Whether it's film production, theater, cultural projects, literature or
monuments: culture is an essential part of our society. To keep it that way, you can
find important information and a variety of funding opportunities for the arts and
culture here.
If your project has been nominated for the German Film Award or has received an award, you will be awarded funding for follow-up projects. You must apply to the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) for the use of the funds.
If you would like to realize an individual literary project of national importance, you can apply for a grant from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) for your project under certain conditions.
If you are developing an artistically outstanding program-filling documentary film project, you can apply for material development funding under certain conditions.
As an archive, library, university or other institution that preserves written cultural heritage, you can apply for funding for model projects under certain conditions.
The legal basis for the "Nationally Valuable Cultural Monuments" funding program expired on 31.12.2023. It is no longer possible to apply for funds from the funding program.
If you want to realize a program-filling children's film of special artistic quality, you can receive a project development loan under certain conditions.
If you would like to apply for funding from the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for your cinema project, you may need to submit a provisional
project certificate from the BAFA.
If you would like to carry out a project to protect or structurally strengthen journalistic work, you can apply for state funding under certain conditions.
If you are a commercial film distributor releasing artistically and culturally significant films, you can apply for the Distribution Program Award under certain conditions.
If you are involved in the production and distribution of German cinematographic works, you can apply to the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for funding. In order to do so, you...
Has your screenplay been nominated for the German Screenplay Award by an authorized institution? Then you can submit your screenplay under certain conditions.