Open Call: Realization of Minority Co-Production Scheme 2024

Funding Information

• Feature film: Maximum €200,000
• Documentary: Maximum €50,000
• Note: Each year, a maximum of four feature films and three documentaries from each territory are eligible for a production grant.

Who is eligible?

• A production company (a legal entity, not a sole proprietorship or general partnership) that has been established for at least two years in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a member state of the EU, EEA or Switzerland and that produces and exploits films and other audiovisual productions on a continuous basis.
• The production company is represented by the Dutch minority co-producer. He/she has been the majority producer responsible for the realization of:
  • at least one feature film with a cinema release in the Netherlands (feature film application);
  • at least one (long) documentary with a cinema release in the Netherlands (documentary application).

Conditions

• The film production must have received production support from the VAF.
• The total contribution of Dutch funds and market parties to the realisation of the film production must amount to at least 10% of the total production costs.
• National cinema release must be guaranteed in the country of the majority co-producer by a film distributor or market parties from the local exploitation chain.
• The film production must be released in the Netherlands. The applicant must submit a written statement signed by a Dutch film distributor.
• Any financial contributions under Eurimages and/or other European funding must be allocated to the applicant on a pro rata basis.
• The financing of the film production must be fully and unconditionally committed by third parties within 15 months of the decision to grant the subsidy.
• If an application is also made for the Production Incentive, you must also use the Netherlands Film Production Incentive budget model for the Dutch expenditure of the selective application.
• The applicant shall share pro rata in the world proceeds of the film production.
• Of the awarded Film Fund contribution, 100% (for feature films) or 60% (for documentaries) of the awarded contribution must be spent in the Netherlands (cast, crew, etc.).

For more information, visit Netherlands Film Fund.