Apulia Film Fund

Description

Launched by the Apulia Region with technical assistance from the Apulia Film Commission, the Apulia Film Fund is a first-in call for applications that provides direct aid to support, with non-repayable grants, the following categories of audiovisual works, filmed entirely or partially in Apulia:

Category A: fictional feature films of a duration of at least 52 minutes mainly for theatrical release;
Category B: fiction works (stand-alone works or series of an overall duration of at least 90 minutes) mainly for television broadcasting (including SVOD);
Category C: creative documentaries of a duration of at least 52 minutes mainly for theatrical release; creative documentaries (stand-alone works or series) mainly not for theatrical release;
Category D: animated feature films of a duration of at least 52 minutes; animated series of an overall duration of at least 24 minutes;
Category E: fictional short films of a duration of fewer than 52 minutes; musical short films (music videos); animated short films of a duration of fewer than 5 minutes.

Applications for a contribution may be submitted only by registering at the Sistema Informativo on the website of the Fondazione Apulia Film Commission.

Contacts

Apulia Film Commission Responsabile del procedimento - Cristina Piscitelli
Phone: +39 080 9731300
Email: apuliafilmfund@apuliafilmcommission.it
PEC: funding@pec.apuliafilmcommission.it
Apulia Film Commission

Telephone: +39 080 9752900
Email: apuliafilmfund@apuliafilmcommission.it
Pec: funding@pec.apuliafilmcommission.it

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Data sheet

Production

Italian Film or co-production
Foreign film

Distribution channel

Cinema
Television
Web

Film industry branch

Production

Budget

€ 5,000,000

Assessment

selective

Eligible projects

Feature Film
Short Film
TV series
Documentary
Animation
Web product

Beneficiaries

Italian production company
European production company
Industry Professional - Italy
Industry Professional - Europe

Minimum Contribution

Category A: €80,000
Category B: €250,000
Category C: €40,000
Category D: €300,000
Category E: €10,000

Maximum contribution

Category A: €320,000
Category B: €450,000
Category C: €120,000
Category D: €500,000
Category E: €40,000

Maximum quota on cost

30% of eligible cost;
40% of eligible cost for cross-border productions funded by more than one Member State and involving producers from more than one Member State;
60% of eligible cost for difficult films and co-productions involving countries on the list of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD.

Type of contribution

Non-repayable grants

Requirements

Minimum paid-up share capital: 40,000
Minimum net assets: 40,000

Applicants must be active micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that meet the following requirements:

have been established for at least 24 months;
have a registered office or local unit in the region of Puglia. This must be in existence by the first disbursement.

The audiovisual works must possess the following requisites at the date of submission:

Category A, B:

Financial backing for a minimum of 45% of the “Final copy cost”;
a deal memo or a distribution contract with a distributor and/or a broadcaster and/or a SVOD or VOD platform; letters of interest will therefore not be considered eligible;
a production schedule that includes at least 30% of shoot days in Apulia.

Category C:
- financial backing for a minimum of 30% of the “Final copy cost”;
- a production schedule that includes at least 30% of shoot days in Apulia.
Category D:
- Financial backing for a minimum of 45% of the “Final copy cost”;
- a deal memo or a distribution contract with a distributor and/or a broadcaster and/or a SVOD or VOD platform; letters of interest will therefore not be considered eligible;
- A production schedule that plans one of the following in Apulia:
  - Storyboards: at least 20% of the episodes (series) or at least 20% of the feature lenght film (calculated in minutes);
  - Animation: at least 20% of the episodes (series) or at least 20% of the feature lenght film (calculated in minutes);
  - Lighting and/or rendering and/or compositing and/or colour correction: at least 20% of the episodes (series) or at least 20% of the feature length film (calculated in minutes).
Category E:
- Financial backing for a minimum of 20% of the “Final copy cost”;
- a production schedule that includes at least 30% of shoot days in Apulia (not applicable for animated shorts.

Payment schedule

Payment may be made:

in one lump-sum instalment, upon presentation of spending reports;
in two instalments, with:
- an advance of 40% of the contribution granted upon presentation of a bank guarantee to cover it;
- the balance at the end of post-production, following presentation of the required documentation in support of the final accounting report.

Notes

The project indicated in the application must be completed and the required documentation delivered no later than 12 months from the date of attribution of the grant, with the exception of animated works (Category D) which must be completed no later than 24 months from the date of attribution of the grant.