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www.DOKweb.net is a portal dedicated to East European documentary film. The news section provides up-to-date information on upcoming and just completed films, interviews with filmmakers and other documentary professionals, in-depth articles exploring the state of documentary filmmaking in various parts of the region, as well as insightful texts on current trends, funding, etc. The portal also boasts the largest published databases of completed and upcoming documentary films from Eastern Europe, an industry directory, as well as trailers and original video content. www.DOKweb.net is IDF´s key online project that provides comprehensive details on all IDF´s activities and links them with general information service.
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Founded in 2001, the INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (IDF) is a non-profit training and networking centre based in Prague, Czech Republic, focused on the support of East European documentary films and their wider promotion. Our activities support filmmakers through all stages of completion – development, funding, production, post-production, and distribution. We aim at individual filmmakers (tailored consultations), groups of carefully selected professionals with projects or films (Ex Oriente Film, East European Forum, East Silver, Doc Launch, etc.), broader professional community (East Doc Platform), as well as the general public (portal www.DOKweb.net). We closely work with key int. festivals, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents, markets, or training initiatives and serve as the GATEWAY TO EAST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY FILM.

MEDIA Programme - Support for festivals

Funding
Countries: Belgium
Deadline:30.04.2013

The European Commission has issued annual calls for proposals since 1992 for support for attending film festivals and other audiovisual events to promote European films and their distribution across Europe.


Call for proposals for festivals starting between November 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014. Application deadline: April 30, 2013.


This scheme is designed to support film festivals that programme at least 70% European content, and can be used for costs such as subtitling, translation, catalogue printing and travel costs for professionals accompanying a film at the festival.

The first deadline of this Call for Proposals is for festivals taking place between 1 May 2013 and 31 October 2013 (deadline 16 November 2012).
Festivals starting between 1 November 2013 and 30 April 2014 should apply for the deadline on 30 April 2013.

Grants from €10,000 to €75,000 are available for festival organisers covering up to 50% of the following costs:

* Costs related to the presentation of European film:
* Print traffic
* Subtitling and translation
* Screening fees
* Professionals accompanying a European film:
* Travel costs
* Accommodation
* Development, translation and printing costs for:
* the official printed catalogue
* the printed programme guide.

To be eligible festivals must devote a minimum of 70% of their entire programme to European films from at least ten countries participating in the MEDIA Programme. Festivals focussing on archeology or anthropology, medicine, ornithology, science, environment, tourism, sport, commericals, live-broadcast events, music videos, non-narrative artistic works, mobile phone films and video games are not eligible.

The eligible applications will be ranked according to the following award criteria:
* The European dimension of the programming 15%
* Cultural and geographic diversity of the programming 20%
* Quality and innovative nature of the programming 10%
* Audience impact 30%
* Impact on promotion and circulation of films/AV works 15%
* Participation of film professionals 10 %

The budget for this Call for Proposals is estimated at €1.6 million. The Commission reserves the right not to allocate the entire budget.


Contact:
MEDIA Programme - Support for festivals MEDIA Unit P8, BOUR 3/30, Avenue du Bourget 1
B-1049 Brussels
WWW:
ec.europa.eu/culture/media/fundings/festivals/calls_en.htm
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