Apply for funding – deadline: 1 September 2019
Movies that Matter has opened again the possibility to get Start-up & Impact Grants for film festivals.
START-UP GRANT
- Movies that Matter supports film events in their initial phase. Only the 1st and 2nd edition can be supported through a start-up grant.
- The maximum support of a start-up grant is €7,500 per project.
- Movies that Matter is prepared to offer a start-up grant according to the following rules:
- 1st time: up to 100% of total project costs
- 2nd time: up to 75% of total project costs.
IMPACT GRANT
- The impact grant is intended for more established film festivals, and can be used for further developing the festival and increasing its impact.
- The maximum support of an impact grant is €10,000 per project.
- The Impact Grant can never cover more than 50% of total costs.
General regulations
- Movies that Matter does not support film production. We support film festivals, mobile cinema and other types of film screenings to promote public debate on human rights.
- Movies that Matter does not support filmmakers and producers distributing or screening their own film(s).
- Total costs of the project can never exceed €100,000,-.
- Organisations can be supported for a maximum of five times.
- As the selection process takes around two months, projects should not start within 80 days after the deadline. Therefore, projects starting before 20 November 2019 cannot be considered.
- The results of the selection will be announced about two months after the application deadline, i.e. early November.
Selection criteria
- Film screenings will contribute to discussion about human rights in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East or Eastern Europe.
- Movies that Matter prefers films that are independently produced. Screenings of educational films or NGO outreach films are not supported.
- Movies that Matter values projects targeting youths or new audiences that do not regularly attend film screenings and discussion programmes, for instance in peripheral areas.
- Movies that Matter gives priority to small and medium-scale projects (with a total budget below €50,000).
- The project takes place in one of the countries as defined on the DAC List of ODA recipients and/or countries where press freedom is seriously at stake, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East or Eastern Europe. With respect to this DAC List of ODA recipients, priority is given to projects in “Least Developed Countries”, “Other Low Income Countries” and “Lower Middle Income Countries”.
- Projects are organised and executed by, or in close cooperation with, human rights organisations.
- If you have any questions concerning the application, please contact Eric van de Giessen or Julie Nederkoorn at 0031-(0)20-2807650 or international (at) moviesthatmatter.nl.
