The “Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée” (CNC) is a publicly owned administrative agency in France that reports to the Minister of Culture. It is a legal person of its own and has financial autonomy. It is responsible for the development and execution of the French state policy when it comes to cinema and industries of the moving image, in particular those of audiovisual, video and multimedia.

The CNC provides grants for  the production, distribution, and exploitation of short films, feature films , and series of all genres. It also studies and elaborates legislative and regulatory texts relating to cinema and other industries of the moving image. It has been cooperating since 1969 with French Local governments known as “collectivités territoriales” to make the movie and audiovisual industries culturally and economically attractive. From 1969 onwards, the CNC has strengthened its preservation policy of French film heritage.

The BFI

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a non-profit film and television organization in the United Kingdom that promotes and supports filmmaking. The British Film Institute (BFI) uses lottery funds to support the production, distribution, and exploitation of films sponsored by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport. The BFI’s purposes are promoting cinematographic, television, and moving image arts throughout the United Kingdom, keeping record of contemporary life and manners  while also educating about film, television, and moving image in general, making known their impact on society, enabling access to one the broadest possible range of British and world cinema works , and setting up, sustaining, and building content reflecting the history and heritage of moving pictures. The BFI stated on November 29, 2016, that over 100,000 television programs will be made available to the public before the videotapes, which now have a shelf life of five to six years, become obsolete.

The FFA

The Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) is Germany’s national film funding organization that promotes all facets of German cinema. Aside from its funding responsibilities, the FFA acts as the main service structure for the German film industry. Its budget is financially supported by the so-called film levy, which is collected from several sources, notably cinemas, the video industry, and television. Companies that exploit feature films must pay a legally obligated share of their revenues to the FFA, according to the German Film Law (FFG).  This “film levy” funds all of the FFA’s funding measures and must be paid by exhibitors, the video industry, broadcasters, and program providers. The FFA supports feature films at all stages of production and distribution, from script preparation to distribution, sales, and video distribution. Extra funds are made available for cinema funding, the preservation of German film heritage, the reception and promotion of German cinema abroad, and film education. Furthermore, as a central service provider for the German film industry, the FFA compiles, analyzes, and publishes the most relevant market data from the German films, exhibition, and video sectors on a regular basis.

The ÖFI

The Österreichische Filminstitut (ÖFI) fosters the artistic expression of Austrian films and audiovisual works as a requirement for their success domestically and overseas. The funding system can be divided into two types:

Selective funding, which is a project-related film funding, meaning the project commission evaluates a film project’s eligibility. Austrian citizenship and a place of residence in Austria are funding criteria for applicants, with nationals of contractual parties to the TFEU Agreement and the European Economic Area regarded on a same basis with Austrian nationals. If the funding applicant is a legal entity or a partnership under commercial law, it must have its registered office in Germany or, if it has its registered office in another contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it must have a branch or permanent establishment in Germany and bear responsibility for the film project’s implementation.

Automatic funding, which is a success-related film funding meaning the success of the film has been measured according to artistic and/or economic criteria . A project committee determines financing choices for the project. As a chairman, the film institute’s director is joined by four specialist members from the areas of screenplay writing, direction, production, and exploitation. The yearly budget has been 20 million euros since 2013. A film is considered artistically successful if it has been selected for participation or has earned a prize from an internationally significant film festival that has been stated in the financing conditions. A film is considered economically successful if it has received 40,000 admissions in Austrian cinemas, as specified. Cartoon, documentary, and emerging talent films have less stringent financial criteria.

The OFC

The Office Fédéral de la Culture (OFC) has a  film branch and is responsible for allocating the Confederation’s resources to the audiovisual sector. Its action is essentially focused on supporting film creation.

In this sector, it is the most important provider of funds to which producers can go. This support is embedded in the federal constitution.

The Federal Office of Culture, film department, allocates approximately 30 million francs per year to production and distribution grants for films.

The Audiovisual Pact

The Audiovisual Pact is an agreement between the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG-SSR and film industry associations to provide public service broadcasters with CHF 32.5 million per year (from 2020) to support the production of Swiss films.

The current agreement is the Pact 2020-2023, which was signed in Solothurn on 24 January 2020.

