Screen Ireland Announces Call for Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme 2026
Posted: 10th March 2026
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland (Screen Ireland) has announced the 2026 call for applications to the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, which enables Irish and international organisations to provide skills development opportunities and initiatives to the Irish screen sector.
The Scheme is open to Irish and international organisations and guilds that support the screen sector in Ireland and enables them to apply for funding to deliver skills related activities across a 6–12-month period. Successful applicants will be assigned a project advisor from the Screen Ireland skills team to oversee the successful delivery of the funded projects.
Applicants can apply for a range of activities including courses, events, masterclasses, workshops, seminars, webinars, conferences, panel discussions, networking events, mentoring, shadowing, writers room opportunities, consultancy support, data gathering, research reports, and the provision of initiatives that support access to the screen sector. The Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme awards funding under two strands.
Strand 1: Up to a maximum of €30,000 to stakeholders to deliver a range of activities that support the screen sector in Ireland over a 6–12-month period.
Strand 2: Up to a maximum of €60,000 to stakeholders to develop and deliver one high quality, substantial skills development programme that would likely have a significant impact on the screen sector in Ireland over a 6–12-month period.
For the 2026 Stakeholders funding call, Screen Ireland would like applicants to address at least one of the following priority themes:
- Careers in the Screen Industry for Young People and Transition Year Programmes (Next Gen)
- Company/Business Development/Entrepreneurship/Freelancing
- Creative IP and Leveraging IP
- Emerging & Future Technology/Virtual Production/Artificial Intelligence
- Gender, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- Irish Language
- Nationwide/Regional Development
- Skills Gaps Priority Roles (significant skills gaps roles in areas such as Accounts, Assistant Directors, Locations, Intimacy Coordinators, among others as listed below)
- Sustainability/Green Production
- Sustainable Careers (including improving workplace culture, wellbeing and safety, job-sharing, returners and workforce retention)
Some notable projects funded from the 2025 round include: Beyond Shorts, an intensive three-day workshop with director Cathy Brady supporting directors transitioning from shorts to features; the Entertainment IP Development Summit, an online event dedicated to the subject of developing and leveraging entertainment on intellectual property (IP); Green from Script to Screen, a new sustainable filmmaking initiative encouraging climate communication on screen; the NEXUS Games Conference, a 2-day event for Irish and international digital games industry professionals; the 2026 Women in Film and Television International Summit; Script Biz, a business skills development programme for screenwriters, and more.
There will be one call for the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme in 2026.
The application deadline is Tuesday, 14th April 2026, 1pm.
Visit the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme webpage for more information, to see the full list of previously funded projects or to make an application.
Information Session
Screen Ireland will host an online information session on Tuesday, 24th March 2026, from 12-1pm aimed at organisations who are interested in submitting an application for this year's Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme.
Screen Ireland's skills development team will give an overview of the funding scheme, covering information about funding strands, eligibility criteria, application requirements, application process, contracting and payments, and answered questions regarding the scheme.
Organisations interested in applying for this year's round of the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme are strongly encouraged to register for the information session. For any additional queries, please contact stakeholders@screenireland.ie.