Cultural funding

If you have developed a model project in the field of civic education, you may be eligible to receive a grant to implement it, subject to certain conditions.

If you wish to apply for funding from the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for your film project, you may need to submit a preliminary project certificate from the BAFA.

You can apply for state funding from the Saarland State Office for Monuments for the protection, preservation, restoration and partial reconstruction of monuments.

If you invest in the modernization or improvement of cinemas or in new cinema buildings, you can apply for funding under certain conditions.

If you are a film distributor bringing an artistically ambitious film to theaters, you may be eligible for funding under certain conditions.

If you are developing a screenplay or treatment for a children's film of exceptional artistic quality, you may be eligible for funding under certain conditions.

If your project has been nominated for or has received the German Film Award, you will be awarded funding for follow-up projects. You must submit an application to the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) to use these funds.

If you want to digitize historically significant or valuable German films, you can apply for funding under certain conditions.

If you are planning and would like to carry out a German-Polish or Polish arts or cultural project, you may apply for funding under certain conditions.

As a culturally significant institution in eastern Germany, you can apply for funding for cultural projects.

As an organization that preserves and promotes a minority language and its culture, you can apply for funding for related projects.

If you would like to carry out a literary project of national significance, you may, under certain conditions, apply for a grant from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) for your project.

If you are an archive, museum, library, university or similar institution that preserves written cultural assets, you can apply for funding for model projects for the preservation of written cultural assets under certain conditions.

If you promote culture or preserve cultural assets related to Eastern Europe, you may apply for funding under certain conditions.

If you are a library, archive, or similar institution, you may apply for funding to preserve written cultural heritage under certain conditions.

If you are developing a feature-length documentary project of outstanding artistic merit, you may apply for a story development grant under certain conditions.

If you wish to produce an artistically outstanding feature-length film or documentary, you may be eligible for funding under certain conditions.

The legal basis for the "Cultural Monuments of National Significance" funding program was repealed as of December 31, 2023. It is no longer possible to apply for funding under this program.

If you wish to produce a feature-length children's film of exceptional artistic quality, you may be eligible for a project development loan under certain conditions.

If you would like to invest in your movie theater, you can apply for a grant under certain conditions.

If you would like to carry out a project aimed at protecting or structurally strengthening journalistic work, you may apply for government funding under certain conditions.

As a recognized provider of political education, you may apply for grants for your events under certain conditions.

If you produce feature-length children's films and short films with a significant German cultural influence, you can apply for funding.

Nominate your movie theater for the Cinema Programming Award.

If you are a commercial film distributor that releases films of artistic and cultural significance, you may apply for the Distribution Program Award under certain conditions.

As an owner-operated bookstore, you are eligible to apply for the German Bookstore Award under certain conditions.

As an independent publisher with an exceptional publishing profile, you are eligible to apply for the German Publishing Prize.

Suggest short films for the SHORT TIGER short film award.

If you release a German theatrical film on DVD, video-on-demand or Blu-ray Disc, you can apply for funding under certain conditions.

If you are nominated for or receive an award at the German Short Film Awards, you can apply for funding for follow-up projects.

If you are active in the cultural and creative industries in Saarland as a company or solo self-employed person, you can apply for grants for projects. Funding is available, for example, for measures that serve the professionalization, visibility and networking of creative professionals.

If you are developing a screenplay of artistic merit for a feature-length film, you may apply for funding under certain conditions.

Was your screenplay nominated for the German Screenplay Award by an eligible institution? If so, you may submit your screenplay under certain conditions.

If you are eligible to submit nominations, you may nominate one short film for the German Short Film Award once a year.