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Film Grants

Supported by the Department of Cultural Promotion, Ministry of Culture, Thailand Creative Culture Agency (THACCA) and Tonkla Rak Lok Foundation donors, Jim Gulkin; Michael Herrin; Chris Lowenstein (Living Films); and Christopher G. Moore, CCCL Film Festival offers film production grants to emerging Thai and Southeast Asian filmmakers.

 

The program aims to identify and nurture new talents who present exciting ideas on a film about climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and sustainability. With climate change impacts posing more challenges to habitat, health, agriculture, and employment, the program is to encourage the young generation of Southeast Asians and others to raise awareness about climate issues through film. We are seeking powerful storytellers who can visualize the impact of climate change on the environment and on our lives in creative ways.

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Overview

CCCL Film Festival accepts a short film proposal with the theme of climate change from youths and filmmakers in Southeast Asia (films must be produced in Southeast Asian countries). The total length of a complete film must not exceed 15 minutes.

 

The program offers production grants (up to 50,000 Thai baht per project). CCCL will invite selected candidates to a pitching forum at the annual CCCL Film Festival. Selected projects will receive a small production grant.​ The final works will be considered to be screened at the annual CCCL Film Festival.

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The next open call will open in March 2026.

Eligibility Requirements

  1. Applicants must be a resident of a country in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). Young filmmakers in underrepresented, indigenous, rural, and climate change-affected communities are encouraged to apply.

  2. Applicants who apply to this program must be a director and/or a producer of the film.

  3. There is no age limit for applicants.

  4. Applicants should have experience producing at least one short film or video.

Project requirements

  1. The proposal must be written for a short film production. The project can be in any genre, such as fiction, documentary, experimental, or animation.

  2. The finished film must be at least 5 minutes in length and not exceed 15 minutes.

Application fee

None

Sample of climate topics

Climate migration, Culture and climate, Climate change and health (including mental health), Climate change impact on the urban poor, Climate change and children, Climate change and gender inequality or gender-based violence, Food security, Water security, Community resilience, Indigenous wisdom, Climate change and AI, Climate change and wildlife/marine life, Climate change and biodiversity, Innovative adaptation or mitigation, Circular economy, Renewable energy, Youth leadership

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application materials

  1. Logline (not exceeding 150 words)

  2. Synopsis (not exceeding 500 words)

  3. Treatment

  4. Key Visual ( images that illustrate the mood and tone of your film.)

  5. Director’s statement: what do you want your audience to take away from watching the film (explain your vision and idea of your story)

  6. Director and producer bio(s)

  7. A sample of previous work. It can either be a short film under 15 minutes or an excerpt from your films. If you haven't produced a short film, please send us a video clip or related work that shows your experience and your vision as a storyteller.

Key dates

Application period

March 2026

Shortlists announcement

April 2026

Workshop & Pitching

Mid-June 2026

Production period

July 2026 - March 2027

Entry Conditions

  1. Applicants have ownership of the copyright of the sample of work submitted.

  2. Applicants may submit more than one project proposal, but only one project proposed by the same applicant will be chosen.

  3. Grants will be disbursed in 2 installments; 70% of the grant amount will be paid upon submission of a first-draft screenplay or updated treatment (for non-fiction) and 30% upon submission of a first-draft film.

  4. Applicants must deliver a finished film to CCCL Film Festival within 9 months after signing a contract. 

  5. Applications must guarantee that no rights of third parties are violated by the material used in the complete film submitted to the festival. Applicants have sole responsibility towards third parties in case of disputes over copyright violations.

  6. Each film project produced in the CCCL Film Grants program will be owned by the grantee. However, the grantee will agree to grant CCCL Film Festival educational distribution rights, including showing at CCCL events and third-party events, using the films for promotion, and marketing for CCCL Film Festival.

  7. The grantee must indicate CCCL support by displaying the CCCL logo and other supporters in the end credits of the film and any promotional materials.

  8. CCCL may give advice to grantees who want to submit their films to festivals and screening events. A submission fee may be covered by CCCL on a case-by-case basis.

  9. CCCL reserves the right to revise, alter or otherwise change any information or rules announced here or elsewhere without prior notice.

Selected projects

Supporters & Sponsors

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Supporters & Sponsors

Jim Gulkin

Michael Herrin

Chris Lowenstein (Living Films)

Christopher G. Moore

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