Pre-Production

The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW concentrates its funding on films for cinema and television as well as international co-productions. Funding is provided for all phases of production and exploitation: from screenplays through project development, pre-production and production, to distribution and sales.

Who can apply?

• Applications are accepted from producers with a registered office in Germany.

What are the funding conditions?

• The support can be up to 80 % of the budgeted project development costs, and no more than 100.000 Euros.
• The support is allocated as a conditionally repayable, interest-free loan.
• A prerequisite is the submission of the screenplay and a budget of the project.

How does it work?

• A consultation with the respective funding official should take place before submitting an application.
• The information and documents required for the application are set out in the application forms.
• There are five submission dates each year.
• The funding decisions are taken by a film funding commitee.

Service Centre

• Submission dates and all further documents can be found here.