NIFTC - Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission provides funding and support within the following schemes: animation, completion funding, digital media, distribution and promotion support, factual, feature film and TV drama, individual and company development, lower budget production support, markets, festivals and conferences and others.

Official Nordic co-operation is channelled through two organisations: the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic Council was formed in 1952 and it is the forum for Nordic parliamentary cooperation. The Council has 87 members, representing the five countries and three autonomous territories. The Council supports, among other things, cultural projects in the region, with the annual budget of approx. DKK 35,000,000 for film and media projects.

The purpose of the Nordic Film- & TV Fund is to promote the production of audiovisual projects in the Nordic area by participating in the funding of feature films, TV fiction, TV series, short films and creative documentaries. In order to obtain support from the Fund, the project has to be suitable for theatrical or TV release or other forms of distribution. The project has to have a satisfactory market/audience potential within the Nordic area. In certain cases, the Fund may participate in financing productions with limited earning prospects, but which lie within the Fund’s jurisdiction and which otherwise fulfill the Fund’s criteria. The Fund will also promote audiovisual productions by supporting project development, distribution and promotion, and Nordic language versions.

The aim of the Fund is to further the cultural cooperation between the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as the self-governing areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and the Aland Islands. The Fund supports cultural cooperation taking place both within and outside of the borders of the Nordic countries. The Fund concerns itself with a wide range of art- and culture related areas, involving both professionals and amateurs. The Fund supports activities characterized by quality, vision, accessibility, and variety, where both traditional and new ways of working can be developed. Contributions can be granted to e.g. conferences, concerts, tours, exhibitions, festivals, general education, higher education, and research. A project may be completed both within and outside of the Nordic countries.

Supportsproject and scriptdevelopment,distribution and sales.

Nordnorsk Filmsenter is an independent regional centre for short and documentary films supported by the three counties in the north (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark) and the host municipality of Northcape. Nordnorsk Filmsenter distributes funds from the Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The production support budget for 2003 was approximately 500,000 euro. The centre mainly serves independent production companies in the region, international productions are required to have a regional co-producer. The centre also supports the producers and filmmakers in Northern Norway with advice, assistance and travel/educational grants in order to increase the competence in different subject of the film profession. Nordnorsk Filmsenter also has a distribution programme that aims to boost the release of short and documentary films on film and video. The centre has a particular responsibility to take care of, and develop the production of Saami films.

Northern Film & Media is the Regional Screen Agency for the North East of England. Through partnership-working, service provision, funding schemes, advice and guidance, Northern Film & Media aims: to develop an advantage for companies and individuals through creating specialist networks and expert guidance to audiences and markets, to develop a commercial, creative, connected and competitive environment, to build networks of expert providers to stimulate and meet demand for sustainable access to moving image culture and activity, to build the expertise of companies and talents in the commercial and community media sectors, to create a network of informed regional partners aligned to provide successful filming in the region and maximise benefit from inward investment, to broaden awareness and support for moving image culture and business.

The POEM Foundation is an audiovisual production resource centre. The foundation provides grants for scriptwriting, as well as interest-free loans and investment funding for development and production. In addition, the POEM Foundation allocates funding for projects developing the operating environment and entrepreneurial activity or services in the audiovisual sector. The North Finland Film Commission (NFFC) functions as a part of The POEM Foundation. NFFC provides production services for domestic and international productions. The POEM Foundation coordinates the development of cultural activities in the film and audiovisual sector in the Oulu audiovisual network. The network consists of Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu Film Center, Nuku Film School and the Science Centre Tietomaa.

The Norwegian Film Development is a public body directly under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture acting as a centre for education, development and inspiration serving the professional audiovisual community in Norway. NFD organizes workshops, courses, seminars and conferences aimed at furthering technical and creative competence, as well as project-based training for the development and enhancement of individual skills. NFD runs a support system for screenplay development of full-length fiction, animation and documentary films, including several grants for professional training abroad.

As of its founding in 1993 to date, the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina has been developing program objectives that are in tact with all changes that shape the B&H society, while remaining dedicated to its initiating idea for developing an open society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Provides production support for short and documentary films.

