The Cultural Development Fund’s two new schemes to support the launch of film and TV productions with Macau elements starts to accept applications today, with subsidies of up to 2 million patacas, and the deadline will be on December 29, according to a statement by the fund on Monday.
According to the statement, the quotas for the subsidy are unlimited until the budgets of the relevant funding schemes are used up, at which point the application period would close ahead of time and the Cultural Development Fund will then announce the successful applicants on its website.
The two funding schemes – namely the “Subsidy Programme for the Promotion and Distribution of Cinematographic and Television Works with Elements of Macau 2023” and the “Subsidy Programme for Cinematographic and Television Filming in Macau 2023” – cover genres including TV dramas, films, documentaries, variety shows, music videos and commercials, but not animated works, the statement said.
The “Subsidy Programme for the Promotion and Distribution of Cinematographic and Television Works with Elements of Macau 2023” supports the promotion and distribution of film and TV productions that contain elements of Macau, such as using Macau as the filming location, or showcasing Macau’s cuisine, cityscape, stories and legends, customs and stories, history and culture, the statement said.
According to the statement, this scheme accepts applications from local and overseas film producers who own or have obtained copyright licences for film or television productions that have been produced and are ready for screening. The subsidy is capped at 80 percent of the estimated expenditure for the promotion and distribution of the project, with a ceiling of 250,000 patacas.
Meanwhile, the “Subsidy Programme for Cinematographic and Television Filming in Macau 2023” aims to attract overseas film crews to film in Macau, promote Macau’s image through film and TV productions, enhance Macau’s international reputation, and provide more opportunities for local film and TV enterprises to participate in the production of overseas film and TV productions, the statement said.
This funding scheme accepts overseas film and television crews that have not filmed in Macau before and will be filming in Macau for at least three days. Applications for funding must be submitted by the owners of commercial enterprises which are the production units in Macau, the statement said.
According to the statement, the length of the final version of the film and the duration of the Macau scenes in the film must comply with the minimum time stipulated in the respective agreements signed with the fund. The subsidy will be capped at 40 percent of the estimated expenditure for the filming and location work in Macau, with a ceiling of 2 million patacas.
Interested parties can visit the official website of the Cultural Development Fund www.fdc.gov.mo for more information and online application.
This poster provided by the Cultural Development Fund on Monday shows some of the details of the fund’s “Subsidy Programme for the Promotion and Distribution of Cinematographic and Television Works with Elements of Macau 2023” scheme.
