Amendment to the Regulation on Support for the Cinema Sector
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The regulation updates the types of public support available for Turkey’s cinema sector. It reorganizes support into pre-production, production, and post-production categories, and defines who can receive each type of funding. The changes matter for screenwriters, directors, producers, local co-producers, and service producers working on Turkish or foreign film projects. Applicants will need to match their projects to the revised support categories, including scriptwriting, project development, animation, documentary, short film, first feature, feature film, co-production, foreign production, and post-shooting support.
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Key Changes
- Reclassifies cinema support into pre-production, production, and post-production categories
- Defines eligible recipients for each support type, including writers, directors, producers, local co-producers, and service producers
- Sets a foreign film production support category for eligible spending in Turkey, capped at 30% of the ministry-approved amount
Obligations
What this law requires
Applicants seeking script and dialogue writing support must apply only for writing a feature-length fiction film screenplay; the support is provided to the screenplay and dialogue writer.
Producers seeking project development support must apply only for feature-length cinema films whose shooting has not yet begun, and the supported activities must relate to research and development up to the shooting stage.
Applicants seeking animation film production support must ensure the film is under 30 minutes and is predominantly created using animation techniques in two- or three-dimensional form.
Applicants seeking short film production support must ensure the film duration is under 30 minutes.
Applicants seeking first feature-length fiction film production support must be the director or directors making their first feature-length fiction film, or a producer with at least one feature-length cinema film who applies with a project involving such first-feature director or directors.