Scholarships and Residencies

Focused work on a (short) film project, without distractions and without worries about funding - is an ideal state for many filmmakers, which unfortunately, it is rarely achieved. Scholarship and residency programs around the world can provide valuable support. We have compiled a selection of such opportunities here. The list does not claim to be complete. We gladly welcome additions at service@ag-kurzfilm.de.

Scholarships and residencies
in Germany

• cast & cut
  Scholarship and residency program for shortfilmmakers. Website in German.
• Berlin Film Residencies
  Platform with a collection of residency opportunities in Berlin
• BERLIN Artist-in-Residency
• NIPKOW PROGRAMM
  Scholarships for International Media Professionals in Berlin
• Wolgang Kohlhaase Scholarship
  International Residence Program Berlin-Brandenburg
• Harun Farocki Institut
  Three-part residency program (Living Archive Residency, Film.Feld.Forschung Residency, Harun Farocki Residency) for international artists, filmmakers, curators, and scholars. By invitation, in Berlin.
• Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media
  Three-month residency in the Westwerk artists' centre
• JUNGE AKADEMIE 
  Scholarship program by Akademie der Künstle Berlin. Residency and work fellowships as part of an interdisciplinary artist-in-residence program.
• Lübeck script development grant
  Script scholarship for authors with a biographical connection to Lübeck
• Stiftung Niedersachsen Media Art Grants at the Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg

international

• Artist Residencies Vila 31 x Art Explora, Tirana 
  Residencies in Albania
• Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House
  Residencies and scholarships in Los Angeles
• Uppsala Region International Film Residency
  in cooperation with Uppsala Short Film Festival
• Filmværksted Viborg
  Workshop and residency for animation artists in Viborg, Denmark
• Ciclic Animation Residency
  for animation artists, in Vendôme, Frankreich
• Filmmakers Residency
  at Basel House of Film, Switzerland
• Tarabya Cultural Academy
  Awards annual residencies to artists from different disciplines for four to eight-month stays in Istanbul.
• Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
  Residencies for international film makers
• Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
  Work, residency, and travel scholarships for Saxon artists. Website in German.
• Munich Film Up!
• Pop Up Film Residency Visegrad

Directories of international residency and scholarship programs

• Goethe-Institut
  Artist-in-residence programs at Goethe Institutes worldwide
• TransArtists
  Overview of residency programs worldwide, all disciplines
• Res Artis
  Global network of art residencies, all disciplines
• LiteraturPort of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin e.V.
  Overview of current calls for scholarships and prizes, including writing scholarships. Website in German language.
• Pop Up Film Residency
  International network of residencies hosted by film professionals