ITALY / €1.7 million to film in the Emilia-Romagna Region

The Official Bulletin of the Emilia-Romagna Region has confirmed in its February edition the grants available this year for the film and television industry. As the Region announced at the Berlin Festival, €1.2 million will go to national and international productions which are filmed either partly or completely in the region.

The deadline for applications is July 31^st, subsidies will be allocated until the funds are exhausted. Feature films, TV films and TV series are eligible for a maximum grant of €150,000 each, the maximum for documentaries and docu-dramas is €50,000 and for web-series €25,000. Each candidate may submit two projects.

Two other tenders are currently active, but only for candidates living or working in the Emilia-Romagna region. The first, with €400,000, is open until April 6^th, with a new session scheduled between July 26^th and August 26^th. The second regional tender, with the same April 6^th deadline for applications, has €75,000 for the development of film and broadcasting works.

In addition to this €1.7 million support for producers, the region will also help festivals and other cinema and broadcasting events up to €1 million in 2016.

Sources : Documentaristi, Cineuropa