LOMBARDIA PER IL CINEMA - Call in support of audiovisual and cinema production businesses

Description

The LOMBARDIA PER IL CINEMA call supports small and medium-sized enterprises in the audiovisual and cinema production sector or the production of audiovisual works of cultural value in Lombardy, intended for national and international distribution.

The call, with a total financial endowment of €3 M, is open to audiovisual works created in Lombardy, from the categories below:

Line A | €2.4 M:
A.1 fiction or animated feature-length films with a minimum running time of 52 minutes
A.2 fiction or animation series

Line B | €600 k:
B.1 documentaries with a minimum running time of 52 minutes, including animation
B.2 documentary series, including animation

Contacts

Lombardia Film Commission
Phone: +39 02 89410090
Email: filmcom@filmcomlombardia.it

Link to the call Print Tab

Data sheet

Production

Italian Film or co-production
Foreign film

Distribution channel

Cinema
Television

Film industry branch

Production

Assessment

selective

Eligible projects

Feature Film
Feature Film - First Work
Feature Film - Second Work
TV series
Documentary
Animation

Beneficiaries

Italian production company
European production company
Non-European production company
Industry Professional - Italy
Industry Professional - Europe
Industry Professional - Outside Europe

Maximum contribution

A.1: €250 K for feature-length animated or fiction films
A.2: €300 K for fiction or animated series
B.1: €75 K for standalone documentaries
B.2: €150 K for documentary series

Maximum quota on cost

50%

Type of contribution

Non-repayable grants

Requirements

Obligation to use local workforce

Participation is open to small and medium-sized businesses that meet the following requirements:

is registered as "Active" with primary or secondary code ATECO 2007, J 59.11, NACE J 59.11 code at the Companies Register (Registro delle Imprese) at the regional Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture or the equivalent in a member state of the European Union;
was established no less than two years before the date of the application submission, having filed at least two annual financial statements or, in the case of entities exempt from filing financial statements, having submitted at least two tax returns;
are independent producers;
are the sole producers; or co-producers of the audiovisual work presented - 10% minimum for international co-productions, 20% minimum for domestic co-productions; or have an executive production contract with the production company of the audiovisual work;
have an operational headquarters in Lombardia (with certification from the Chamber of Commerce) or commits to activating one before the deadlines for the disbursement of the advance and/or balance of the grant;
have not yet started work in Lombardy on the audiovisual production specified in the application;
operate in compliance with the national and regional collective work contract and relevant fiscal obligations.

Payment schedule

The grant will be disbursed in a maximum of two payments:

Advance - optional - of 40% of the total grant; upon presentation of a regular bank or insurance guarantee;
Balance after conclusion of the production and verification of the final accounting report of the project.

If the beneficiary does not request an advance, the disbursement will be a single payment after the conclusion of the project and the verification of the final accounting.