COLOGNE, DE – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), the body responsible for film funding and media business development in the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, are teaming up to create a joint program that encourages co-development and/or co-production of eligible digital media projects.
The new Canada-Germany Digital Media Incentive is open to digital media projects between Canadian producers and German producers based in Berlin-Brandenburg. The combined total budget for the Incentive is approximately CAD $300,000 with each funding organization contributing half of the funds. Funding will take the form of a repayable advance in development and of a recoupable investment in production.
Projects must involve producers eligible under both organizations’ criteria in order to qualify, plus be created for digital platforms, such as a game, a web series, multiplatform content, augmented reality or virtual reality experiences (click here to access the guidelines). Submissions are open immediately and will close on December 12, with recipients announced in February, 2018.
“Creating codevelopment and coproduction opportunities between Canadian and international producers continues to be a top priority for the CMF,” said CMF president and CEO Valerie Creighton, in the news release. “We are delighted to welcome Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg to our growing list of international partners. Germany and Canada are global powerhouse when it comes to the development and production of digital media and innovative storytelling. We are certain that producers from both countries will benefit enormously by establishing constructive partnerships to create compelling content through this agreement.”
