TORONTO — The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) announced Wednesday the reopening of their incentive for the co-development and co-production of digital media projects between Canadian producers and German producers based in the states of Berlin and Brandenburg.
MBB is the German body responsible for film funding and media business development in Berlin-Brandenburg.
Now in its fourth year, the Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive’s budget is set at $450,000, with each funding organization contributing $225,000. The total maximum contribution for each project funded through the incentive is $300,000.
To qualify, projects must involve producers eligible under both organizations’ criteria. Projects must be created for digital platforms and can be a game, a web series, multiplatform content, augmented reality or virtual reality experiences.
Projects will be evaluated according to a set of criteria, including innovative and creative elements, how they engage the targeted community and audience, the creative team and the viability of the projects’ budget and timelines, says the news release. The selection committee will be composed of representatives from both the CMF and MBB.
All applications must comply with the guidelines for the incentive, which are available on the CMF website here. The deadline to apply is September 1, 2020.
Producers interested in finding an international partner as part of this incentive are invited to post a profile of their company on the CMF’s website by clicking here. Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission, MBB’s first-stop agency for film and media producers, offers the same service for the German capital region, which can be accessed by clicking here.
Since the Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive was launched in 2017, nine interactive digital media projects have received more than $1.2 million in funding.
