Fund for the Promotion of the Italian Language in Swiss Cinema

The administrative and financial management of the Fund is delegated to the Ticino Film Commission, which works in close collaboration with the other financing partners.

Financial support is proposed for film projects in Italian during the different stages of their production process: writing of treatments and scripts, translation of the production dossier into other national languages and final subtitles.

For Swiss film projects in German, French or Romansh that include dialogue, scenes or sequences in Italian in the original version, writing advice and development and translation support is provided.

Finally, the Fund proposes support for the creation of Italian subtitles for films made in other national languages.

Independent production companies that have been established in Switzerland for at least three years and have at least one feature-length film to their credit are eligible. Swiss or foreign authors who have been established in Switzerland for at least three years and have at least one feature film work to their credit are eligible for treatment assistance as independent authors.

Details of the conditions of access, documents required, possible amounts and deadlines are published in the Fund's Application Rules.