project grants for movies that matter

Since 2007, we supported over 350 projects in more than 85 different countries for a grant total of over 2,2million euros. With these projects more than a million people were reached.

We offer a start-up grant for new human rights film events and an impact grant for established human rights film events that want to increase their impact or want to add new activities to their programmes. These events can take various forms, such as human rights film festivals, LGBTI film festivals, environmental film festivals and mobile cinema projects. Please note that we don’t finance film productions. You can find an overview of possible resources for film production here. Please check our criteria & regulations beforeapplying. Movies that Matter judges every project on its individual quality.

Every year we organise two selection rounds for our grant programme. The deadline for the first application round for 2024 is Sunday 28 April at midnight CET.