Looking for funding for your film? Want to submit your work to festivals? Interested in opportunities and competitions? Keep an eye on upcoming deadlines here.  

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Upcoming Submissions/Deadlines:

Look Aside Film Funds: 27th January 2025

dok.incubator INT: 27th January 2025

Earlybird Deadline Boyne Valley International Film Festival: 31st January 2025

Fastnet Film Festival Submission Deadline: 31st January 2025

The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award: 31st January 2025

Engine Short Film Scheme: 31st January 2025

Catalyst International Film Festival: 2nd February 2025

Screen Ireland Various Production & Development Funding (Feature, Doc, Drama, TV & Various): 3rd February 2025

The Big Pitcher: 6th February 2025

Screen Ireland Focus Shorts: 7th February 2025

Feature Film Regular Deadline Galway Film Fleadh: 10th February 2025

Video Games & Immersive Content: 12th February 2025

Arts Council’s Bursary Award: 13th February 2025

Nipkow Programme: 17th February 2025

ilDÁNA Feature Documentary Scheme: 21st February 2025

Arts Council Young Ensembles Scheme: 27th February 2025

Light Moves Festival Early Bird Submission Deadline: 28th February 2025

Science on Screen’s Documentary Commission Funding: 28th February 2025

Puttnam Script Award: 1st March 2025

Short Film Regular Deadline Galway Film Fleadh: 7th March 2025

The First Credit Short Film Scheme: 14th March 2025

NTA Short Film Fund: 14th March 2025 

Films on the Move: 20th March 2025

Light Moves Festival Submission Deadline: 21st March 2025

Austin Film Festival Early Bird Submission: 25th March 2025

Audience Development and Film Education: 27th March 2025

Regular Deadline Boyne Valley International Film Festival: 31st March 2025

Eurimages Co-Production Deadline – 1st April 2025

Irish Feature Film Late Deadline Galway Film Fleadh: 4th April 2025

Skills & Talent Development: 24th April 2025

Bloomsday Film Festival Submissions Regular Deadline: 24th April 2025

Irish Short Film Late Deadline Galway Film Fleadh: 2nd May 2025

TV & Online Content: 14th May 2025

Austin Film Festival Regular Submission: 20th May 2025

Late Deadline Boyne Valley International Film Festival: 31st May 2025

Disappear Here Film Festival Regular Deadline: 14th July 2025

Austin Film Festival Late Submission: 24th June 2025

Austin Film Festival Extended Deadline: 8th July 2025

Disappear Here Film Festival Late Deadline: 5th August 2025

Eurimages Co-Production Deadline –  9th Sep 2025

Roscommon Film Festival Final Deadline- 31st August 2025

Northern Ireland Screen Director and Producer Shadowing Scheme – Rolling

Upcoming Festivals:

23rd January – 2nd February: Sundance Film Festival

20th February – 2nd March 2025: Dublin International Film Festival

7th – 15th March 2025: SXSW

4th – 5th April 2025: Catalyst International Film Festival

25th – 27th April 2025: Trans Image/Trans Experience (TITE) Film Festival

22nd – 25th May 2025: Fastnet Film Festival

3rd – 5th June 2025: Celtic Media Festival

11th – 16th June 2025: Bloomsday Film Festival

18th – 23rd June 2025: Sheffield DocFest

24th – 29th June 2025: Docs Ireland

18th – 27th June 2025: Raindance Film Festival

8th – 13th July 2025: Galway Film Fleadh

31st August – 1st September2025: Gaze International LGBTQIA Film Festival

8th – 10th August 2025: Boyne Valley International Film Festival

15th – 21st August: Edinburgh International Film Festival

27th August – 6th September: Venice International Film Festival

6th – 7th September: Underground Cinema International Film Festival 

13th – 14th September: Meath Film Festival

9th – 19th September: Toronto International Film Festival

September: IFI Documentary Festival

3rd – 5th October: Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival

3rd – 5th October: Disappear Here Film Festival

10th – 11th October: Roscommon International Film Festival

5th – 12th October: Indie Cork Film Festival

8th – 12th October:  OFFline Film Festival

16th – 19th October: Kerry International Film Festival

8th – 12th October: Clones Film Festival

23rd – 20th October: Austin Film Festival

6th – 9th November: Light Moves Festival

 November: Belfast Film Festival

 November: Beta 

6th – 16th November: Cork International Film Festival

 November:  Belfast Media Festival 

November: Irish Film Festival London

November: Silk Road Festival

November: Waterford International Film Festival

 November / December: Foyle Film Festival

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