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Register now for media Stand at EFM in
Berlin
The Marketplace will again organise the
European Stand at the European Film Market
during the Berlinale 2009, with the support of
the MEDIA Programme.
This Umbrella stand with front desk,
messaging service, DVD-viewing facilities,
coffee bar and internet access will host,
free of charge, approximately 100 selected
independent European audio-visual
professionals. To participate in this offer
you will need to register directly with the
European Film Market for a badge before
December 15 (see EFM website at www.
efm-berlinale.de/) and complete the MEDIA
eligibility form on the Marketplace website.
For further information contact The
Marketplace on info@marketplaceevents.com
or visit their website at www.
marketplace-events.com.
MEDIA Funding
Festivals 18/2008
A minimum of 70% of the eligible
programming presented to the public
during the festival must be European.
The programming must represent at least
10 countries participating in the MEDIA
Programme. Grants of €10,000 to €75,000
can be sought.
Deadline: 30 April 2009 for festivals taking
place between 1 November 2009 and 30
April 2010
Television Broadcasting
20/2008
The scheme's objective is to encourage
independents to produce television
programmes involving the participation of
at least three broadcasters from several
member states participating or co-operating
in the programme.
Productions belonging to the following
categories are eligible:
Television fiction films (one-off or series) of a
total duration of minimum 50 minutes
Creative documentaries (one-off or series) of
a total duration of minimum 25 minutes
Animation (one-off or series) of a total
duration of minimum 24 minutes
The financial contribution awarded cannot
exceed 12.5% of the total eligible costs for
fiction and animation works. The maximum
financial contribution which may be awarded
to fiction and animation works is €500 000.
For documentaries, the financial contribution
awarded cannot exceed 20% of the total
eligible costs and the maximum financial
contribution which may be awarded is
€300 000 per action.
Deadlines: 27 February and 26 June 2009
Interactive Works 25/2008
The activities for the following interactive
works are eligible:
Interactive works for computer, internet,
mobile phone, games console including
handheld presenting a substantial degree of
interactivity, scenario and innovation;
New format concepts destined for digital
television, the internet or mobile handsets
where interactivity and narrative elements
are significant.
In all cases the projects must be intended
for commercial exploitation. Works which
do not require the active involvement of the
user are not considered to be interactive. A
production company can submit a maximum
of two projects in this call.
Each grant will amount between €10,000
and €60,000 except for the development of
prototypes for games consoles, handheld
consoles and computers for which the
maximum grant is €100,000. This grant can
cover up to 50% of the eligible costs; the
applicant company must guarantee matching
funds to cover the rest.
To be eligible to apply, companies must
demonstrate a track record of having
produced as majority producer an eligible
interactive work or an animation of no less
than 24 minutes. They also have to prove
that this project has been commercially
distributed during the period between 1
January 2006 and the application submission
date.
Deadline: 17 April 2009
Development Funding
24/2008
Companies can only submit one application
for development support (Single Project,
Slate Funding or Slate Funding 2nd Stage) in
this call.
Single Projects
The development activities for the following
audiovisual works (one-offs or series) are
eligible:
Drama of at least 50 minutes (the total length
of the series in the case of a series)
Creative documentary of at least 25 minutes
(length per episode in the case of a series)
Animation of at least 24 minutes (the total
length of the series in case of a series)
Each grant will amount between €10,000 and
€60,000 except for feature-length animations
for theatrical release, for which the
maximum is €80,000. This grant can cover
up to 50% of the eligible costs; the applicant
company must guarantee matching funds to
cover the rest.
To be eligible to apply, the company must
be able to provide evidence that they have
completed, as the majority producer, a
previous work similar to the eligible projects
described above. It must also show that this
work has been commercially distributed
during the period between 1 January 2006
and the application submission date. In
addition, applicant companies must have
been registered for at least 12 months.
Deadline: 17 April 2009
Slate Funding
A Slate Funding application must contain
a slate of at least 3 and a maximum of 6
eligible projects. Each project can receive
an amount of support between €10,000 and
€60,000. The total amount of support that can
be allocated under Slate Funding is between
€70,000 and €190,000. This grant can cover
up to 50% of the eligible costs; the applicant
company must guarantee matching funds to
cover the rest.
The eligible projects comprising the slate
must be from one of the following eligible
categories:
Drama of at least 50 minutes (total length of
the series in case of a series)
Creative documentary of at least 25 minutes
(length per episode in case of a series)
Animation of at least 24 minutes (length of
the series in case of a series)
Within five years leading to the application
submission date, the company must have
produced as a majority producer two
projects in a similar eligible category to the
projects described above and these projects
must have had international distribution. In
addition, applicant companies must have
been registered for at least 36 months.
Deadline: 17 April 2009
Slate Funding 2nd Stage is only open
to companies already selected for Slate
Funding or Slate Funding 2nd stage and who
meet the following conditions:
To be a beneficiary of a Slate Funding or
Slate Funding 2nd Stage agreement signed
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