The Jan Vrijman Fund invites creative documentaries and documentary events for financial support from developing countries. When selecting projects, the fund strives to have a minimum of 18% of the selected projects from the Least Developed Countries and Lower Income Countries as per the OECD data for 2010. Furthermore applicants should be aware that the fund’s current budget does not allow selecting more than 8% of the projects submitted.
Eligibility and Rules
- The director should have the nationality of a developing country and live and work in a developing country, as defined on the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list. In addition the production company attached to the project must be based in a country on the DAC list.
- If a production company from a non-DAC list country is attached to the project, it is also necessary that the project has a producer and production company in a developing country. In this case, the application to the fund must be filed by the producer in the developing country.
- A project can be submitted only once for the category Script and Project Development and once for the category Production and Post-production.
- Projects rejected for a production contribution can apply again for a post-production contribution, but only if the application is accompanied by a rough-cut of at least 20 minutes.
- If a project is selected, the contribution must be spent in a developing country and all distribution rights for the Benelux countries must be reserved for the Jan Vrijman Fund.
- When applying for Other Activities, the event must take place in a country on the DAC-list. Also the organiser and organisation of the event must be based in a country on the DAC-list.
- The event should not take place or start within three months after the deadline.
- In the category Other Activities the following countries can not apply anymore: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
- Entry forms must be filled out in English, and all additional material should be in English as well. Only for applications coming from French-speaking African countries and Haiti, the Fund offers the possibility to submit the applications in French.
- The application should preferably be sent by e-mail as a file attachment. It is also possible to send the application by regular post.
Applications must be reach the fund office no later than on the date of the deadline. DVD’s and video or youtube links can arrive until 1 week after the deadline. Make sure that the documents and additional materials are complete and clearly marked with the project title.
Categories
Script and Project Development: A contribution for Script and Project Development can be spent on research and on the development of a script and/or on the production of a trailer. The maximum contribution for script and project development is €5.000.
Production and Post-production: The maximum contribution for this category is €17.500.
Local documentary related events: Distribution initiatives, documentary film festivals and documentary workshops will be considered for funding.
Last date for submission of application is January 15, 2012
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