Deadline: 8 July 2024
In cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office the World Cinema Fund launched a special funding opportunity for projects from sub-Saharan Africa.
The WCF aims to support films in the WCF regions/countries by developing active cooperations between producers and directors from these regions and German partners. Therefore, German film companies play an important role in the structure of the WCF – in a cultural-political and in an economic way.
The producer from a WCF region/country can submit a project without having a German partner involved at the time of application. However, a German partner is needed as soon as a project is recommended for funding by the WCF jury. The WCF often serves as a bridge between producers from abroad and German companies, i. e. it can assist in finding an adequate partner. Once a cooperation is in place, the WCF jury’s funding recommendation can be turned into a funding contract between the WCF and the German partner.
The German partner is responsible for signing the funding agreement with the WCF and is the actual recipient of the WCF support. He is also held liable by the WCF for the project. For the final accounting, the German partner has to deliver an auditor’s report/certificate confirming that the WCF funding amount (minuspossible overheads of 7.5 percent maximum for the German partner) was entirely spent for the production of the film in a WCF region/country.
Funding Information
- Maximum funding: 40,000 Euros for post-production funding.
- The total production costs of the supported projects should range between 200,000 Euros and 1,400,000 Euros.
- The funding must be spent on the post-production of the film in the aforementioned regions.
- The contractual partner is always the German partner.
- Please note that the final expenditure report of funds must be delivered by October 2024, the latest.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible to apply are:
- film production companies from sub-Saharan Africa regions, that can confirm their collaboration with a director from sub-Saharan Africa 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 Africa 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 Africa region.
For more information, visit World Cinema Fund.
