Filmpool Nord Ltd. is the northernmost regional fund for film and television production in Sweden, located in Luleå, Northern Sweden. We fund and co-produce short fiction, documentaries, feature films and TV series. In addition, Filmpool Nord Ltd. is a regional resource centre for media literacy and distribution. The Swedish Lapland Film Commission (SLFC) is also a part of Filmpool Nord Ltd. The Film Commission promote the region as a national and international film location and provide services to production teams shooting in the region. Filmpool Nord has always worked with a variety of projects, where each project addresses a specific development area within the audiovisual industry. At the moment Filmpool Nord heads up Filmpool Nord Development and FilmArc 2.0. Filmpool Nord began work in 1992 and was one of the first regional resource centres in Sweden, later also becoming a regional production centre. The annual turnover is approximately 4,1 million euros.

The Finnish Film Foundation’s task is to support and develop Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. The Finnish Film Foundation is an independent foundation which is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education. The Foundation is supported by grants from the Finnish National Lottery and by the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and it grants film production support, exhibition and distribution support and support for international activities. On the grounds of a contract made with the Ministry of Education, the Foundation grants support for international film festivals held in Finland which also have national significance. The Finnish Film Foundation is integrally responsible for the cultural export of Finnish film. It receives approx. EUR 8.7 million per year, and subsidizes about ten feature films and 35 short and documentary films every year.

The foundation works on establishing co-operation between TV companies of 25 countries and to form an interregional TV channel. The foundation was established in 1994.

First Light Movies funds and inspires film projects with five to 18-year-olds throughout the UK. Since launching in 2001, First Light has enabled over 10,000 budding young filmmakres to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 750 films. Working with filmmakers and organisations, First Light Movies films cover a diverse range of topics and genres, and make use of accessible digital film technology.

FOCAL (Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries) was formed in 1985 as an international, non-profit making, professional trade association, providing excellent networking and marketing opportunities for content industry professionals and giving users easy access to over 300 members worldwide. It represents commercial film/audiovisual, stills and sound libraries as well as interested individuals such as facility houses, professional film researchers and producers working in the industry. Every year the association organizes the FOCAL International Awards, an event that awards audiovisual productions with the best use of footage.

Le Fonds des Inforoutes seeks to encourage the increased use and mastery of information and communication technology in developing countries and Central/Southeastern Europe.

The fund supports independent audiovisual productions in the French-speaking regions of Switzerland. The fund is financed both from private and public sources.

The foundation was established by Kecskemetfilm Ltd. in 1991 and is managed by the five memberadvisory Board. The main goal is to support high artistic value animation productions and creative experimentation. They also help to introduce and promote Hungarian animation in foreign countries and to organize professionals events.

Their task is the restauration and rejuvenation of all films of the Hungarian film industry.

The foundation was established in 1992 and its main task is to protect the copyright for various kinds of audio-visual works, and its goal is to suppress pirated films, videos and cable programs. ASVA´s goal to stop the pirating of Sony Playstation Software.

The Foundation of the Hungarian Historical Motion Picture was established by the Ministry of Culture and Education on 18 August 1993. The aim of the organization is to support the production of historical features and documentary films that represent ways of life, historical events and patterns affecting the present.

Supports a wide range of cultural and art projects.

The Stefan Batory Foundation is an independent private Polish foundation established in 1988 by American financier and philanthropist George Soros and a group of Polish democratic leaders of 80’s. The mission of the Foundation is to support the development of an open, democratic society in Poland and other Central and East European countries. The Foundation’s activities are funded by the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and other institutional and individual donors in Poland and abroad.

Now in its 29th year, the Funding Exchange is a national membership organization of publicly supported, regionally based community foundations. We are a unique partnership of activists and donors dedicated to building a permanent institutional and financial base to support progressive social change through fundraising for local, national, and international grantmaking programs.

With the Regional Audiovisual Fund the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia will be actually able to finance an audiovisual project using direct funds. Productions filming in Friuli Venezia Giulia will be entitled to apply for a grant in cash up to 140.000 Euro, depending on the production's period of stay in the regional territory.

The Gaelic Media Service, in partnership with broadcasters and producers, strives to ensure that high quality Gaelic television programmes are available to viewers throughout Scotland at appropriate viewing times, and that the range and quality of Gaelic sound programmes are enhanced. GMS funds a variety of television and radio programmes.

The General Directorate of Language Policy of the Region of Catalonia offers diverse support, e.g. for dubbing and/or subtitling and for distribution of dubbed DVD's and VHS Cassettes.

Gives funds for the development of cultural and scientific films, production infrastructure, supports regional film festivals and local cinemas.

Glasgow Media Access Centre (GMAC) nurtures, trains and develops emerging film talent in Scotland. GMAC Shorts is three individual filmmaking schemes funded by Scottish Screen, UK Film Council and BBC Scotland. Cineworks is for emerging scriptwriters, documentary filmmakers and animators. DigiCult is for drama writer/directors stepping beyond their first short film commission. Little Pictures is for people who are brand new to filmmaking.

Since 1998 GIFF in cooperation with SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) runs the Göteborg International Film Festival Fund. It is a fund that supports filmmakers who live and work in emerging economies. The Fund provides development support, post-production support and technical assistance.

The Gotland Film Fund invests in the production and coproduction of short, documentary and feature films.

Funding provided by the City of Prague (details in Czech language only).

The Greek Film Centre functions as a public liability company that belongs to the broader public sector, is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and subsidized by the state. Its structure, powers and operation are regulated chiefly by Law 1597/86 for the protection and development of the art of film and the support of Greek cinema and by Presidential Decree 113/98. The aims of the Organization are: the protection, support and development of the art of film in Greece, and the presentation, promulgation and promotion of Greek films both at home and abroad. The Greek Film Center organizes film screenings that cover a wide range of film genres. GFC gives priority to the support of Greek films while Filmcenter's main program will include selected quality films from global cinema. Emphasis will be given to reviving the children's program Cineac and to after-midnight screenings.

The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund provides finishing funds to feature-length documentaries which highlight and humanize issues of social importance from around the world. Funded films are driven by thoughtful and in-depth storytelling, bolstered by a compelling visual approach. As mainstream media moves away from in-depth coverage of world affairs, domestic issues and social conflicts, the documentary has become an important and much needed tool to draw attention to the serious issues facing our world today. At the same time, the craft of the documentary is expanding in exciting directions, merging diverse points-of-view with new technologies and responding to the immediacy of the internet.

Administered by the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, the Hubert Bals Fund is designed to support feature and documentary films by talented filmmakers from developing countries. Since the Fund started in 1988, well over 530 projects from independent filmmakers in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America have received support. Approximately 80% of these projects have been realised or are currently in production. Every year, the IFFR screens completed films supported by the Fund.