Grants in the Czech republic
Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography
The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography is a tool providing public support for film and for the technical advancement and modernization of cinemas. Grants can be used for creating a Czech cinematographic work (only for writing screenplays) or for producing and distributing Czech films. The fund also participates in co-financing projects promoting cinematography (festivals, presentations abroad) and the above-mentioned modernization of cinemas.
The deadlines for applications are set by the Fund Council twice per year, March 31 and October 10. The applications are reviewed and evaluated by the Council, which has ten elected members who serve four-year terms. The Council has a quorum when more than half of the members are in attendance. A Council Resolution is adopted when over half of the members in attendance vote for it. Votes regarding support are always secret.
http://www.mkcr.cz/statni-fondy/statni-fond-pro-podporu-a-rozvoj-ceske-kinematografie/default.htm
MEDIA Programme
The MEDIA Programme is one of several European Union support programs. The program supports independent European audiovisual companies. Support is realized via direct financing of development of audiovisual works and financial support for companies and organizations engaged in circulating audiovisual works – film distributors (support only for the distribution of foreign films), festivals, markets, and cinemas. Financial backing, which can be applied for only within the framework of regular calls for applications, is available for all companies or organizations whose projects meet the criteria established for receipt of these grants.
The MEDIA Programme’s representative in the Czech Republic is MEDIA Desk Czech Republic.
MEDIA Desk Czech Republic
Národní 28
110 00 Praha 1
T: 221 105 209 - 210
F: 221 105 303
E: info@mediadesk.cz
MEDIA Development
MEDIA Development provides financing for pre-production and screenplay development of audiovisual works. This financial backing is designated for films and TV serials, fiction films, creative documentaries, and animated films, and can be used for the acquisition of rights, research, and archive materials, for writing and revising screenplays, for casting and finding crews, co-producers, and financial partners, for planned promotion and sales, and for other tasks related to developing an audiovisual work. Up to 50 percent of a project’s total development budget can be obtained.
http://mediadeskcz.eu/cz/financovani/vyzvy/podkategorie/1-podpora-producentu
MEDIA TV Broadcasting
This program is designed to assist European companies producing television projects. Its aim is to support cooperation between television stations on one side, and independent European distributors and producers on the other. The maximum financial contribution available is 500,000 EUR for fiction and animated projects. For documentary projects, the maximum amount is 300,000 EUR.
http://mediadeskcz.eu/cz/financovani/vyzvy/zobrazit/9-televizni-vysilani/0
MEDIA Distribution
Support for the distribution of new European films in cinemas. Applications for support may be submitted by any European company engaged in distributing films to cinemas. There are several forms of support.
Automatic support: Based on box-office receipts from the previous year, a “potential fund” is created for the distributor. The distributor must then use the funds from the potential fund for co-producing a European film abroad, acquiring distribution rights for foreign European films (minimum guarantee), subtitling, producing distribution copies or promoting a foreign European film (P&A costs).
Selective support: Support for concrete films. The support can cover up to 50 percent of the distribution costs. Selective support is provided to groups of at least five distributors from different countries who undertake to jointly screen at least one foreign film in their distribution territories.
On-line distribution: Support for projects aimed at on-line distribution of European audiovisual content in the form of video-on-demand or digital cinema distribution. Any independent European company engaged in production, distribution, running cinemas (cinema chains) or digitization (aggregators) may apply for support.
http://mediadeskcz.eu/cz/financovani/vyzvy/podkategorie/3-distribuce
MEDIA Promotion
Support for film markets, joint presentations at markets, pitching forums, co-production forums, audiovisual databases, and festivals.
MEDIA Training
Support for educational programs and courses for audiovisual professionals. Support for cooperation and mobility of students and educators from audiovisual schools and educational programs.
http://mediadeskcz.eu/cz/financovani/vyzvy/podkategorie/5-vzdelavani
EURIMAGES
Eurimages provides financial support for film co-productions realized in European countries, for their distribution, and for the cinema chains that screen them. Production support is available for fiction, documentary, and animated films of at least 70 minutes that are made for cinema distribution. Distribution support is available for distributors introducing films with Eurimages funding and screened in cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network. A condition for support is the participation of at least two Eurimages member states.
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/eurimages/
RWE & Barrandov Studio Film Foundation
The RWE & Barrandov Studio Film Foundation was established for the purpose of supporting Czech audiovisual works and their creators in literary development of feature-length fiction films, and to help find a way to realize such projects. The foundation holds a competition twice each year to select recipients of support for screenwriting development of film projects. Based on the applications submitted to these competitions, the foundation bestows contributions for creating, finishing, or revising selected screenplays.
