1. Eligibility Criteria
- applicant must be a producer based in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme.
- project must be co-produced with at least one producer from a country which is neither participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme (*) nor member of Eurimages (**).
- The share of co-producer(s) coming from countries participating in the MEDIA sub-programme must amount to a minimum of 20% in the project. Under no circumstances the share of the co-producer(s) coming from countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme can exceed 70%.
- project must be scheduled to be completed (delivery of rough cut/final version of the film) within 1st May 2023.
TFL Co-production Fund can be matched with funding from other funding bodies except further
production funding from Creative Europe MEDIA (E.g. Hubert Bals Fund + Europe, World Cinema Fund Europe, IDFA Bertha Fund Europe etc.).
2. Consultations with TFL experts and participation to the TFL Meeting Event
The selected project will receive tailored made consultancies with various trainers, internationally experienced in the main areas of filmmaking. The trainers will be chosen according to the film needs and the consultancy sessions will be held online between September and December 2022.
On top of the individual consultations, the project will have the opportunity to participate to the TFL Meeting Event in November 2022. TFL’s co-production forum will be an occasion to find new partners thanks to networking moments and one-on-one meetings. The TFL Meeting Event is attended every year by over 200 European and international professionals (producers, distributors, sales agents, film festival representatives and broadcasters) and all the projects participating in the forum are granted visibility thanks to the TFL Catalogue.
TFL Consultancy sessions: Autumn 2022 (dates TBC), Online.
TFL Meeting Event: second half of November 2022 (Turin, Italy)
The attendance of the team (writer/director and producer) to the online consultancy sessions and the TFL Meeting Event is compulsory.
TFL covers hotel during the TFL Meeting Event for up to 2 people per team. Participants must pay all travel costs.
3. Payment of the funding
The payment will be transferred in 3 phases:
- 40% two weeks prior to the start of shooting, upon presentation of a document certifying the exact commencement of work.
- 30% at the end of the shooting, upon presentation of receipt or invoice copies corresponding to the amount of the award.
- 30% upon delivery of the film, which should be no later than 1st May 2023
By no means the funding will be given if the film is not completed within the deadline of 1st May 2023.
4. Required Submission Materials
The requested materials to submit in the online application form, all together in one PDF (10 MB max.), in English, are:
1) Long synopsis
2) Intention note – 2 pages max.
3) Audio-visual references
4) Web links to previous film(s) of the director
5) Biographies of writer, director & producer
6) Production company profile and co-producers’ profile – 4 pages max. in total
7) Cover letter to demonstrate the producer’s track record of international co-productions and/or explain the plan to address her/his career in this direction – 2 pages max.
8) Detailed budget
9) Financing plan – including structure of co-production (names & countries of companies/film fund, percentages of financing from each country, status of each funding to apply/applied/confirmed/ etc.). Please use this form for the financing plan.
10) Detailed development and production timetable (please specify Month and Year for each activity, specify shooting period)
11) Marketing & distribution strategy – 2 pages max
12) Copy of co-production agreement or deal memo detailing the percentage of each co-producer, the revenue share between them, the joint ownership of the rights
13) Financial agreements and/or letters of intent from financing partners
14) Script to be attached as the last element of the dossier. For creative documentaries a treatment is accepted.
Before starting the application process, you will need to create an account on the TFL Visitor Page.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 24th March 2022, 2:00 p.m. CET
For information about the TFL Fund please contact Greta Fornari: greta.fornari@torinofilmlab.it
Additional information
- The selected project must indicate Creative Europe and TorinoFilmLab support in the opening and closing credits, as well as in all promotional, communication and advertising materials, by displaying the Creative Europe Logo (together with the caption “with the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union”) and the TorinoFilmLab Logo (together with the caption: “funded by TorinoFilmLab”).
- The project must be in advanced development stage (at least 50% of the budget confirmed) or pre-production.
- The fund is focused on supporting experienced filmmakers, from the 3rd long feature film onward (NB: are considered long features all those films over 60 minutes including fiction feature films, experimental films, animations and documentaries).
- The selected project shall be presented at the Coming Soon event of TorinoFilmLab, a show case of the work in progress film supported by TFL. Any participation to a different WIP programme shall be discussed with TorinoFilmLab team first.
- The selected project shall reserve the Italian Premiere for the consideration of Torino Film Festival, with the exception of a selection at Venice International Film Festival. Any different Italian Premiere shall be discussed with TorinoFilmLab team first.
- Funding does not need to be spent in Europe.
- The minimum share of 20% coming from MEDIA countries can be the result of several co-producers.
* Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
NB: United Kingdom is still considered part of the MEDIA sub-programme for this specific call for applications.
** Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.
