- Prize Pool: $33,768
- Deadline: September 20, 2025
- Summary: The competition is open to photographers, videographers, and digital artists who want to express the theme of FLOW.
2) COMPLETION FUND GRANT PROGRAM
- Grant amount: 1,000–5,000
- Deadline: September 26, 2025
- Summary: The Frameline Completion Fund Grant provides grants for emerging and established filmmakers.
- Grant amount: €3,000
- Deadline: September 29, 2025
- Summary: Open to artists, groups and other professionals, both local and international, working in the fields of dance and the performing arts, and who are developing creative or research projects of different types
4) WILD WONDER MICRO GRANT PROGRAM
- Grant amount: $250–$1,000
- Deadline: September 29, 2025
- Summary: The Wild Wonder Micro Grant Program invites creative and inspiring applications from individuals around the world who are passionate about sharing nature through the art of nature journaling.
5) THUTHUKA FILM DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM
- Grant Amount: €40,000–€250,000
- Deadline: October 07, 2025
- Summary: The Thuthuka program supports the development and production of feature films, feature-length documentaries, and animated films with South African and Dutch content, aiming for high cinematic quality and international audience appeal.
6) THE 7TH ANNUAL EARTH PARTNER PRIZE
- Prize Amount: $2,000-$10,000
- Deadline: October 10, 2025
- Summary: The Earth Partner Prize invites artists of all nationalities, races, genders, and faiths, aged 14 to 30, to submit work that comments on the ecological crisis.
7) SMALL ARTS GRANT 2025/26 – SOUTH AFRICA
- Grant Amount: up to R250,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2025
- Summary: Are you a registered NPO in the arts sector? Apply now for funding to support projects that promote creativity, skills transfer, and community development in Nelson Mandela Bay.
8) HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON SELF-PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOK AWARD
- Prize Amount: €8,000
- Deadline: October 31, 2025
- Summary: The Self-Published PhotoBook Award is annually awarded to a self-published photography book.
- Prize amount: $2,500
- Deadline: November 05, 2025
- Summary: The Namaste Video Contest invites people from around the world to create and share their own version of Wai Lana’s iconic “Namaste” video.
10) EUROPEAN UNION SHORT FILM COMPETITION 2025
- Prize Pool: ₦2,750,000
- Deadline: November 10, 2025
- Summary: This year’s competition is themed: “Being a Nigerian Youth” – an invitation to creatively capture the realities, aspirations, struggles, resilience, and triumphs of Nigerian youth in today’s world.
11) ALEXANDER NDERITU PRIZE FOR WORLD LITERATURE
- Prize amount: Kshs 50,000
- Deadline: November 15, 2025
- Summary: The Alexander Nderitu World Literature Prize honours original, one-act stage plays from anywhere in the world.
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