Deadline: 28 February 2024

Applications are now open for the World Cinema Fund Africa 2024 . In co-operation with the German Federal Foreign Office, the World Cinema Fund has launched a special funding opportunity for projects from Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016. All WCF applications with projects from sub-Saharan Africa will also be automatically considered for the special WCF Africa funding programme.

O  WCF  aims to support films in the regions/countries of the WCF  The German film industry has developed active co-operations between producers and directors from these regions and German partners. German film companies therefore play an important role in the structure of the film industry.  WCF  - from a political, cultural and economic point of view.

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Grant

• Maximum funding: 40,000 euros for post-production funding.
• The total production costs of the supported projects should vary between 200,000 euros and 1,400,000 euros.
• The funding is to be spent on post-production of the film in the regions mentioned.

Eligibility

Eligible to apply are:

• film production companies from sub-Saharan African regions that can confirm their collaboration with a director from the sub-Saharan African region/country or
• registered film production companies based in Germany (in the commercial register or registered trade) that can prove a working relationship with a director from a sub-Saharan African region/country or
• registered film production companies from other EU member states, provided they have a branch or place of business in Germany and can prove a working relationship with a director from a sub-Saharan African region.

Application

There are two submission processes per year.

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• The deadline for the first submission process is late February/early March. The jury meetings at which decisions on these applications are made are usually held at the end of June/beginning of July.
• The deadline for the second submission process is July and the jury meetings to decide on these submissions are usually held at the beginning of November.

The following documents must be attached to the online Application Form (in English or French):

• Financing information:
  • Financing Plan in Euros and in the respective local currency (if available). A sample financing plan can be downloaded  here .
    The financing plan should contain the following information: names of the companies/partners involved, type of financing (funds, own investment, contributions in kind, Sales/GM, etc.), holdings (in percentages) of the respective partners, broken down by country in each case. Also indicate which amounts have already been secured and which are still outstanding (as well as the estimated date by which a response/decision is expected).
  • Budget (detailed): in Euros and local currency (if available).
• Contracts and agreements: all funding agreements and/or letters of intent from funding partners that have already been confirmed.
• Co-production contracts / co-operation agreements signed or memoranda of understanding.
• Assignment of rights: The assignment of rights is a document or contract that transfers the screenwriter's rights to the producer and officially authorises the latter to use the screenplay for a film project. If the author and producer are the same person, it is not necessary to attach the declaration.
• An artistic/visual concept with mood board, casting, locations, editing and narrative concept, etc.
• A password-protected link to the draft, including English or French subtitles (if the original language is not one of these).

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