Call for applications for the start-up grants for Filmkunst 2025

The start-up grants recognize and support artists at the beginning of their professional the beginning of their professional careers and support the artistic development and the artistic development and professionalization of directors and screenwriters and facilitate their entry into the film industry and the art world.

 

Scholarships
The up to six scholarships to be awarded have a duration of 6 months and are endowed with endowed with EUR 9,000 each. The start-up scholarship for film art is linked to the obligatory participation in accompanying workshops and events. The projectmust be started after the submission deadline, but still in 2025. If they are awarded a grant, single parents will receive a grant increased by the amount of EUR 200 per month. Single parents are defined as those who, at the time of application and for the period of the scholarship applied for period of the scholarship applied for and do not live in a partnership (marriage, cohabitation, registered partnership) and receive family allowance for at least one child during this period and/or receive family allowance for at least one child and/or - who, at the time of application and for the period of the receive an increased family allowance for at least one child. Confirmation of receipt of the family allowance must be submitted as proof of care obligations. family allowance must be submitted. Applicants who meet both criteria
are awarded a scholarship will receive a scholarship amount increased by the amount of EUR 400 per month.

 

Prerequisites
Eligible to participate are natural persons who have Austrian Austrian citizenship or who have lived in Austria for at least three years in Austria for at least three years (to be proven by a registration form).

Applicants must have been born after December 31, 1989. Exceptions must be explained separately and can only be considered if, for example
training has been delayed, for example, in connection with care and/or care responsibilities or for health reasons. The suspensive effect is a maximum of five years.

Persons who have already been awarded a state, scholarship (regardless of the field) or who have already been awarded another scholarship from the federal already apply for another scholarship from the federal government during this period or have already started. It is not possible to apply for two scholarships at the same time.

Projects already funded or submitted by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport Projects already funded or submitted by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Civil Service cannot be considered.

Formally non-compliant applications will be returned without justification.

 

Application documents
The following documents must be submitted by e-mail only:

 

(1) Application form "Start-up grants"
Please note that funding applications, including all enclosures, must be submitted enclosures must be submitted as an online funding application since 01.05.2024.
To be found at: Online funding application

Please name the required application documents as indicated in the corresponding information sheet (e.g. "1 - Cover letter including short description of the
short description of the content/synopsis") and upload them at the end of the online application form.

The form can be found on the homepage of the BMKÖS, supplemented by the "Declaration on the consideration of the single-parent bonus". Please digitally sign or sign as a scan!

 

(2) Description of the planned film project
A film project must be described that is to be further developed during the 6-month term of the of the scholarship (max. 2 pages). Admissible are feature-length fiction or documentary films in the material development phase. Not Page 2 of 3 Bachelor's or diploma films, internships abroad are not permitted, equipment purchases or similar.

 

(3) Documentation of the cinematic work
Please attach a reference film (via link) as well as an overview of your own films and, if applicable film festivals, exhibitions, etc., in the context of which a film was presented. was presented.

 

(4) Curriculum vitae in tabular form
The date and place of birth and details of education and previous artistic or professional previous artistic or professional activity.

 

(5) Scan of the final certificates

 

(6) Scan of a current registration form

 

Application deadline
Application documents, consisting of six individual files, must be submitted by April 7, 2025 at 23.59 pm under the subject "Startstipendien Filmkunst 2025" via the online form
(see under point 1): Application documents.

The scholarship holders will be selected by a jury of experts at a selection meeting probably in May. All applicants will be informed immediately informed in writing. Application documents that are not submitted on time and incomplete application documents cannot be considered. It is expressly pointed out that no reasons will be given for the jury's recommendations in the case ofproposals.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Van der Laan Luna at
+43 1 71 606-851035 or by e-mail to Luna.vanderLaan@bmkoes.gv.at.