Apulia Film Fund

Apulia Film Commission dedicates a fund to the most convincing productions and interesting projects in long/short movies and documentaries.

The Apulia Film Commission disposes of a 1.600,000,00 € Film Fund in 2010.

Apulia Film Fund works as a grant for Movie Productions interested in shooting in Puglia.

Three times a year, you can submit your movie projects.

Each individual production may apply for a maximum grant as detailed below:

·Feature length fiction films, TV films and TV series up to a maximum of €150,000
·Documentaries, docu-fictions, mockumentaries up to a maximum of €40,000
·Fiction shorts and video clips up to a maximum of €30,000
·Videogames up to a maximum of €12,000

Criteria for funding are:

a. ensure that 30% of hired staff (crew and cast) including post-production team, but excluding extras or special extras, are made up of citizens resident or born in Apulia;
b. spend a total that is equal to at least 150% of the grant received within the Region of Apulia;
c. guarantee that for full-length films at least two (2) weeks of filming of the first reel is on Apulian territory; one (1) week for documentaries (including docu-fictions and mockumentaries); two (2) working days for shorts and video clips and at least four (4) weeks of post-production at an Apulian company for animation films or video games.

Download here, the Apulia Film Fund Regulation.