Funding Opportunity to support Production or Post-Production Stage Film Projects

Each year, visions sud est supports 10 to 12 new projects through calls for projects.

Stage of Support

• visions sud est supports films at the production or post-production stage.
• Support at the production stage is given on the basis of documents attesting to the feasibility of the project. The shooting must start in the 18 months that follow the awarding of the support.
• Support at the post-production stage is given on the basis of a first cut and a post-production concept.
• Above all, make sure your project is sufficiently advanced to be submitted, as you can only apply once for each category of support.

Granted Amounts

• A fiction film project may be supported with a maximum of 50’000 Swiss francs for production or a maximum of 20’000 Swiss francs for post-production.
• A documentary film may be supported with a maximum of 20’000 Swiss francs for production or a maximum of 10’000 Swiss francs for post-production.
• The jury may decide to support a project in development rather than in production, with up to a maximum of 5,000 Swiss francs.

Cumulation of Funding

• Development support by the visions sud est fund does not exclude production or post-production support by the same fund at a later call.
• However, a project supported at the production stage is not eligible for post-production support.
• Furthermore, as visions sud est is supported by the SDC, if a project has received an Open Doors Grant (for production) at the Locarno Film Festival, the visions sud est Award for production or post-production) at Visions du Réel or support from a local SDC office in the project’s country of origin, it cannot be supported by visions sud est at the production or post-production stage.

Criteria

• Film Format
  • Feature-length fiction and documentary films (at least 70 minutes) are eligible.
• Nationality of Main Producer & Director
  • The applicant producer must be established in one of the countries eligible for visions sud est and regularly produce films in these countries. In addition, the director must be from one of these countries.
• Filming Location
  • Filming must take place mainly in eligible countries and in the local or regional language.
• Rights for Switzerland
  • In return for support from visions sud est all, distribution rights for Switzerland (and Lichtenstein) go to the fund.
• Financing Required
  • At least 30% of the budget must already be secured when the application is submitted.

For more information, visit visions sud est.