WCF Europe

The programme WCF Europe is aimed at providing production funding and extends WCF support to European companies from the member states of the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme (623 KB). Special consideration is given to projects from production companies in regions with the lowest production capacity within the eligible WCF Europe regions/countries and/or to European regions/countries that are not yet fully engaged in international co-productions.

Two submission processes take place each year.

• Maximum funding: 60,000 Euros per project and 40,000 Euros for post-production funding
• The total production costs of the supported projects should range between 200,000 Euros and 1,400,000 Euros.
• The funding must be spent on the production of the film in the WCF Europe Eligible Regions/Countries (566 KB).
• The financing shares of the participating countries of the MEDIA sub-programme must total at least 20 percent and may not exceed 70 percent. At the time of submission, the 20 percent share must already be secured. The final share must be confirmed at least one week prior to the jury meeting.
• The European partner is the administrative partner and recipient of the WCF Europe funding.

• Registered European film production companies based in a country member of the Creative Europe MEDIA sub programme,
• Production companies from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine if they submit projects for production funding in cooperation with a company from the MEDIA member countries

A link to the submission portal will be available on this website between four to six weeks prior to the deadline.

The following documents must be uploaded via the online submission portal (in English):

• Script or treatment (in the case of a documentary project) / Link to the rough cut if applying for post-production support
• Financing plan in Euros and in local currency (if available), including type of financing (funds, own investment, in-kind contributions, Sales/MG, etc.), shares (in percentage) of the respective partners, and a breakdown of secured and pending amounts (incl. expected decisions, if available) - The share of all co-producing countries which are part of the MEDIA sub-programme must range between 20 and 70 percent
• Budget (detailed): in Euros and local currency (if available).
• Application dossier including Synopsis, Director´s Note, Director´s Visual Concept, Producer´s Note, Distribution and Audience Building Strategy, detailed profiles of all production companies involved in the project
• Contracts and Agreements including signed Co-Production Agreements or Deal Memos, Financing Agreements and/or LOIs from already confirmed financing partners
• Clearance of all Rights proving the transfers of rights from scriptwriter(s) / author(s) to producer(s). Producer(s) must be entitled to use the script for a film project
• Moodbook, Visuals or Artistic Dossier

WCF Europe funding can be combined with support from other funding bodies, with the exception of other Creative Europe MEDIA funded programmes

• Hubert Bals Fund + Europe (Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam),
• IDFA Bertha Fund - Europe (IDFA Bertha Fund of International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam),
• TFL Co-Production Fund (Torino Film Lab).

German and European law that sets the maximum limit for the cumulation of state funding must be respected, as this also applies to WCF funding.