Film Funds

Apply for a film grant from the Rotterdam fund!

Submission deadline: August 1

The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) is an International Film Festival Rotterdam initiative that provides grants to remarkable cinema projects from developing countries in various stages of completion. It hands out financial support twice a year. The next application deadline is August 1. Eligibility criteria: Filmmakers must be a citizen, live and work in a developing country as mentioned in the...

Enjaaz post-production grants worth up to USD100,000

Submission deadline: August 1

The Dubai International Film Festival's post-production support programme Enjaaz, which has previously supported films such as Cairo Exit, Beirut Hotel, Gate n°5, and The Last Friday, is calling on filmmakers to apply!

The programme currently aims to support a maximum of fifteen projects per year, and successful applicants will be eligible to receive funding of up to USD 100,000.

Aflamnah

Aflamnah, the first crowd-funding initiative dedicated to the Arab World is set to launch on July 1

Calling all aspiring Steven Spielbergs, budding Andy Warhols and J.K Rowling wannabes Aflamnah, a phenomenal crowd-funding website that allows individuals to raise money for fresh ideas is set to be the first such initiative to launch in the Middle East.

The concept, brand new to the region, is designed to help talented individuals fund a wide range of ideas that includes film, television, art, music, photography and fashion from passionate like-minded individuals pledging support to help bring their idea to life.

2ème session 2012 de la commission « télévision » du Fonds francophone

La deuxième session 2012 de la commission « télévision » du Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud se fera du 1er au 31 juillet 2012 sur le site Images francophones.

Pour accéder à l’espace de dépôt de dossiers, les producteurs non inscrits doivent demander un mot de passe pour accéder à l’espace professionnel du site en cliquant sur ce lien.

La deuxième session 2012 de la commission « télévision » se tiendra en novembre.

Attention, le nombre de dossiers examinés par la commission sera limité à 50. Seuls les 50 premiers dossiers complets seront retenus.

The Global Film Initiative

The Global Film Initiative is calling all filmmakers around the world! 
Submit your creative films for this summer's Narrative Feature Film Production Grant Program. 

All aspiring filmmakers can participate with their feature-length, narrative film projects in all stages of production. Applications may be submitted from May 15 to July 16.


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Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha, to head the selection committee for the fund’s first year, speaks to Euromed Audiovisual

http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/2012/p.aspx?t=videos&mid=103&l=en&did=732

France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC) has finally announced the launch of its newly created world cinema aid fund, l’Aide aux cinémas du monde.

The cinema institution said in a statement that candidates for the fund could start submitting their dossiers as of midday on Thursday, May 3.

The new subsidy, with a budget of €6m for 2012, replaces the CNC’s Fonds Sud, aimed at developing world filmmakers, and Aid to Foreign Language Films (AFLE), set-up in 1999 for directors who had made at least two features.

“The world cinema aid is a selective subsidy open to foreign directors from any country, presenting projects for a feature film with clear artistic ambition and a original vision of the world, and who have no way of finding the necessary finance in their own country,” the CNC said in a statement.

The amount granted to individual selected projects will be €250,000 for projects prior to production and €50,000 for films in post-production.

The new fund is a joint initiative between the CNC, cultural body the Institut Français, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

The submitted projects will be divided into two categories, one aimed at established directors and another at first and second-time filmmakers.

The presidents of the CNC and the Institut Français will decide the division of the subsidy with the expert advice of a selection committee composed of established cinema professionals. 

Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha (watch Euromed Audiovisual’s exclusive interview - Anonymes, The Sun Assassinated, Barakat!) will oversee the committee in the fund’s first year.

French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterand announced the creation of the new fund at the CNC’s annual conference in Cannes last year.

It has taken nearly a year to get European Commission approval for the subsidy and set the mechanism in motion.

Screen Institute Beirut : Call for application to Film Fund

Application deadline: 30 April 2012

http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/2012/p.aspx?t=news&mid=21&cid=4&l=en&did=709

The Screen Institute Beirut (SIB) Film Fund offers documentary production grants to emerging and proven talents in the region. Applicants are encouraged to produce films based on stories that relate to their own realities.

Priority will be given to creative teams (directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, sound recordists & designers etc.) working together on realising their artistic visions and thereby contribute to strengthen independent filmmaking in the region.

Call for films for the PriMed, International festival of mediterranean documentary film and reportage

http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/2012/p.aspx?t=news&mid=21&cid=4&l=en&did=606

Application deadline : September 30, 2012

For its 17^th edition which will take place in Marseille (France) fromJune 17 to 21, 2013, the PriMed - International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary Film and Reportage launches a call for films.

The PriMed is open to all directors, producers and distributors who, through their programmes or films, contribute to a better understanding of the countries of the Mediterranean basin in its widest sense, from the Atlantic coasts to the Black Sea. 

Nine Awards are given to the films in competition:

• Grand Prix “Mediterranean Challenges” (6,000 €)
• “Mediterranean Memories” (5,000 €)
• “First Film” (5,000 €)
• “Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures” (5,000 €)
• “Investigative Documentary” (5,000 €)
• Special Jury Award (5,000 €)
• Young Persons Award (5,000 €)
• “Mediterranean Short Doc” (2,500 €)
• “Mediterranean Multimedia” (2,500 €)

Anna Lindh Foundation: €1.35 million call for projects to promote Intercultural Dialogue

Deadline for applications: 16 April 2012

The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) has launched a Call for Project Proposals for 2012 worth a total of €1.35 million, aimed at supporting projects that promote the mobilisation and empowerment of civil society. Around 50 projects are expected to be awarded through this call.

