Short Film and Documentary

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Film Fund Support Scheme

• Short Film and Documentary
• Development and Production
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and
  Sport

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OVERVIEW

• WHO
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  (MEDC)
• FOR WHOM
• Maltese Independent Audiovisual Companies
  registered in Malta

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WHICH PROJECTS CAN BE FUNDED?

• ACTION 1
• Short Films and Documentaries Development
  Support
• ACTION 2
• Short Films and Documentaries Production
  Support
• One application per applicant

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WHICH TYPE OF PROJECTS?

• DOCUMENTARY
• refers to a production that takes a real-life
  subject as its starting point but requires
  substantial original writing and sets out an
  authors and/or directors point of view.
• No less than 25 minutes and no more than 72
  minutes.
• SHORT FILM
• is to have a screening time of less than 30
  minutes, being produced with a view to be
  screened in cinemas, on television or through
  other media for commercial purposes.

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HOW MUCH FUNDING?
Up to 50 of proposed development or production
budget.
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AWARD CRITERIA
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AWARD CRITERIA
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APPLICATION PROCESS
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TIMETABLE

• PHASE 1
• August 8, 2008 Launch
• August 11, 2008 Call for Applications
• August 20, 2008 Information Session 1
• September 2008 Information Session 2
• October 24, 2008 Deadline for submissions
• PHASE 2
• November 2008 Screening for administrative and
  eligibility compliance
• November 2008 Ranking of projects by technical
  evaluators
• November 2008 Publication of results
• PHASE 3
• November/December 2008 Signing of contracts
• November/December 2008 Pre-financing 50
• December 2008 - December 2009 Implementation of
  Project

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CONTACTS

• 356 22915046
• filmfund_at_gov.mt
• www.education.gov.mt

Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport