"Now in its fifth year, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is investing €400,000 in funding that will support new innovative, high concept development and immersive storytelling projects within the creative screen industries. This scheme is run in partnership with Animation Ireland, with the support of Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet and Eirmersive. This year’s fund aims to encourage experimentation and prototyping, supporting projects across a wide range of genres and formats. The fund continues Screen Ireland’s ambition to highlight Ireland as a centre of excellence in innovation and investing in a diverse range of skills, talent, genres and formats, fuelled by artistry and storytelling. It is designed to allow the sector to explore new opportunities offered by emerging technologies, as well as support the development of IP and new, innovative ways of storytelling.
With the aim of encouraging experimentation and prototyping, Innovation development can include the preparation of new hybrid formats, introduction of new storytelling workflows, extending genre ambitions outside the current workflow, and targeting new areas of artistic and creative endeavour (such as Animation, Gaming & Immersive Technologies and new technologies) which the investment allows.
Producers and Industry Creatives may apply for a grant funding award of up to a maximum of €75,000 in total. The highest level of award will only be considered for applications with potential to raise commercial funding for the next stage of development, and demonstrable potential for sectoral benefit. It is anticipated that the majority of grant awards will be in the €25,000 - €50,000 range."
www.screenireland.ie/funding/development-loans/innovation-in-storytelling-development-fund-2025
