sharjah film platform feature fund

The Sharjah Film Platform Feature Fund is offering one UAE-based scriptwriter, director or lead/executive producer the opportunity to receive a grant of up to 500,000 AED. Formerly the Pitching Forum, the strengthened fund now provides more comprehensive and robust support to filmmakers in the country. The SFP Feature Fund will support the completion of an English- or Arabic-language feature-length narrative film currently under production.

Shortlisted from a wider pool of applicants, five finalists will be invited to attend a closed, in-person meeting in 2025 to present their project to an industry jury. Guidelines for the meeting can be found below. After the pitch, one winning project will be selected to receive funding.

Pitch in 2025

• The five shortlisted applicants must present their projects in-person to an industry jury in 2025. The exact dates will be announced at a later date. In this pitch, each applicant will have 20 minutes to present the project, either as an individual or in a group, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session.

• If the applicant would like someone associated with the project, who is outside the UAE, to fly in and pitch to the jury, that is permitted, but costs must be borne independently. It is up to each applicant to decide how many people will come together for the pitch with the jury.