Guidelines

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Financial forecast form

The i2i Audiovisual scheme supports production companies that bear the costs of bank financing and/or associated insurance and completion bonds. It offers a grant to cover up to 50% of the following costs, capped at €50,000 per project:

Module 1 - Insurance Costs 
Module 2 - Completion Guarantee Costs

Module 3 - Financial Costs (the interest on a loan)

In order to be eligible companies must present a signed credit agreement, insurance contract or completion guarantee for the project.

Companies can apply for more than one module for the same film, unless it is possible to obtain the maximum of €50,000 under one module. The minimum allocation is €5,000 per project. A company can submit two applications per Call for Proposals.

Which deadline is right for my project?

5 February 2010 - for projects that have started between 1 July 2009 and 5 February 2010 i.e. the credit agreement with the bank or financial institution has been signed within that period and the first day of principal photography has not taken place before 1 July 2009.

7 July 2010 - for projects that have started between 1 January 2010 and 7 July 2010 i.e. the credit agreement with the bank of financial institution has been signed within that period and the first day of principal photography has not taken place before 1 January 2010. 

Which companies can apply?

To be eligible a company must be independent and European.

In the case of co-productions, the applicant company must be the majority producer, and/or the one concluding the relevant contract(s) with the financial institution(s).

Which films and programmes are eligible? 

The following categories of programmes are eligible, for theatrical release or television, one off or series:

• Fiction with a minimum duration of 50 minutes
• Animation with a minimum duration of 24 minutes
• Creative documentary with a minimum duration of 25 minutes.

To be eligible a film or programme must be European.

What is the Award Criteria for this scheme? 

All eligible applicants will be selected according to the following Award Criteria:

* Beneficiary of MEDIA Development Single Project                            10 points
* Credit agreement with a bank                                                              10 points
* Application from countries with low audiovisual capacity                 10 points
* Project from the 12 new Member States or Croatia                            5 points
* Project with more than one MEDIA-participating country involved     3 points

Available budget is €3 million across the two deadlines. The Commission reserves the right not to allocate the entire budget.