PRODUCING IN AND WITH CATALONIA | CATALAN MINORITY COPRODUCTION FUND
HIGH END TV PRODUCTION FUND
Producing in and with Catalonia
The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) is a public institution within the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia that works for the development and consolidation of the cultural sector by incentivising companies and professionals to improve their competence and proficiency. It runs the different lines of support for production, promotion and exhibition for film & TV.
ICEC DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FUNDS FOR FILM & TV
Development – for fiction, animation or documentary features and/or series for theatrical or broadcast release (2,000,000 €)*
Short Films (400,000 €)*
Documentary - feature and TV documentaries, one-offs and series (new fund)
TV Series – for series of 6 to 10 episodes with a minimum budget of 4m€ (4,500,000 €)*
Animation - for feature films and TV series (4,940,000 €)
Feature Films – For fiction projects intended for a theatrical release (16,200,000 €)*
Minority coproduction –For fiction, animation and documentary projects intended for a theatrical release (2,000,000 €)*
*Annual budget 2023
MAMIFERA (CAT) by Liliana Torres
Special Jury Award for Performance, SXSW, 2024 | Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, 2024 | D’A Film Festival Barcelona, 2024
MY SEXTORTION DIARY (CAT) by Patricia Franquesa
SXSW, 2024 | DocsBarcelona, 2024 | Hot Docs, 2024 | Seattle International Film Festival, 2024
ROBOT DREAMS (CAT, ESP, FRA) by Pablo Berger
Best Animated Feature Film, EFA, 2023 | Best Feature - Independent, Annie Awards, 2024 | Academy Awards Nominee, Animated Feature Film, 2024
Catalan minority coproduction fund
To support the production of fiction, documentary and animated feature films of high artistic quality and production value that may reach a national and international audience with a minority Catalan share. The fund intends to open new markets for Catalan companies and encourage reciprocity.
Local share: Bipartite minimum 20% and maximum 49% // Multipartite nor less than 10% (5% for European coproductions under the revised CE Convention on Cinematographic Coproduction)
Financing must be guaranteed for 40% of the project’s total budget
Minimum budgets:
800,000 € (fiction) / 300,000 € (documentary) / 1,000,000 € (animation)
Maximum 300,000 €, no more than 60% of the local producer’s share
The feature film must be released in commercial cinemas in Catalonia
The international coproduction must have the official approval in Spain at the time of application
No requirement to shoot in Catalonia
One call per year
Compatible with MEDIA –EURIMAGES - IBERMEDIA - ICAA
MISERICORDIA (FRA, CAT, PTR) by Alain Guiraudie Festival de Cannes, 2024
REINAS (CHE, CAT, PER) by Klaudia Reynicke
Sundance Film Festival, 2024 | Grand Prix of the International Jury for the Best Film in Generation Kplus, Berlinale, 2024
BALOMANIA (DNK, CAT) by Sissel Morell Dargis
CPH:DOX, 2024 | Visions du Réel, 2024 | DocsBarcelona, 2024
High end TV production fund
Up to 1,5m€ per project
Minimum budget 4m€
Min. 6 episodes - max. 10 episodes / Min. 240’ – max. 600’
Participation of open-air broadcaster in Catalonia required
Participation of a second broadcaster or streamer required Producer must retain 25% IP
Majority language Catalan
THIS IS NOT SWEDEN (CAT, SWE) by Mar Coll, Aina Clotet, Sara Fantova and Celia Giraldo
With the participation of TV3 (CAT), RTVE (ESP), SVT (SWE), NDR (DEU), Yle (FIN)
Best European TV/Video Fiction Series, PRIX EUROPA, 2023 | Best Performance, CANNESERIES, 2024
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Catalunya Film Commission | catalunyafilmcommission.cat | cfc@gencat.cat
Catalan Films | catalanfilms.cat | catalanfilms@gencat.cat