Bourse Auteur de documentaire

The Bourse Auteur de documentaire is a grant awarded to a young author or a team of co-authors to produce a documentary for television, cinema or a digital platform. Projects may be single films of 52 or 90 minutes or a documentary series and may address social, historical, economic, political, scientific or cultural themes. The documentary may be produced in France or abroad. Laureates receive a financial award (dotation) to support the realisation of their project.

A financial grant to support the production of the documentary (amount not specified).

Open to a young author or a team of co-authors who already wrote or directed a report or documentary of at least 15 minutes that was broadcast on television, shown at a festival or in a cinema or on a platform, and who has signed an author (or co-author) and/or director contract with a producer for the previously broadcast documentary.

Call for applications with submission of project and supporting materials; current call for 2026 is closed. (Specific application steps and forms not provided.)