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SEECinema Network Application and Rules Development

The document outlines rules and procedures for applying for funding from the SEE Cinema Network for film development projects. It provides an application form that requests information on the production company, director, scriptwriter, and financial details. Projects must be co-productions between two or more SEE Cinema Network member states. Selection criteria include the quality of the idea, script, and creative team. Selected projects will receive funding in three installments following submission of development reports and signing of a co-production agreement.

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SEECinema Network Application and Rules Development

The document outlines rules and procedures for applying for funding from the SEE Cinema Network for film development projects. It provides an application form that requests information on the production company, director, scriptwriter, and financial details. Projects must be co-productions between two or more SEE Cinema Network member states. Selection criteria include the quality of the idea, script, and creative team. Selected projects will receive funding in three installments following submission of development reports and signing of a co-production agreement.

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SEE CINEMA NETWORK

SEE Cinema Network APPLICATION FOR FUNDING


(For Development)

TITLE OF PROJECT:…………………………………………………………….…

Production company:………………………………
Full address:………………………………………..
Telephone:……………………… Fax:……………… Email:……………………….…

Director:……………………….…….…………….. Nationality:…………………….
Address:……………………………………….
Telephone:……………………... Fax:…………………. Email:……………………….…

Scriptwriter:………………………………….Nationality:………………….….
Address:……………………………………..
Telephone:…………………….. Fax:………………….. Email:…………………………

If the script is based on already existing work, indicate title, author and
publisher:……………………………………………………………………………………….

Co-producer (2nd country):


Nationality:……………………
Address:……………………………………….
Telephone:……………………… Fax:……………………Email:…………………………

Financial data

Amount of the Development budget €……………………………


Total amount of production budget: €…………………………….
Share per country:
1st country: Amount: € Percentage: %
2 country:
nd
Amount: € Percentage: %
3rd country: Amount: € Percentage: %

Technical information:
Countries where film will be shot: 1. 2. 3.

Format: □35mm □S-16mm □HD

Date: Signature of delegate producer


SEE CINEMA NETWORK

RULES AND REGULATIONS

For the funding of Development projects for Feature Films

 SELECTION CRITERIA
 EVALUATION CRITERIA
 PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION AND HANDLING OF THE
PROJECTS
 CONTENT OF CANDIDATES’ FILES
 TYPES OF FUNDING
 AGREEMENT COVERING FUNDING-PAYMENT
 FUNDING SOURCES TO COVER SEE CINEMA NETWORK -
DEVELOPMENT
SELECTION CRITERIA

 Feature films with a minimum running time of 70΄ and aimed in


principle at theatrical release are accepted for examination. These
projects must have assumed the form of co-productions between at
least two producers from two SEE CINEMA NETWORK member-
states. The participation of third co-producers from other countries
is not excluded. Proof of the participation of co-producers should be
in the form of agreements or at least memorandums between the
parties involved in the project. The files submitted must have
secured the services of a delegate producer, director and
scriptwriter, all three from the Network’s member-states.

 As they progress, the development projects submitted should also


assume the final form of a co-production, respecting the general
conditions and terms stipulated by the European Convention on Co-
productions.

 It is necessary for applicants to make it clear that should their


project become a feature film, artistic and technical contributors will
come in principle from the Network member-states.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation of the development projects and the selection of those to be


funded will be carried out by the General Meeting of SEE CINEMA NETWORK
representatives.

The members of the General Meeting’s priorities are as follows:

 The dynamic presented by the basic dramaturgical idea


 The dramaturgical integrity demonstrated by the script
 The project’s artistic potential
 The project’s commercial potential
 The recognition that the previous works of the creative team
(scriptwriter and director) received by critics, the public and
festivals
 Proof of financing that the production may have secured
 The thoroughness of the strategic plan mapped out by the
executive producer regarding the management and promotion of
the project.
PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION OF THE
PROJECTS

The development projects will be submitted and evaluated as follows:

 The contents of the project should be submitted via email to the


representative of the SEE CINEMA NETWORK country of the
applicant.

 The representative of each country collects the candidate projects


submitted by his country’s film professionals and proceeds with pre-
selection implementing the criteria of the present rules and
regulations. The representative may pre-select up to two projects
per submission period and may request assistance in the pre-
selection process from those representatives of the SEE CINEMA
NETWORK countries involved in the project as co-producers.

 Each national representative then sends via email the pre-selected


projects to the rest of the representatives as well as to the
Executive Secretary of the NETWORK (synopsis, script, C.V.,
director’s notes, application etc). The pre-selected projects must be
sent to the rest of the representatives at the definite date that will
be announced by the Secretariat.

The selection of the projects to be funded takes place on the day of the
meeting of the General Assembly, by secret ballot and in the following
manner:

- Each representative expresses himself/herself only with a positive vote,


voting for the projects that are the frontrunners in his/her opinion.
- Based on the results of the voting, a catalog is drawn up listing the
frontrunners in order of number of votes received by each project.

CONTENT OF CANDIDATES’ FILES

The candidates’ files should contain the following documentation:

 Duly filled in application form


 Biographical note of the scriptwriter, the director, the
producer and the production company
 Synopsis (1 page)
 Treatment (approximately 10-15 pages)
 The complete script in English and in the original language
 Statement of intent regarding the artistic and commercial
dynamic of the project written jointly by the director and
the producer
 Strategy for managing and marketing the project by the
producer (up to 3 pages)
 Analytical budget of the development project, which will
include expenses directly and specifically linked to the
project
 Summary of the production budget. Breakdown for the co-
producers.
 Any other documentation that may be useful in evaluating
the project.

All the documentation about the project must be submitted in the English
language.

TYPE OF FUNDING

The funding will have the form of a non-repayable loan, the only obligation
being that the name of the Network should appear in the film’s titles and all
the printed material, radio and television or other media and all the material
accompanying the project or the future work.

AGREEMENT COVERING FUNDING-PAYMENTS

 The SEE CINEMA NETWORK will draw up an agreement, which will be


co-signed by the Network and the beneficiaries delegate producer of
the project. For each project funded, the scriptwriter, the director and
the producer are considered jointly responsible, jointly answerable and
consequently obligated to work together for the success of the project.
It is preferred that these three capacities belong to three different
persons. An exception is made in the case of scriptwriter and director
who can be the same person.
 The delegate producer of the project is responsible and answerable to
the SEE CINEMA NETWORK for the adherence to the terms and
conditions of the agreement.
PAYMENT

Payment will be made in three installments, as follows:

First installment:
20 days after signature of the agreement (30%)

Second installment:
After submission by the producer of a report in which he/she describes the
manner the project will be administered and marketed and which will be
accompanied by documents proving the results obtained during the first 4
months after approval of the funding (30%).

Third installment:
An amount of 40% will be paid upon the submission to the Network
Secretariat of a definite contract for international co-production, involving at
least two producers coming from two different member-states of the
Network, and after the completion of the first week of shooting.

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