A press release said the call was in line with the Anna Lindh Foundation’s ‘4D’ Strategy, which conceives Intercultural Dialogue as a civil society mobilisation factor, aimed at valuing Diversity, promoting the participation of the society in building open and plural Democracies, and fostering inclusive and sustainable human Development.

The overall financial envelope for this Call for Proposals is €1,350,000, with:

• Minimum grants available at €20,000
• Maximum grant available at €35,000

The Anna Lindh Foundation financial support will not exceed 80% of the total eligible costs of the project. 

The Arab Documentary Film Program (ADFP) is currently accepting applications for its third call for submissions

The Arab Documentary Film Program (ADFP) is currently accepting applications for its third call for submissions

Application deadline: 7 May, 2012

The Arab Documentary Film Program (ADFP), a partnership with the Sundance Institute, aims to be a launch pad for documentary filmmakers, providing them with the financial and professional resources to create influential work that is globally recognized. 

During each cycle of the ADFP, around 15 feature-length documentary projects in thescript/development (up to US$15,000 per project)and production/post-production (up to US$50,000 per project) stages are awarded grants worth up to $500,000. In addition to providing direct funding, Sundance and AFAC cooperate with renowned international festivals or institutions to bring together grantees with experts and industry professionals to provide tailored support, consultation and networking opportunities.

Women in Film Foundation accepting grant applications

By Todd Kushigemachi
The Women in Film Foundation is taking applications for its 27th annual Film Finishing Fund until May 18. Grants up to $15,000 will support films by, for and about women.

The program aids filmmakers around the world working in all genres for short and long formats. There will also be in-kind services for post including online editing and sound mixing.

Doc filmmakers must be finished with principal photography and a rough cut to be eligible. For narratives, 90% of principal photography must be completed, and there must be a rough cut. WIF members pay a reduced application fee.

The fund was created in 1985. Previous FFF recipients include "Circumstance," which won the Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival

''The Fund Book- Marché du Film Cannes 2012''

For the 2nd year the Marché du Film, in collaboration with OLFFI (Online Film Financing), publishes The Funds Book, an essential guide to sources of public funding for cinema.
As an official publication of the Marché, this guide is distributed in every Market Bag – 11 000 copies in total. The book presents each Fund and their main characteristics. In addition, a map is included to allow for quick and easy location of the various Funds and their representatives in Cannes.

Films Funds

Tribeca Film Institute's Gucci Tribeca Doc Fund & the TFI New Media Fund

Deadline: March 6, 2012

The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund provides finishing funds to feature-length doc which highlight issues of social importance from around the world. Funded films are driven by thoughtful and in-depth storytelling, bolstered by a compelling visual approach.

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

BRITDOC and the Bertha Foundation

Deadline: December 31, 2012

At IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), a major new partnership was announced at a panel dedicated to the discussion of new funding. The Bertha Foundation is investing in BRITDOC’s future, joining the Board of Directors and launching two new funds worth £1.5 million to filmmakers over the next three years. At the outset, Steve James’s award winning The Interrupters and Soniya Kirpalani’s We The People are the first projects to receive support.
For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

CNC's "World Cinema Aid" approved by the European Commission

Financial support is now available foreign audiovisual works co-produced with France

Through a decision passed on February 6, 2012, the European Commission has authorised the National Film and Moving Image Centre (CNC) to establish selective aid packages for international initiatives which are co-produced with companies operating in France, so-called “World Cinema Aid”.

This new measure, conceived by the CNC in collaboration with the Mister for Culture and Communication, the Foreign and European Affairs Minister and the President of the French Institute, was one of the proposals notified to the European Commission in 2011 and which, due to the delay in the Commission’s decision, it was not possible to implement immediately on January 1, 2012.

Funds for Southern Mediterranean films: updated list

Newly updated Euromed Audiovisual report lists South-Mediterranean-friendly European funds, festivals, and markets

The Euromed Audiovisual III Programme has published an updated version of the list of European funds that finance projects from the Southern Mediterranean, as well as a calendar of festivals, markets, and professional gatherings open to projects and professionals from the region.

Download the document: English, French (Version December 2011)

SØRFOND - The Norwegian South Film Fund: Call for applications

Among the list of eligible countries, 8 countries from the South Mediterranean region (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, occ.Palestinian Territory, Syria and Tunisia) can submit their projects.


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ADFP 3d Open Call For Proposals | Arab Fund for Arts and Culture

The Arab Documentary Film Program (ADFP) is currently accepting applications for its third call for submissions. The deadline for applying for ADFP 2012 is May 7, 2012.


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Deadline Extended for Arab Filmmakers to Apply for ADFF's SANAD Grants

SANAD, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s fund for Arab filmmakers, is issuing a final call for submissions for its current application cycle. The deadline, which was formerly January 26, has been extended to February 5, 2012. The deadline for the following SANAD cycle will be June 26, 2012.

Post-production Support for Fiction Features and Documentaries

Enjaaz is a post-production support programme. The fund awards up to USD100,000 per film, to help filmmakers working on fiction features and documentaries.

Submission deadlines : February 1, 2012 and August 1, 2012

To apply and view rules and regulations, visit www.dubaifilmfest.com

Crossroads Deadline Extended

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture announced today the extension of Crossroads deadline through the launching of a second cycle for projects’ submissions that will close on April 12, 2012. The aim of this second cycle is to accommodate more film projects and accompany the changing reality in the Arab world.

Championing Independent Documentary

A new long-term partnership between Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and PUMA.Creative. They’ve created a series of awards providing financial support, creative counsel and industry recognition to international documentary filmmakers, whose creative storytelling highlights social justice, peace or environmental issues.

Link here