Funding Opportunities to Attend HFL Courses Abroad
Planning to Attend One of Our Courses Abroad?
At Helsinki Film Lab, we offer both online and in-person courses, to add the value of live networking, and immersion in a new environment.
Fortunately, there are plenty of mobility grants and travel funding opportunities available across Finland, the Nordics, and Europe. These can help cover travel, accommodation, or participation costs for film, TV, game, and animation professionals attending international training, including HFL’s courses.
Below you can find our compiled a list of relevant mobility grants and cultural travel funds—many of which are available to freelancers and mid-career creatives.
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Finnish Film Foundation (SES): applications on a rolling basis for training support. Read more here.
Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR): Open to all art fields including screen professionals. Supports travel, accommodation, and living costs. Calls typically open in March and August. Read more here.
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Nordic Culture Point: travel funding for individual professional practitioners of art and culture in the Nordic and Baltic region. Application open in September. Read more here.
Nordic Culture Fund: their NEMO -Northern European Mobility Opportunity is a pilot programme for mobility and artistic exchange, supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The programme aims to foster international collaboration, strengthen artistic networks across the region and support more artists and arts professionals in engaging with international partners.
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee: The purpose of grants for international exchanges and travel provided by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee is to support artists’ opportunities to create, develop and nurture contacts abroad. Application opens twice a year, usually spring and autumn. Read more here.
Filmkraft Talent Travel Grants: Regional support (Rogaland/Sandnes) covering professional workshops, festivals, masterclasses. Read more here.
International Sámi Film Institute: Individual grants (up to NOK 20 000) for travel or competence development; open year-round. Read more here.
Eastern Norwegian Film Centre: The purpose of the grant scheme is to give film workers residing in the region opportunities to participate in skills-enhancing initiatives. Read more here.
Norwegian Film Institute: NFI provides grants for travel and participation in courses, funding forums, festivals and film cultural events abroad. This grant scheme is aimed at professional workers working in the Norwegian film, series and games industry. Read more here.
KODA–Dansk Komponistforening: the travel grant can be applied for by composers and sound artists who are members of Kod and who work within the genres of art music such as classical score music, audiovisual works, musical drama, electronica, game and film music, sound art and improvisation. Read more here.
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