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The Inge Morath Award provides grants of up to $8,500 to young photographers under 30 who identify as women or nonbinary to complete long-term documentary projects. The award encourages independent authorship and offers opportunities for exhibition, publication, and wider dissemination of completed work.

Discover more than $500,000 in funding for Nigerian entrepreneurs. Deadlines for these opportunities is between March to April 2026

The $20,000 Nigeria LNG Limited invites entries from emerging Nigerian documentary filmmakers aged 18–35 for the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts, recognizing outstanding storytelling through short documentary film.

The Jamma Conservation and Communities is seeking applications for its Human-Centred Conservation Storytelling Grant Program, which provides up to $12,000 to support high-quality, publishable stories that explore conservation as it is lived and experienced by people.

The €45,000 FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video is now in its third year and offers substantial financial, developmental and exhibition support to participating artists. 

View 10 upcoming creative and media opportunities closing between November 2025 and January 2026 — with over $500,000 in grants and prizes.

11 grants totaling over $300,000 for Creative Industries that every Filmmaker, Artist, and Photographer needs to check out—especially if you are Nigerian between the ages of 20 and 35.

The ₦2,750,000 Zuma International Film Festival, in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, is pleased to announce the European Union Short Film Competition 2025.

The $2,500 Namaste Video Contest invites people from around the world to create and share their own version of Wai Lana’s iconic “Namaste” video.

Submissions are now open for the $5,000 Frameline Completion Fund Grant cycle to provide grants for emerging and established filmmakers.