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 North Rhine-Westphalia.
What are the funding conditions?
- The support can be up to 80 % of the budgeted project development costs, and no more than 75.000 Euros.
- The support is allocated as a conditionally repayable, interest-free loan
- A prerequisite is the submission of a first draft of the screenplay and a budget for the project.
- It is also possible to submit a package of 3-5 projects after having a personal consulation.
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.