IDFA Bertha Fund Application Categories
Applications to the IDFA Bertha Fund can be made in a variety of different funding categories. In all categories, the Fund is looking for films that use strong visual treatments to tell compelling stories and have the potential to reach a global audience.
IBF Classic offers development and production support to filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania. IBF Europe aims to stimulate the collaboration between independent European producers and producers from the above regions.
IBF Classic – Project Development
Contributions for project development during the early phase play a crucial role in starting up a project. This grant is meant to support directors in their research, writing and/or with the production of visual material for the project presentation.
The grant should strengthen the position of the director within the production set-up of a project. Additionally, this support should be considered as a director's contribution to the financing plan of the production of the project.
The maximum contribution for project development is €7,500. Applications have to be submitted by the director of the project, who should be from a country on the IBF Classic Country List. The contribution must be spent in a country on this list as well.
Next deadlines: June 10 and December 10, 2023. Read the regulations. The entry form for the June round will be available in MyIDFA the 1st of May 2023.
IBF Classic – Production & Post-production
Financial support for production and post-production allows filmmakers to actually realize their projects. The maximum contribution for production & post-production is €25,000. These contributions can be spent on all forms of production and post-production, from filming and editing to making the documentaries suitable for screening in cinemas, on television and at international festivals. Applications have to be submitted by a director or producer from a country on the IBF Classic Country List and the contribution must be spent in a country on this list as well.
Next deadlines: June 10 and December 10, 2023. Read the regulations. The entry form for the June round will be available in MyIDFA the 1st of May 2023.
IBF Europe – Minority Co-production
This category caters to documentary projects in all stages of production that have a director from a country on the IBF Europe Country List that are realized through international co-productions between at least one European and one non-European producer. The maximum contribution per project is €40,000. The application has to be submitted by the European co-producer and should involve a creative element (i.e. a key crew member or post-production service) from Europe.
Next deadline: 1 April 2023. Read the regulations. The entry form will be available through MyIDFA from 16 February 2023.
NFF + IBF Co-production Scheme
Contributions for the realization of an international documentary co-production. Projects which have previously received a contribution for development or production from the IDFA Bertha Fund are eligible. The maximum contribution per project is €50,000. Applications must be submitted by the Dutch co-producer through the Netherlands Film Fund (NFF) website.
Next deadline: 20 February 2023. To read more about the regulations, go directly to the NFF website.
The IDFA Bertha Fund is supported by Bertha Foundation, Creative Europe Media, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Netherlands Film Fund, ASN Bank and Special Friends+.
