26 Years Strong: Canon’s Female Photojournalist Grant and Video Grant Now Accepting Applications
For the 26th year in a row, Canon and Visa pour l’Image will award an €8,000 grant to a female photojournalist pursuing a long-term documentary project.
Canon Europe (www.Canon-Europe.com), in partnership with Visa pour l’Image, announces two grants to support long-term documentary projects both in the photography and filmmaking space.
Championing the very best in storytelling, the 26th Canon Female Photojournalist Grant celebrates an outstanding photographer in recognition of her contribution to photojournalism, whilst the 7th Canon Video Grant acknowledges those wanting to magnify a social, cultural or economic issue in documentary form. The grants are open to individuals worldwide.
Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
For the 26th year in a row, Canon and Visa pour l’Image will award an €8,000 grant to a female photojournalist pursuing a long-term documentary project. The grant is designed to either support the completion of an existing project or facilitate the making of a new one. Entries will be judged by a jury of renowned industry experts. In 2025, French photojournalist Marion Péhée was awarded for her long-term project documenting young adults in Ukraine. Former grantees (https://apo-opa.co/41JgwcU) include Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Natalya Saprunova and Acacia Johnson.
Canon Video Grant
Alongside this, Canon together with Visa pour l’Image are seeking documentary filmmakers for the 7th Canon Video Grant. In 2025, Shiho Fukada, photojournalist and filmmaker, was awarded for her project ‘Echoes of Little Tokyo’, focusing on a fifth-generation funeral home serving Los Angeles’ Japanese-American community. The grant winner will receive €8,000, along with a loan of video kit including a Canon video camera and two lenses to make a short documentary of approximately eight minutes in length.
Both grants form part of a long-standing partnership between Visa pour l’Image and Canon, celebrating its 37th anniversary this year.
The winning projects of 2025 (Marion Péhée and Shiho Fukada’s projects) will be presented at this year’s Visa pour l’Image festival in Perpignan, France.
How to apply:
Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
Application window: 18 March – 19 May 2026
Granted to professional photojournalists actively working in the field
Worldwide submissions accepted
Entry is free – Apply here: https://apo-opa.co/4tfKRf4
Canon Video Grant
Application window: 25 March – 27 May 2026
Granted to professional documentary filmmakers actively working in the field
Worldwide submissions accepted
Entry is free – Apply here: https://VisaPourlImage.com
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