Interventions to support the development and production of audio-visual projects

Requirements

To submit applications for the DEVELOPMENT fund, businesses and associations must have the following requisites:

• Are active, inscribed in the business register or have a partita IVA fiscal code and ATECO 59.11 code (businesses); or are inscribed in the REA and have a statute that specifies audio-visual production as the prevalent activity (associations);
• Are independent producers;
• Have legal or operational headquarters in Liguria or commit to opening an office in Liguria before payment of the first rate;
• Possess at least 50% of the rights to the project concept, directly or through a contract optioning the transfer of rights;
• Can demonstrate with official credits, previous experience in audio-visual production.

To submit applications for the PRODUCTION fund, audio-visual, cinema and television production companies must have the following requisites:

• Work prevalently in film and audio-visual production, possess ATECO 59.11 code, are active and inscribed in the business register or an equal classification if European;
• Are independent producers;
• Have legal or operational headquarters in Liguria or commit to opening an office in Liguria before payment of the first rate;
• Are sole producers, co-producers or possess an executive production contract with the production company producing the audio-visual work;
• Are in possession of a distribution contract signed with a cinema distributor / broadcaster (distribution contracts, deal memos, or letter of intent for distribution or pre-acquisition or co-production or activation contract with a broadcaster or SVOD or VOD platform – a letter of interest is not sufficient);
• Can demonstrate with official credits, previous experience in audio-visual production.

Eligible projects include:

DEVELOPMENT fund:  the development of audio-visual projects by businesses or associations headquartered in Liguria for national and international distribution.

PRODUCTION fund: the production of audio-visual works by businesses headquartered in Liguria for national and international distribution, that fulfils one of the following criteria:

• Locate at least 30% of shoot days in the region of Liguria
• Spend at least 20% of budgeted cost in the region of Liguria

The eligible project cannot be less than:

DEVELOPMENT:

• Web series and short films: €2,500
• TV series: €8,750
• Feature-length films: €31,250

PRODUCTION: €15,000

Payment schedule