Funding

In order to implement the statutory duties of the Polish Film Institute in the field of State policy on filmmaking, which are as follows:

1. enabling the development of Polish film production and co-production;
2. inspiring and supporting the development of all genres of filmmaking in Poland, with emphasis on artistic films, including the preparation of film projects, film production, and film distribution;
3. supporting activities aimed at enabling general access to Polish, European, and worldwide cinema heritage;
4. supporting film debuts and supporting artistic development of young filmmakers;
5. promoting Polish filmmaking;
6. supporting financially initiatives in areas of film project preparation, film production, film distribution, film promotion, and disseminating film culture;
7. supporting the maintenance of film archives;
8. supporting the development of the independent film industry in Poland, particularly small and medium-sized companies active in the field of filmmaking;

whereas the expected 2012 limits of funds for financing ventures in the area of filmmaking, the General Director of the Polish Film Institute hereby announces the following operational programmes for 2012.

 

Operational Programmes of the Polish Film Institute

 

PROGRAMME	OBJECTIVE	QUOTA (PLN millions)	2012 TOTAL (PLN millions)
Film Production	Screenwriting scholarships	1.0	88.5
	Project development, of which:	5.5
	feature films	3.5
	documentary films	0.75
	animated films	1.25
	Feature film production	61.0
	Documentary film production	9.0
	Animated film production	12.0
Film Education and Dissemination of Film Culture	Film education and vocational training		17.0
	Film events
	Local film initiatives
	Digital reconstruction and maintenance of film archives
	Research & development
Development of Cinema Infrastructure	Modernization of cinemas		11.3
	Digitization of cinemas
Promotion of Polish Film Abroad			7.954
Awards, experts, other			3.0
	TOTAL		127.754

 

Anyone who creates film art or enables access to it may apply for funding for a film project or activity in this field. Help may be granted in the form of a donation, loan, or guarantee. The Institute grants funds on the basis of clear and not necessarily complicated rules. In 2011, funding support will be given in the frameworks of four Operational Programmes:

• Film Production
• Film Education and Dissemination of Film Culture
• Development of Cinema Infrastructure
• Promotion of Polish Film Abroad

Applications are accepted throughout the year and are considered in several sessions. In the framework of "Promotion of Polish Film Abroad", applications are accepted and decided on continuously.

The applications are assessed by experts called upon each year by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The final decision concerning funding is made by the General Director of the Polish Film Institute within 90 days from the session during which the application was accepted, or within 90 days of the date an application was submitted for the "Promotion of Polish Film Abroad" programme.

 

More information:
Robert Baliński
tel. +48 22 42 10 386
mail: robert.balinski@pisf.pl