This document summarizes the financial instruments and support provided by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region of Italy for the creative and cultural industries, particularly in the cinema and audiovisual sectors. Grants are provided for major film festivals, cultural organizations, and private film libraries. Additional grants support smaller film festivals and events. The region also has funds to support the development, distribution, and training of local film companies and professionals to promote the regional audiovisual industry. Financial support aims to maximize the economic impact of public funding by requiring projects to attract private investment and spend significantly in the local economy.

1. Al servizio di gente unica
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND INVESTMENT FORUM OF CREATIVE
ANDCULTURAL INDUSTRIES (CCI)
Innovative private andpublic financialinstruments & How
to maximizethe impactof public funding in CCS
Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region, IT
Fabrizio Spadotto
Ljubljana,Wednesday4th October2017

2. CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES (CCI)
IN CINEMA AND AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR
1) DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE,
SPORTS AND SOLIDARITY
• Aim to promote - in the field of cinema and audiovisual sector - festival,
events, shows and other cultural activities settled in FVG territory

3. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Grants (Regional Law 11 August 2014, n.16 –
Regulation n. 17/2016)
• 3-years-Grants (2016-2018) for biggest movie regional
festivals: euro 1.200.00,00 (every year):
 Trieste Film Festival
 Far East Film Festival (Udine)
 Silent Film Festival (Pordenone)
 Science+Fiction Film Festival (Trieste)
 «Anno Uno» Film Festival (Trieste)
 «Sergio Amidei» screenplay prize (Gorizia)
 «Mattador» screenplay prize (Trieste)
•

4. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Grants (Regional Law 11 August 2014,
n.16 – Regulation n.16/2016)
• 3-years-Grants (2016-2018) for biggest cinema cultural
bodies: euro 690.00,00 (every year)
 «Cinemazero» (Pordenone)
 «Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (C.E.C.)» (Udine)
 «Cappella Underground» (Trieste)
 «Palazzo del Cinema» (Gorizia)

5. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Grants (Regional Law 11 August 2014,
n.16 – Regulation n.15/2016)
• 3-years-Grants (2016-2018) for biggest cinema private
libraries: euro 270.00,00 (every year)
 «Cinemazero» (Pordenone)
 «Centro Arti Visive» (Udine)
 «Cappella Underground» (Trieste)
 «Palazzo del Cinema» (Gorizia)
• Cineteca del Friuli («Movie Library of Friuli»): euro
300.000,00 (every year)

6. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Grants (Regional Law 11 August 2014,
n.16 – Regulation n.33/2015)
• Every year 1 Call for other small/medium size movie
regional festivals, special events, shows and other
activities in cinema and audiovisual sector
• In 2017 Call: euro 275.000,00 for 9 projects (ShorTS
Film Festival (Trieste), Darko Bratina prize (Gorizia),
Latin-American Film Festival (Trieste), Cervignano
shorts film festival, Mountain film festival Tolmezzo, etc)

7. HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF
PUBLIC FUNDING
• The grant can cover up to 100% of total project costs
(because of strictly «cultural» and «no profit» nature of
beneficiaries)
…but…
• in each Call the project proposal is considered more
relevant when it is capable to attract private grants in
addition to public ones

8. CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES (CCI)
IN CINEMA AND AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR
2) DEPARTMENT FOR PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES

10. The aim of Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual
Regional Fund is to support the development of
local film companies and promote the regional
audiovisual works in national and international
markets.
The Fund operates in three main sectors:
• development, to cover all the activities between the idea and the production phase, from the
script writing and the research, to the casting, the fund raising and the preparation of a promo;
• distribution, along with the promotion of the projects, this action includes a financial support to
cover the production expenses, so as to create more competitive products.
• training, to encourage the participation of local audiovisual professional in national and
international courses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, editors, camera operators, and sound
engineers.

11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
DEVELOPMENT
The applicant should be a regional production company or a foreigner
company with operational headquarters in the region (and by the way, in
case the production company is not based in Friuli Venezia Giulia the
team involved in the development of the project – director, writer, etc –
must be resident in Friuli Venezia Giulia). These are the support
measures for the development stage:
In any case the support can cover up to 50% of the total estimated budget of the
development.
Categoria Minimo Massimo
Fiction €10 000 €30 000
Cortometraggio €2 000 €5 000
Documentario €2 000 €20 000
Animazione €2 000 €30 000

12. DISTRIBUTION
This financial support covers production, post-production and
promotional costs, but the project must already have a confirmed
distribution at the moment of the application.
To accept the application, the estimated budget must be already
covered for at least the 40% and the distributor should cover at least the
10% of the budget. (MAXIMIZATION OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC
FUNDING)
In order to get the financial support the application should match one of
these three criteria:
• the majority producer is based in Friuli Venezia Giulia;
• if the production company based in Friuli Venezia Giulia is the minority
producer, the project should be realized thanks to a relevant participation
of regional professionals and facilities. The participation will be
considered relevant when obtaining 6 points out of 21 on the basis of the
scheme below;
• if the production company is not based in Friuli Venezia Giulia the project
should be realized thanks to a relevant participation of regional
professionals and facilities. The participation will be considered relevant
when obtaining 11 points out of 21 on the basis of this scheme:

