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Creative NZ & NZFC Support Local Filmmakers with New IFF Fund
31 October 2008
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Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Film Commission are pleased to announce a new fund for filmmakers called the Independent Filmmakers Fund (IFF).
There will be a final round of the Screen Innovation Production Fund with a closing date of 13 February 2009. Statistical information from previous funding rounds and feedback from the sector prompted us to examine the opportunities and barriers within the industry. This also presented an opportunity to align the fund with Creative New Zealand’s new Project Funding model and the New Zealand Film Commission’s investment in filmmaking in New Zealand. The new criteria and assessment process for the Independent Filmmakers Fund will be implemented in June 2009.
Independent Filmmakers Fund (IFF)
The purpose of the fund is to invest in exceptional, innovative, high quality, non commercial projects by experienced film and moving image makers striving to engage audiences throughout New Zealand and beyond. The New Zealand Film Commission and Creative New Zealand will contribute a total of $540,000 towards grants for the June 2009 funding round. Annually this fund will award grants for production and/or post-production proposals in two categories and in the following filmmaking genre:
Experimental film ‖ short film * ‖ feature film ‖ documentary film ‖ dance film ‖animation ‖ moving image art projects **
Category One
Grants of up to $70,000 per project for experienced film and moving image makers, who have achieved a high level of success in their field, to complete a project ready for distribution/ exhibition.
Category Two
Grants of up to $30,000 per project for film and moving image makers to complete a project ready for distribution / exhibition.
Assessment process
There will be one funding round per year. The closing date for the 2009 funding round is Friday 12 June 2009, with applicants informed of funding decisions by 11 September 2009. Recommendations for funding will be made on the basis of providing support for projects assessed as being artistically strong and which exhibit the strongest potential to realise the purpose of the Fund. For further information on this new fund please go to our website: http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/funding/other/sipf.html or contact emma.ward@creativenz.govt.nz
* Short Film proposals intended for the Short Film Fund Executive Producer Scheme may not apply to Category One
**Moving image encompasses visual arts projects which draw upon filmmaking practice. This may include fine art video
projects, installations and experimental multi-disciplinary projects which are intended for presentation/exhibition within a visual arts context