Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo publishes the 2022 call for proposals for film and audiovisual promotion activities.

The call is aimed at the realization of initiatives, in Italy and abroad, of:

  • projects for the development of cinema and audiovisual culture that promote the internationalization of the sector and, also for tourism purposes, the image of Italy through cinema and audiovisual and promote the development of cinema and audiovisual culture in Italy, finalized to the development of cinema and audiovisual on an artistic level, cultural, technical and economic, are aimed at economic growth, civil, social integration and intercultural relations through the use of cinema and audiovisual, carry out surveys, studies, research and evaluations of economic impact, industrial and employment;
  • film and audiovisual festivals, reviews and awards;
  • activities of acquisition, preservation, cataloguing, restoration, study, research, use and valorization of the cinematographic and audiovisual heritage carried out by film libraries.

The initiatives for which the contribution is requested must be carried out in the period between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.

With an endowment of € 10.7 million, it is divided into the following areas of intervention:
a) € 2,700,000 for projects for the development of cinematographic and audiovisual culture (in turn, divided into 1,200,000 euros for Projects for internationalization and cine-tourism and 1,500,000 euros for Projects for the development of audiovisual culture, analysis and studies);
b) € 6,500,000 for film and audiovisual festivals, reviews and awards (divided into € 5,500,000 for festivals and reviews and € 1,000,000 for awards);
c) € 1,500,000 for the acquisition, preservation, cataloging, restoration, study, research, use and enhancement of film and audiovisual heritage carried out by film libraries.

The applications can be submitted through the platform available on the site www.cinema.beniculturali.it from March 1 and no later than March 25, 2022.

For further information please visit: Direzione generale cinema e audiovisivo