International film and TV co-production fund opens as Studio Babelsberg begins work on new backlot.
Germany’s standing as an international film location has been given a welcome boost by a multi-million euro package of measures.
This week saw the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) accepting applications from producers for funding from the new €10m German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf) which was launched by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy at the beginning of the month.
The fund will focus on internationally co-produced features with budgets of more than €25m and high-end TV series of at least six episodes with each episode budgeted at €1.2m or above.
According to Ministry official Frank Fischer, applications to the fund can be made by (co-)producers who are resident or have a registered office in Germany.
Producers could expect as a rule to receive up to €2.5m as a non-repayable grant from the automatic scheme, although the funding...
Germany’s standing as an international film location has been given a welcome boost by a multi-million euro package of measures.
This week saw the German Federal Film Board (Ffa) accepting applications from producers for funding from the new €10m German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf) which was launched by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy at the beginning of the month.
The fund will focus on internationally co-produced features with budgets of more than €25m and high-end TV series of at least six episodes with each episode budgeted at €1.2m or above.
According to Ministry official Frank Fischer, applications to the fund can be made by (co-)producers who are resident or have a registered office in Germany.
Producers could expect as a rule to receive up to €2.5m as a non-repayable grant from the automatic scheme, although the funding...
- 12/16/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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