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie is a public organisation that carries through these goals: * Democratisation of culture * Cultural and linguistic diversity * Asserting cultural identity by supporting qualitative and quantitative development of both the commercial and cultural film industry, encouraging, promotion and marketing film in the country or region by encouraging film-makers to produce in the geographical area and to work with regional film commissions and other similar organisations.

The Austrian Film Institute was established 1981 in order to provide comprehensive funding for the Austrian film industry in its cultural and economic aspects as well as to further develop the traditions of Austrian film.

Founded in 2000, the foundation´s purpose is the promotion of Hungarian documentaries. To reach that aim, they operate as Internet database and video collection, they organize conferences and meetings and they produce anthropological documentaries. They intend to render the opportunity to the ethnographical sciences and cultural anthropology to show and diffuse their research work on moving pictures.

Piemonte Doc Film Fund is the first Film Fund in Italy exclusively dedicated to supporting documentaries. Active since 2007, it evolved from the initiatives taken by Regione Piemonte starting in 1996 aimed at supporting and promoting film and video production; work continued with the birth in 2000 of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte Foundation.

The Playboy Foundation is the charitable giving program of Playboy Enterprises that provides funding for documentary film and video projects in the post-production stage. The program accepts applications on a continuing basis, handing out approx. 10-12 grants per year for a total of between $25,000 and $30,000 per year.

The association provides funding to regional production companies for the development of documentary films| for the production of short and feature films, TV fiction, first and graduation films, and innovative and experimental projects.

The Polish Film Institute (Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej) is the newest film institute in Europe, established in 2005 in accordance with the new cinema law, passed by the Polish Parliament. The Institute's principal task is to provide the Polish film industry with modern support mechanisms - from the development of projects and production, to promotion, distribution and circulation of Polish and European films. We support films from a concept to the screen, with particular emphasis on international co-productions. The Polish Film Institute wants to draw Polish viewers back to the theatres to watch Polish films and, at the same time, to make them worth of seeing and accessible to international audiences, particularly in Europe. The Institute welcomes all foreign partners - producers, distributors and filmmakers alike - interested in any forms of collaboration with the Polish film industry. We provide all necessary information and guidance regarding Poland, its film potential, legal regulations, locations and help to find the film professionals to collaborate with as well as potential partners for co-productions.

The foundation helps graduate directors from the Academy of film or other independent filmmakers in Hungary to make their feature films. To actively encourage support for the development and production of first feature films within the Hungarian film industry, the foundation will find financial and intellectual support in Hungary and abroad for making first films, provide technical equipment and services, influence professional industry forums to support their goals.

The SWISS CULTURAL PROGRAMME BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA focuses on the support of independent groups of artists and institutions. It provides financial and technical assistance in the realization of cultural projects and initiatives.

Pro Helvetia Bucharest - Swiss Cultural Programme

This is a rapid response fund, providing resources in the early stages of documentary projects, to shoot and edit a film trailer. The fund is open to filmmakers of any nationality and grants will be awarded on a quarterly basis. These awards are open to emerging and established filmmakers working anywhere in the world.

A major new annual international award to honour the documentary film creating the most significant social impact, a film liable to have a lasting effect on the world and on people’s lives. With a €50,000 prize to acknowledge the filmmakers and help the continuation of the film’s campaign work.

Hot Docs and the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) offer a program that is designed for mid-level filmmakers from diverse communities intending to pursue documentary production as a viable, long-term career option. In effort to foster skills relevant to emerging market trends the program has an additional emphasis on interactive documentaries and new media projects. The Quebecor Documentary Fellowship Program awards two filmmakers with: * Year-Round Training: Through information sessions, workshops and intensive labs, Fellowship participants will hone their skills. * Mentorship: Mentorship sessions will advise and inspire each of the selected participants at critical stages of the development process and will help transition them to the next tier of production. * Hot Docs Accreditation: Participants will receive full accreditation to Hot Doc, providing access to a full slate of professional development programming; * The Doc Lab: One of the two pre-selected Fellowship participants will participate in the Hot Docs' Doc Lab training and mentoring intensive, which includes partial access to the Toronto Documentary Form (TDF); * Toronto Documentary Forum: One of the two pre-selected Fellowship participants will receive accredited observer status at the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF); * Networking: Opportunities to meet commissioning editors, executive producers and crafts people at networking events, which range from Meet the Broadcaster nights and networking parties, to day-long workshops and professional development activities.