The Female Film Club has unveiled the second version of its International Brief Movie Fund on the Cannes Film Festival, with an expanded prize package deal value €33,000 ($38,600) and three new trade companions: AI filmmaking platform IMGN.AI, post-production home Disauthority and digital manufacturing firm Mo-Sys.
The fund – announced by Variety at Cannes 2025 – is once more co-powered by actress and FFC Bulgaria co-founder Krassimira Belev, who operates by means of her manufacturing firm First Draft, which she co-founded with Anton Belev. She backed final yr’s inaugural version, whose winner, Lisa Cole’s “Filthy,” was introduced on the BFI London Movie Pageant in October 2025. This yr’s winner may even be revealed there, in October 2026.
“Supporting Lisa Cole’s film ‘Filthy’ through last year’s Female Film Club Global Film Fund was incredibly meaningful because it showed what can happen when support moves beyond good intentions and turns into action. This is the kind of opportunity I wish had existed at the start of my career, and I am proud to support the fund for a second time, helping create real opportunities for women whose stories deserve to be seen,” Belev mentioned.
Cole added: “The Female Film Club Global Fund believed in ‘Filthy’ when it was just a dream on a page. Being their inaugural recipient, chosen by an incredible international panel, was validation that stories like mine matter and resonate across borders. Female Film Club understands that uplifting female filmmakers requires more than just funding. They’re committed to our continuing education and emotional well-being, and recognize that we need community, not just capital, to thrive. This award didn’t just fund my film – it reminded me I’m not alone in this fight.”
The prize package deal includes a €10,000 ($11,700) manufacturing grant, €15,000 ($17,600) in post-production companies from Disauthority, and €8,000 ($9,400) in digital manufacturing help from Mo-Sys, which incorporates entry to the corporate’s London studio and one-to-one consulting. The winner additionally receives full entry to the IMGN.AI platform for scheduling, storyboarding and character improvement, a yr’s FFC Members Membership membership, and introductions to the FFC trade community. Shortlisted filmmakers obtain €600 ($700) in Mo-Sys group consulting help; each applicant will get a free IMGN.AI account and three months of FFC Members Membership membership.
“We have built a community across more than 70 nationalities. We know exactly where the gaps are and we know what is missing is not talent. It is access. The FFC exists to close that gap, no matter where you are in the world,” co-founder Nicole Lieberman mentioned.
The fund is open to filmmakers who determine as feminine or non-binary, aged 18 and over, and registered in FFC’s free networking house. Eligible entries are brief movies of as much as half-hour in any style; purposes should embrace a screenplay not than 35 pages, a funds, a personality prototype and script protection generated through IMGN.AI. English is required for all submitted supplies.
Early chicken submissions open Might 26, with last submissions closing Sept. 5. The lengthy and brief listing can be notified Sept. 20, forward of the winner announcement at an FFC occasion held in the course of the BFI London Movie Pageant.
“Last year we asked whether the industry was ready to back female filmmakers at this scale. The response was incredible. This year we built on that with something more substantial, and one clear intention: no applicant leaves empty handed. Every element of this fund is designed to carry a filmmaker from script to screen with the kind of support that is usually reserved for those who already have access to it,” co-founder Liza van der Smissen mentioned.
The Feminine Movie Membership was based by van der Smissen and Lieberman and operates throughout greater than 70 nationalities by means of a Members Membership, stay occasions and movie funding initiatives.
