How to apply

Eligibility criteria

ESFUF PROVIDES PRODUCTION SUPPORT TO CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS INITIATED BY A UKRAINIAN DIRECTOR.

The eligible projects are long-length cinematographic works intended to be first released in theatres, belonging to the genres of fiction, documentary or animation.

Beneficiaries are production companies established in ESFUF contributing countries having a coproduction contract with a Ukrainian production company. The Ukrainian production company is considered as the co-beneficiary.

• The budget of the fund in 2025 is 1.5 M €, which will be fully allocated towards production support.
• The amount of the production support is capped at 200 000 € for fiction or animation and at 90 000 € for documentaries.

Before October 2024, the fund supported projects at development and finalisation stage. The fund then evolved towards production support, and the first results were announced in February 2025. The supported projects can be found here.

On May 18th, 2025, the second ESFUF call for production support is launched. This will be the only ESFUF call in 2025.

The deadline to apply is Monday, June 30th, 2025 (23:59pm CET).

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