German Federal Film Fund (DFFF)

The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) is an initiative by the Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) to strengthen film production in Germany. It is administered by the German Federal Film Board (FFA). If you produce your feature, documentary or animated film in Germany and spend at least 25% of your budget here, you can obtain a grant of up to 20% of the approved costs, depending on your German spent even up to 25% of the approved costs.

As a production service provider you can apply for the DFFF 2 if the budget of the film exceeds € 20 mio. and the German production costs exceed € 8 Mio. In that case, you can obtain a grant of up to 25% of the approved costs.

You will find the eligibility criteria, information about filing an application and all relevant forms on the DFFF website.