Location: Netherlands (for travel to international festivals)

Award: Features: up to €700 outside Europe, €300 in Europe (+€100 train bonus). Shorts: up to €400 outside Europe, €250 in Europe (+€100 train bonus). Mileage allowance €0.23/km for European car travel.

Duration: Per festival visit

Deadline: Rolling / undated

Travel grant for directors and/or producers of Dutch films (or Dutch majority co-productions; modified scheme for minority co-productions) invited to attend the screening of their film at festivals on the SEE NL Travel Grant List. The festival must extend an official invitation and offer at least one of the invitees (director or producer) at least 3 nights of hotel accommodation. Maximum two travel grants per film per festival (1x director, 1x producer, in a single application). Up to two festivals per film per year. Apply at least 4 weeks before the festival start by emailing international@eyefilm.nl with the official festival invitation that confirms the number of accommodations offered. Sustainable travel rewarded: train travel within Europe gets +€100 (halved if train used only one direction). Costs already reimbursed by SEE NL or third parties are not eligible; ticket changes, cancellations, local transport and taxis at destination are not claimable. Budget allocated quarterly across the year and finite; applications considered as long as resources remain. Rolling/continuous application via email.

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Location: Netherlands

Award: Up to €3,000 development to the maker + up to €50,000 realisation (paid via attached producer)

Duration: One-off talent prize per round

Deadline: 07 Jul 2026

Talent prize for recently graduated bachelor filmmakers from a Dutch film or art academy (documentary, fiction or animation). Winners receive a small development purse to start a new short film, and a much larger realisation budget once they have a producer attached. Annual round; deadline 7 July 2026 at 17:00.

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Location: Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Award: €10,000 per project (€8,500 to autodidact director or collective + €1,500 routed via attached producer)

Duration: Per short film project

Deadline: 16 Jun 2026

Talent-development track for self-taught Dutch-based directors or artist collectives without formal film-school training, making a distinctive short film. Comes with development money, individual coaching, workshops and matchmaking with producers. Applicant must live and work in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Deadline 16 June 2026 at 17:00.

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Location: Netherlands

Award: €250,000 per round from each fund (Creative Industries Fund NL + Netherlands Film Fund); round 2 also receives an additional €100,000 from the Dutch Foundation for Literature. Overall 2026 budget €1,100,000.

Duration: Per project (development, realisation or distribution)

Deadline: 25 Aug 2026

Funding for the development, realisation and distribution of artistically high-quality, immersive and/or interactive media productions by both independent and established producers. Collaboration between the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Netherlands Film Fund, with applications submitted to the Stimuleringsfonds. €250,000 is available per round from each fund; in round 2, the Dutch Foundation for Literature provides an additional €100,000. 2026 grant period: 24 June to 25 August 2026. Applications open at 15:00 CEST on the start date and close at 16:00 CEST on the closing date.

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Location: Netherlands

Award: Up to 75% of total project costs (exact amount set per application; requires two third-party co-funders)

Duration: Per research project

Deadline: Rolling / undated

Grant for research projects relevant to the Dutch professional film sector, open to individual researchers (natural persons) as well as organisations. At least two third-party co-funders required. Results must be made publicly available. Applications accepted on a continuous basis (no fixed rounds).

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