German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund

20.07.2020 | Call for Application 2021

Happy Anniversary! This year marks the tenth anniversary of the German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund. The deadline for the current application phase is 1 September 2021.

In order to facilitate cooperation between German and Turkish filmmakers in the early stages of a joint project, the MOINFilm fundingthatMedienboard Berlin Brandenburg and the Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge (financed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism) founded the first German-Turkish Co-Production Development Fund in 2011. The projects that emerged from the fund include Emin Alper's "A Tale Of Three Sisters" (Berlinale 2019).

Deadline for your application is 1 September 2021

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