Grants

About Grants

Our Grants Programme is dedicated to discovering new talent, amplifying emerging cinematic voices, and supporting stories that resonate with audiences worldwide.

We provide creative and financial support, subject to eligibility criteria, for short and feature-length films, as well as TV and web series, empowering filmmakers to bring their visions to life.

Feature Films

Funding is available for narrative, documentary, experimental and essay films at any stage of production.

Short Films

This grant supports short narrative, documentary, experimental, and essay films at all stages of production.

TV Fiction & Creative Documentary Series

This grant supports independent screenwriters and producers from the MENA region in developing original serialised content for the international audiovisual market.

Web Fiction & Creative Documentary Series

This grant provides independent directors and producers from the MENA region with funding to produce original serialised content for the web.

Explore the impactful films and projects that have received support through Doha Film Institute Grants Programme.

Projects

Explore our archive of exceptional films and series from Qatar and beyond—all brought to life with the support of the Institute.

Grants Catalogues

A showcase of past grant recipients, celebrating the diverse voices empowered through our funding.

We invite applicants to revisit this page for future funding cycles.

Don't Miss the Next Grants Programme Call

We invite applicants to revisit this page for future funding cycles.

How to apply?

Grant Submission Cycles

The Fall 2025 cycle opens on the 25th of June and closes on the 8th of July at 5pm GMT +3.

Please submit via the online form, which is only accessible on this page while submissions are open. Applications sent by email will not be considered. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Please read the guidelines for the documents required.

**If you are unsure which regional criteria apply to your application, please click on the links to country lists below, or contact us at grants@dohafilminstitute.com

Click here for the list of MENA countries
Click here for the list of Non-MENA countries

Qatari Applicants

International Applicants

Grant Agreement

In the event that your original project is successfully awarded a DFI grant, you will be required to sign a Grant Agreement that will set out the terms of our relationship. The Grant Agreement will include (where applicable) the contract duration, grant amount, financial requirements, credit requirements and other miscellaneous provisions. By submitting a grant application to the Doha Film Institute, you hereby acknowledge and agree to the following terms of submission and release, and in particular that:

You have read, understood and have complied with all documentation relating to the Grants Programme.
You understand that the Institute is not obligated to either examine or use your application material or to invite you to participate in the Grants Programme, nor to provide you with any reason for its decisions.
You understand that the application material you submit will be kept confidential by the Institute. You also understand that the Institute and persons and entities affiliated with, related to, or connected with the Institute and/or the Grants Programme operate other programmes and events and may be developing material that may be similar to your application in theme, idea, plot, format or in other material respects.
You are the sole author and owner of all application material and have the full right and authority to submit the application material to the Institute for inclusion in the Grants Programme.