Selective contributions for national distribution — Law n° 220/2016

Description

Law n° 220 of 14 November 2016 “Disciplina del cinema e dell’audiovisivo” establishes the ‘Film and Audiovisual Fund’ aimed at funding works through tax credits, automatic contributions and selective contributions.

Selective contributions, which are governed by the Decree issued by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities on 31 July 2017, comprising ‘Implementing provisions for the selective contributions indicated in article 26 of Law no. 220 of 14 November 2016’, are granted by the DGCA of the Ministry of Culture for the writing, development, production and national distribution of Italian film and audiovisual works.

The requests for contributions for national distribution is reserved for summer cinema distribution projects in Italy and can be presented in the three sessions indicated:

from 20 June to 30 June;
from 15 July to 25 July;
from 26 August to 13 September.

The funding available of €4,500,000 is divided between the three sessions into €1,500,000 for each, of which:

one-third (€500,000 per session) earmarked primarily for films that received production subsidies (DM selective contributions July 31, 2017);
15% (€ 225,000 per session) reserved for newly-established companies.

Contacts

MiC - DG Cinema e Audiovisivo (DGCA)
Phone: 06. 6723.3248
Email: dg-ca.servizio2@cultura.gov.it
PEC: dg-ca.servizio2@pec.cultura.gov.it

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Data sheet

Production

Italian Film or co-production

Distribution channel

Cinema

Film industry branch

Distribution

Eligible projects

Feature Film - First Work
Feature Film - Second Work
Short Film
Documentary
Animation
First and second feature films by young writers, feature films of particular artistic value and difficult films with low budgets

Beneficiaries

Italian production company
Italian cinematographic and audiovisual companies, also in association or in co-production, partnership or international production

Maximum quota on cost

10% of eligible costs (up to 40% for film releases on more than 200 screens and with costs over € 500,000)

Requirements

Italian nationality must be requested

The work must have the following requisites:

do not incur exclusion cases;
be a first or second cinematographic work of young authors, a difficult film with modest financial resources, of particular artistic quality, a documentary, a short film or an animated film.

Payment schedule

Funding is paid at different stages of progress:

within 12 months from the publication of the list, the company submits final grant application (the deadline may be extended, with the approval of experts, when the distribution project involves a longer timeframe from the start);
after carrying out the necessary checks, DGCA pays the remaining balance of the funding within 90 days.

Notes

Applications for funding must be made online via the website www.cinema.cultura.gov.it