23-06-2017

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Animation Projects

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    PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Council gave grants to three Czech majority feature-length animated films in its June 2017 session. The results were announced on 20 June.

    A total of 14 production companies with 16 projects applied for grants, including both projects of renowned personalities of contemporary Czech animation and student graduation films. Several are coproduction projects.

    Genre-wise, the collection of applying projects was very diverse, from three minute long anecdotes to feature length theatrical films. The Council preferred projects with clear concept and potential for international release. A total of 1,522,939 EUR / 40 m CZK available for this call was finally divided between 10 projects.

    The grants chart for feature animation films is available HERE.