The signatory associations are the SFP – Swiss Film Producers’ Association, the ARF/FDS – Swiss Association of Film Writers and Directors, the GSFA – Swiss Animation Film Group, the AROPA – Association Romande de la Production Audiovisuelle, the SFA – Swiss Film Association, the GARP – Group of Writers, Directors and Producers, the IG – Interest Group of Swiss Independent Producers.

AROPA is the only association in French-speaking Switzerland represented at the negotiating table.

The CSF

Aiming to promote the Belgian French-speaking film culture, the Commission de Sélection des Films (CSF) plays a prominent role in discovering talent and supporting creation within the Belgian French-speaking audiovisual landscape.

The CSF supports many stages of film creation (writing, development, production before and after completion) in numerous creative sectors (short film, feature film, fiction, documentary, animation, experimental film).

The CSF primarily supports French-speaking initiative projects in Wallonia and is typically the first funding these projects request, allowing them to seek numerous national and international partners.

It also supports films by international filmmakers through co-production agreements established by the Center du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel with a number of partners.

Its objective is to provide feedback on applications for film creation grants. It is made up of 55 full members from the cinema and multimedia industries (writing, development and production).

The Film Selection Commission financed around 316 feature films, 600 documentaries, and 740 short films between 1967 and 2017.

The VAF

The Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF) is a public financing body  dedicated to promoting audiovisual productions and video game development in Flanders, as well as worldwide co-productions with Flanders.

The VAF’s three major aims are to establish a sustainable audiovisual sector, to stimulate and foster young audiovisual and gaming talent, and to promote the vitality of audiovisual and gaming culture in Flanders and beyond.

Its Cinema Fund co-finances the creation of unique films in various genres, including fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental work (e.g. the “filmlab”). Feature films, short films, and medium-length films are all eligible. In the case of foreign majority productions, more than half of the money must be acquired or pledged by the primary fund of the majority territory. The VAF has structural co-production agreements with the CCA (Centre du Cinéma et de l’audiovisuel) and the Dutch Fund in French-speaking Belgium.

The Media Fund is dedicated to co-financing high-quality television series made in collaboration with a Flemish broadcaster. Fiction, documentary, animation, and cross-media formats are all included. Applications for international series must provide a guaranteed budget of more than 50%, with at least 20% coming from Flanders. The production of the international series must also include a Flemish broadcaster.

The Gaming Fund co-finances video game development by firms based in Flanders or Brussels. Games that are entertaining, creative, or serious (including instructional games) are eligible. Various forms of financial incentives are given based on the stages of the creation process: Pre-production and production grants.

The PISF

The Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowe (PISF) is a state-run Polish institute that promotes the growth of cinematography. Its operations are primarily supported by payments from TV channels, digital platforms, cable TV, as well as cinema owners and film distributors.

These businesses are required to contribute to the Polish Film Institute in the proportion of 1.5 percent of their income. The PISF is also subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

The institute receives finances to assist cinematography in the form of subsidies, guarantees, loans, grants, and prizes.

In 2019, 40 feature films, 42 documentaries, and 22 animation films were made thanks to support from the Polish Film Institute. The institute also funds several major film festivals in Poland, as well as film education, cinema development, and international promotion of Polish cinematography.

The operational programs announced by the head of the Polish Film Institute each year are the vehicle for implementing this support. According to the 2022 Operational Programmes of the Polish Film, 147 Polish złoty (PLN) are expected to be raised in total by the PISF, of which 5 millionPLN would fund feature film projects’ development, 1 million PLN would fund documentary  projects’ development, 0.5 million PLN would fund animated film projects’ development, 54.55 million PLN would fund  feature films ‘production, 9 million PLN would fund  documentary films’ production, 6 million PLN would fund  animation films’ production, 10 million PLN would fund  animation series’ development and production, 3 million PLN would fund Script Development,  0.5 million PLN would fund Screenwriting scholarships, 2 million PLN would fund film  education in  higher and post-graduate school, 0,4 million PLN would fund film  education in  Secondary and vocational schools, 2 million PLN would fund film  education as part of professional trainings, 6 million PLN would fund Film festivals, 0,8  million PLN would fund  literature and magazines about films, and 0,5 million PLN would fund research on the audiovisual market.