Competition 30th October 2015
Celtic Media Festival 30th October 2015
Short Film Proposal in the Irish Language 19th October 2015
Reel Art 16th October 2015
OFFline Filmmaking Challenge 8 – 10 October 2015
Clones 48 Hour Short Film Challenge 5th October 2015
Ronan Phelan Euroconnection Pitching Award 2015 4 – 11 October 2015
Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition 30th September
Capital Irish Film Festival 30th September
Irish Film Festival London 28th September
Feminist Film Festival Short Film Submissions 25th September
Foyle Film Festival 25th September
BBC Writersroom Script Room 24th September
Pitch 25-minute doc for TG4 18th September
Richard Harris International Film Festival 4th September
Clones Film Festival 30th August
Guth Gafa ‘Next Generation’ Short Documentary Student Competition 28th August
Creative Proposals for RTE 26th August
Documentaries for Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival 22nd August
Indie Cork 1st August
Irish Screen America 1st August
GAZE International LGBT Film Festival 30th July
Sky Road TV & Film Festival 17th July [Early Bird]
The One Minute Film Festival 30th June
Fingal Film Festival 30th June
Underground Cinema Film Festival 30th June
IFI Documentary Festival 24th June
Shortfilm48 12 – 14 June
Light Moves 10th June
Charlie Chaplin Film Festival 1st June
Arts and Disability Connect 21st May
Lady’s First International Film Festival 20th May
Short Films for Galway Film Fleadh 2015 15th May
Frameworks 15th April
FilmOffaly/Filmbase 2015 Short Film Award 20th March
Secrets of Offaly – Public Art Commission 13th February
AFTER ’16 6th February
Jameson First Shot 2015 1st February
Dublin Doc Fest Short Documentary Film 30th January
Irish Animation Awards 23rd January
Youth Film Festival 9th January
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