13. The support for the distribution can cover up to 30% of the eligible costs and can be maximum 100.000 €.
Fiction/Documentario/Cortometraggio Punti Animazione Punti
Regista 3 Regista 3
Sceneggiatore 3 Sceneggiatore 3
Musicista 1 Musicista 1
Attore1/Voce over (solo per fiction e cortometraggio) 1 Autore Storyboard 2
Attore 2/Voce over (solo per fiction e cortometraggio) 1 Designer dei personaggi 2
Producer 3 Supervisore Animazione 1
Direttore della fotografia 2 Art Director 2
Montatore 2 Producer 3
Suono di presa diretta 1 Montatore 1
Luoghi delle riprese 2 Suono 1
Laboratorio di postproduzione video 1 Location Studio 1
Laboratorio di postproduzione audio 1 Laboratorio di postproduzione audio 1
Totale 21 (19) Totale 21

14. TRAINING
to encourage the participation to national and international
courses for audiovisual professionals.
The application can be presented from a company (for a
collaborator) or directly from a professional.
Financial support:
• Up to 50% of total costs (company for a collaborator)
• Up to 90% of total costs (scholarship for a professional)

15. Grants (Regional Law 6 November 2006, n.21
– Regulation 22 September 2015, n.196)
• 3 Calls every year (in every sector: development, distribution
and training)
• 22 Calls from June 2007
• Total amount of grants from June 2007 (1st Call) to June
2017 (21st Call): euro 5.532.201,81
• [for example, in 20th Call: total amount of grants euro
326.734,35 (euro 179.540,66 for development, euro
127.120,00 for distribution and euro 20.073,69 for training)]
• Total amount of projects financed from June 2007 (1st Call)
to June 2017 (21st Call): n. 382

17. The aim of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) Film
Commission is to promote the FVG territory and its
assets supporting movies, documentaries, TV
series, music videos and commercials projects
Tools:
• FVG Film Fund (FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT)
• Location Guide
• Production Guide on line
• “Zone di Cinema” magazine
• “fvgfilmcommission.com” web site
• Participation in international movie festival

18. • Grants are given to film and audio-visual production companies working on feature
films, animation films, TV fiction, TV series, web series, web fiction, documentaries,
music videos.
• Applications must be filed at least one day prior to the beginning of filming, with
deadlines on February 28th, June 30th or September 30th.
• A technical committee will be selecting eligible projects every year by March 30th,
July 31st and October 31st.

19. • The amount of grants depends on the kind of project and the number of days of
filming in FVG. The total grant will never amount to more than 50% of the
whole film budget.
• FEATURE FILMS, ANIMATED FILMS, TV DRAMAS, TV SERIES AND WEB
SERIES
• more than 24 days of filming in FVG
up to 200.000 euros
150% expenditures in FVG (MAXIMIZATION OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC IMPACT)
• up to 24 days of filming in FVG
up to 70.000 euros
150% expenditures in FVG (MAXIMIZATION OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC IMPACT)
• DOCUMENTARIES, SHORT FILMS AND MUSIC VIDEOS
• more than 10 days of filming in FVG
up to 30.000 euros
100% expenditures in FVG
• up to 10 days of filming in FVG
up to 10.000 euros
100% expenditures in FVG

20. LOCATION GUIDE
• Data base with more than 35.000 pictures of potential FVG
location

21. PRODUCTION GUIDE ON LINE
Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission offers its collaboration, and provides the
following free services to movie, TV, advertising and multimedia companies:
• welcome and lodgings
• direct liaison with local Public Officers
• introductory information about technical, logistical and bureaucratic matters
• assistance with bureaucratic proceedings
• general information about production resources
• visits to the locations detected by the production
• location scouting regarding other possible shooting sets
• liaison with resident professionals offering production services

22. PRODUCTION GUIDE ON LINE
• Film productions choosing Friuli Venezia Giulia have not only helped promoting the
area and earning profits, but also increased the development of local business.
crews and the local technical and logistics teams are first-class, thanks to the
dozens of national and international film productions they have assisted.
• Qualified and experienced professionals, casting agencies,
catering and other expert staff are listed in production guide, as well as all the local
human, technical and professional resources needed during production and post
production.
The online Production Guide is constantly updated with names, and addresses of
Friuli Venezia Giulia’s film professionals available to guest production companies.

23. • FVGFC is also a member of the Coordination of Film
Commissions Italian (Italian Film Commission), which
operates a joint promotion of the various regional
offices, and founding member of EUFCN (European
Film Commission Network) representing the Film
Commission associated with the European market.
• FVGFC closely involved, at regional, national and
European level, with some of the most important
institutions in the film and promotional: ICE, Anica,
AGIS, CINECITTA ‘HOLDING, Eurimages, MEDIA
SALLES, ANTENNA MEDIA, CINEREGIO, DOC IT,
etc.

24. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Grants (Regional Law 6 November 2006,
n.21 – Regulation 6 May 2015, n.86)
• 3 Calls every year (both films, animation films, TV
fiction, TV series, web series, web fiction, and
documentaries, short films, music videos)
• 2016 Call:
 total amount of grants euro 930.000,00
 total amount of projects financed: n. 26
 days of work: n.434 (days of shooting: n.329)

25. HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF
PUBLIC FUNDING
• 2016 Call:
 FVG workers: n.231 local technicians, n.88 local actors,
n.3.228 local background actors
 Total spending in FVG: euro 5.581.921,00 (much more than
150% of expenditure required):
for 1 euro of FVG public grant the production company
spended in FVG 6 euros
 Expenditure generated (multiplier ratio of 1,8%*): euro
10.047.457,00)
* The ratio is between 1,8% and 2,8% (Kelly, A and Kelly M, Impact and values, Assessing the
Arts and Creative Industries in the South West, Bristol Cultural Development Partnership,
Bristol, 2000)