Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

Programmes

• Cinema

  AFAC's Cinema program supports feature and short-length fiction films in the Arab region. For feature-length films, the programme welcomes submissions by Arab directors whose projects are in development, production, or post-production phases. For short films, the programme supports projects in production and post-production, provided the director has not previously made a feature film. 

• Creative and critical writings

  AFAC’s Creative and Critical Writings grant provides support to critical arts and culture writing, children’s and youth literature (including both adaptation and original work), graphic novels, short stories and poetry, in addition to digital publishing platforms. The final product must be in Arabic.

  The Creative and Critical Writings grant program provides annual grants of up to $20,000 for individuals and teams, and up to $35,000 for collectives and institutions.

   

• Documentary film

  The Documentary Film programme supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. It welcomes submissions by Arab directors of feature-length documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases, as well as short and medium-length documentaries in production and post-production.

  The Documentary Film programme provides annual grants up to $10,000 for development grants, up to $50,000 for production grants for feature-length films and $20,000 for short and medium-length documentaries, and up to $25,000 for post-production grants for feature-length films and $10,000 for short and medium-length documentaries.

   

• Music

  AFAC’s Music grant supports music production, performances, collaborations, album recordings, music-related podcasts, and festivals.

  The Music grant program provides annual grants of up to $25,000 for individuals and teams, and up to $35,000 for collectives and institutions.

   

• Performing Arts

  AFAC’s Performing Arts grant supports the production and distribution of classical, folk, and contemporary forms of theater and dance performances for all age groups. The grant also supports public and site-specific interventions, performance art, and festivals, as well as training and workshops in playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography.

  The Performing Arts grant programme provides annual grants of up to $25,000 for individuals and teams, and up to $35,000 for collectives and institutions.
  

• Special programmes

  Alongside core grantmaking, AFAC creates short- and long-term programmes to respond to specific sector needs and contexts.

  Examples include: the Arts & Culture Entrepreneurship Programme (ACE); the North Africa Cultural Programme (NACP); the Cultural Atelier in Yemen; the Arab Documentary Photography Programme (ADPP); the Writers’ Room (series development with OSN); Women in Film (with Netflix); the Critical Cultural Journalism Program (CCJ); and emergency and solidarity funds such as the AFAC-Netflix Hardship Fund and the Lebanon Solidarity Fund.

• Training and events

  AFAC’s Training and Regional Events grant supports training and workshops in the different cultural and artistic fields, archive and documentation platforms, in addition to residencies, symposiums, forums, and festivals (multidisciplinary, music, film, performing arts, visual arts, and literature).

  The Training and Regional Events grant provides annual grants of up to $25,000 for individuals and teams, and up to $35,000 for collectives and institutions.

• Visual arts

  AFAC’s Visual Arts grant supports the production and exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, installations, video and sound art, art publications, and multimedia works.

  The Visual Arts grant program provides annual grants of up to $20,000 for individuals and teams, and up to $35,000 for collectives and institutions.