Screenwriters Development Fund
From Nova Scotia Communities Culture Tourism and Heritage
Pays up to half of script development costs for Nova Scotian film and TV writers.
- Amount
- Up to $20,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists; Organizations
- Where you must live
- Nova Scotia
- Art forms
- Film and video, Writing
- Application fee
- None
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- The Screenwriters Development Fund may fund up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $20,000 for each project.
Also mentioned
- The applicant needs to fund the balance of the costs.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
Details not read on the government page
What to send
Apply through Nova Scotia government page
Deadline and amount checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Funder's page last updated September 3, 2026.
Source: https://www.novascotia.ca/apply-funding-develop-scripts-nova-scotian-writers-film-and-television-screenwriters-development-fund (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 29, 2026.
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