German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund

11.06.2018 | Apply now

Call for Application: The German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund is once again available this year to promote co-operation between German and Turkish filmmakers at an early stage.

The number of German-Turkish co-productions has increased in recent years. In order to facilitate cooperation between German and Turkish filmmakers in the early stages of a joint project, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg and the Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge (commissioned by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism) founded the first German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund in 2011.

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Deadline is 29 August

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