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European Investment Fund invests €25m in latest round by Finland’s IPR.VC
EIF is backed by Creative Europe MediaInvest programme.
Female-led global fund Desmar emerges as major backer of international films
The Los Angeles-Singapore-London outfit is two years into a five-year funding line.
Hubert Bals’ funding pot grows as demand for development financing rises
International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has backed festival hits such as Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light
The rise of the Netherlands as a co-production player: “What you see is what you get with the Dutch”
Leading Dutch producers on why they are increasingly working internationally with co-production partners.
Cate Blanchett shines light on refugee filmmaking fund: “These stories aren’t getting into the mainstream”
Blancett officially launched €500,000 Displacement Film Fund at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute backs 47 projects in latest funding round
47 projects include post-apocalyptic ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’, a UK co-production.
BFI heads confirm UK in talks with government to rejoin Creative Europe Media
Ben Roberts and Jay Hunt today gave wide-ranging testimony to the UK’s cross-party CMS committee.
Ruben Östlund criticises “embarrassingly uneducated” Swedish cultural policy
Östlund compared culture minister Parisa Liljestrand to Elon Musk.
Cate Blanchett teams with Rotterdam film festival for Displacement Film Fund
Short film scheme will fund the work of displaced filmmakers.
Carla Simon, lldiko Enyedi titles among first recipients of Eurimages marketing support programme (exclusive)
Recipients also include Berlinale Competition feature ‘Yunan’.
Screen Ireland unveils five-year strategic plan, with €5.5m for regional and Irish-language production
The Gross Valued Added (GVA) of the audiovisual industry in Ireland has been valued at over €1bn.
Neon Films, Escape Plan Productions in next wave of UK Global Screen Fund awards
A further £2.2m has been administered through the international business development strand.
UK Global Screen Fund to receive £7m funding, as government brings forward apprenticeship reform
The announcements form part of the government’s additional £60m investment in the creative sectors.
Revamped Czech Audiovisual Fund to back series and games as well as films
Estimates suggest CAF’s budget will increase by 35% to around €84m a year thanks to levies and investment obligations.
UK tax authority commits to extra resource as producers face “crippling” delays to VAT repayments
Producers have had to wait up to six months for repayments, causing major cashflow issues for features.
UK development fund The Uncertain Kingdom to end
The November 2024 funding round will be awarded as planned in the new year.
“German cinema is in great danger,” say Tom Tykwer, Wim Wenders and Volker Schlöndorff
Top German directors write open letter urging politicians to adopt new German Film Law this month.
Screen Scotland sets aside £1.2m for four talent development initiatives
The initiatives are aimed at short films and those on the cusp of a first feature.
Hamburg’s MOIN regional film fund secures €10m boost
Annual budget will rise from its current €15m to €20m for 2025 and 2026.
Ukraine joins Creative Europe Media programme
Ukrainian organisations can now apply for the full range of Media funding.
