NEW FFA FUNDING GUIDELINES ADOPTED

The administrative board of the German Federal Film Board (FFA) adopted new guidelines for FFA project film funding. The goals of the future funding measures of the FFA are to increase the quality of German films from an economic and cultural point of consideration. The character of the funded films should concentrate on higher budgeted and high-quality films which have the potential to satisfy the expectations of audiences and be economically successful.

With the resolution, the board has made the correct and an important decision, one which will provide more efficiency and transparency in the work of production and screenplay funding, according to FFA president Prof. Dr. h.c. Bernd Neumann. For this reason it is necessary that the committee award the available funding to those films which have the potential to reach numerous cinemagoers.

The board also linked the requirement to the resolution that the effect of the guidelines be evaluated after one year, in order to assure that their application is having the desired effect in funding practices.

Bernd Neumann (© Bundesregierung/Kugler)