The New Film Funding Act Has Come Into Force!

As of January 1, 2025, the new Film Funding Act ("FFG") has come into force. Since the collection of the film levy, which finances film funding, ended under the old FFG on December 31, 2024, a timely reform of the FFG was necessary. The new FFG continues the collection of the film levy for five years and comprehensively reforms film funding. We highlight the most significant changes.

Extensive Automation of Production and Distribution Funding

A major change in film funding under the new FFG is the elimination of selective project film funding on the one hand and project funding for distribution and sales companies on the other hand. The regulations regarding the composition and procedures of the funding commissions are also removed in the new FFG. The old funding instruments involved evaluative funding decisions by funding commissions based on an "overall assessments." Processing the associated funding applications by the German Federal Film Board ("FFA") was