III. Grants» MEDIA»

The MEDIA programme is a European Union support programme. It’s goal is to support the European audiovisual industry. The Czech Republic joined the MEDIA programme on 30 July 2002. The programme’s national representative, the MEDIA Desk Česká republika office, was opened in Prague on 2 January 2003.

The MEDIA Desk’s purpose is to provide information on the MEDIA programme and consultation for applicants on support from its funds. The office is operated by the Czech Film Chamber with financial support from the Czech Ministry of Culture and the European Commission.

Czech projects submitted to the MEDIA programme in 2008* received EUR 1,674,983 (CZK 46 899 524,–**).

The most support of EUR 678 077,– (CZK 18 986 156,–) went to film distributors to support the screening of foreign European films in the Czech Republic.

Film producers and companies developing interactive works (games) obtained last year for the preparation of new Czech films and games the support of EUR 253 013,– (CZK 7 084 364,–) and film festivals obtained EUR 304 793,– (CZK 8 534 204,–).

The education programmes Ex Oriente Film and TransISTor also regularly obtain support, receiving in 2007 a total of EUR 164 100,– (CZK 4 594 800,–).

The Institute of Documentary Film received EUR 115 000,– (CZK 3 220 000,–) for the organisation of a programme focused on the promotion of Central European documentary films – East European Forum, which takes place each year as part of MFDF Jihlava.

The international portal of documentary film www.docalliance.com also obtained support. The predecessor of the Czech variant of the portal was www.doc-air.cz. The current form of the international Internet project consists of documentary festivals in Copenhagen, Leipzig, Jihlava, Warsaw and Swiss Nyon, creating what is known as the Doc Alliance. The project coordinator is the International Festival of Documentary Films Jihlava and operators obtained EUR 160 000,– (CZK 4 480 000,–) to operate the portal for 2009.

*Applications submitted in 2008

** Exchange rate used 1 EUR = CZK 28,–

1) MEDIA Development – individual projects |
| (€)
ANIFILM, spol. s r. o. – Bohemian Forrest Myths (animated series) | 42 424,–
Daniel Svátek – Holiday Films – Lucian (feature film) | 25 000,–
Fog'n'Desire Films s. r. o. – Dom/The House (feature film) | 41 600,–
Golden Dawn s. r. o. – Úplně první kovboj/Very First Cowboy (documentary) | 10 000,–
Hammerware, s.r.o. – Family Farming (interactive work – PC game) | 25 000,–
Helena Třeštíková – Zázrak po 35. letech/Miracle After 35 Years (documentary) | 25 000,–
Institute of Documentary Film – IDF – East European Forum (EEF), East Silver (event promotion – access to market) | 115 000,–
SIMPLY CINEMA spol. s r. o. – Oko nad Prahou/The Eye Above Prague (dokumentary) | 25 000,–
U. F. O. Pictures, s. r. o. – Nádech výdech/Inhale – Exhale (feature film) | 58 989,–
2) MEDIA Distribution – Automatic Support |
| (€)
AEROFILMS s. r. o. – creation of a potential fund | 39 104,–
Association of Czech Film Clubs – AČFK – creation of a potential fund | 3 623,–
BONTONFILM a. s. – creation of a potential fund | 117 368,–
Cinemart, a. s. – creation of a potential fund | 26 477,–
FILM DISTRIBUTION ARTCAM, s. r. o. – creation of a potential fund | 31 026,–
Magic Box, a. s. – creation of a potential fund | 108 591,–
SPI International Czech republic s. r. o. – creation of a potential fund | 108 080,–
35 mm s. r. o. – creation of a potential fund | 71 808,–
3) MEDIA Distribution – Selective Support |
| (€)
AEROFILMS s. r. o. – Vals im Bašir/Waltz with Bashir (dir. Ari Folman, 2008, Israel – France – Germany – USA – Japan – Finland – Switzerland – Belgiím – Australia) | 15 000,–
Association of Czech Film Clubs – AČFK – Sztuczki (dir. Andrzej Jakimowski, 2007, Poland) | 4 000,–
ATLANTIS entertainment CZ, s.r.o. |
– Caótica Ana (dir. Julio Medem, 2007, Spain) | 7 000,–
– La Zona (dir. Rodrigo Plá, 2007, Spain – Mexico) | 8 000,–
– Maradona By Kusturica (dir. Emir Kusturica, 2008, Spain – France) | 6 000,–
SPI International Czech republic s. r. o. |
– The Brøken (dir. Sean Ellis, 2008, France – Great Britain) | 10 000,–
– El orfanato (dir. J. A. Bayona, 2006, Spain – France) | 30 000,–
– Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh, 2007, Great Britain – USA) | 8 000,–
– Die Welle (dir. Dennis Gansel, 2008, Germany) | 20 000,–
– Paris (dir. Cédric Klapisch, 2007, France) | 12 000,–
– Tous à l´Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke (dir. Olivier Jean Marie, 2007, France ) | 30 000,–
35 mm s. r. o. |
– Funny Games USA (Funny Games, dir. Michael Hanekr, 2007, France – Germany – Italy) /remake/ | 7 000,–
– Niko - Lentäjän poika/Niko & The Way to the Stars (dir. Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen, 2008, Finland – Denmark – Germany – Ireland) | 15 000,–
4) MEDIA New Technologies, video-on-demand and digital cinema distribution |
| (€)
Doc-Air, o.s. – Doc Air | 160 000,–
5) MEDIA Festivals |
| (€)
AniFest s. r. o. – AniFest Telč 2009 – International Festival of Animated Films | 74 363,–
Association of Czech Film Clubs – AČFK – Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště 2009 | 75 000,–
People in Need – One World 2009 – International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights | 35 000,–
Filmfest s. r. o. – Zlín 2009 – International Festival of Films for Children and Youth | 74 485,–
FRESH FILMS, s. r. o. – Fresh Film Fest Karlovy Vary 2009 – International Festival of Student Films and Debuts | 45 945,–
6) MEDIA Education – training programmes |
| (€)
CIANT – TransISTor | 75 000,–
Institute of Documentary Film – IDF – Ex Oriente Film 2009 | 89 100,–
Total EUR | 1 674 983,–