Apply for Netherlands Film Production Incentive High-End Series

Funding Information

• The lower limit for the production budget is a minimum minute price:
  • Documentary series: €4,000 per broadcast minute
  • Animated series: €8,000 per broadcast minute
  • Drama series for children under 12 years old: a minimum of 10,000 euros in production costs per broadcast minute for a series between 10 and 25 minutes per episode, or a minimum of 8,000 euros per broadcast minute for series longer than 25 minutes
  • Drama series (other): € 12,000 per broadcast minute

Who is eligible?

• An independent production company (a legal entity, i.e. not a sole proprietorship or partnership) that has been established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a member state of the EU, EEA or in Switzerland for at least two years and that produces film productions, series and other audiovisual works on a continuous basis produces and exploits productions.
• The production company is represented by a producer who, in the seven calendar years prior to the application, has been primarily responsible for realizing at least one majoritarian film production (reference film) with a production budget of at least € 500,000 and at least one cinema release in the Netherlands or one majoritarian series (reference series) within the same category and minute price (as for the series for which an application has been submitted), which has been made public primarily via television/VOD broadcast in the Netherlands. The categories are drama series, animated series and documentary series).

Conditions

• The high-end series must be independent. This means that an applicant, as a legal entity, is independent of end operators and has decisive decision-making authority regarding content, production and implementation and that there is sufficient commercial freedom with regard to the exploitation and display of the high-end series.
• Broadly speaking, this concerns the following conditions:
  • The television/VOD broadcast in the Netherlands is guaranteed. In the case of international drama, documentary or animation series, these must be intended for publication in two or more countries, with the Netherlands being one of the countries of origin of the co-producers.
  • High-end series on the basis of which an application is submitted must be fully developed in terms of artistic content. The scenarios, director’s vision and, in the case of animation, the style guide.
  • Only applications that achieve a minimum of 75 points – including points for at least 2 main functions – are eligible.
  • The applicant is obliged to produce the high-end series in accordance with the information submitted with the application, including the number of points established by decision.
  • The high-end series must be fully financed within 6 months after the date of the decision and at the latest before the start of shooting, after which the Fund’s Implementation Agreement is drawn up.

For more information, visit Netherlands Film Fund.