Frequently asked questions

Here you can find our current guidelines

Here you find the current Film Funding Act

• For all films in production that receive funding, including selective or automatic funding such as ÖFI+ and reference funding.
• For project development from selective funding
• For cinema releases (exploitation funding) ÖFI+.

https://filminstitut.at/green-filming

Please contact the Green Filming Department with any questions:

Contact: greenfilming@filminstitut.at

All general information, collaborations and news can be found on our Green Filming page

Here you find our annual Green Filming reports

The 5% of the financing will be retained until the project is completed and at the latest until the “Final Green Report” has been reviewed.

No. Applying for the Green Bonus is not mandatory.

No. The Green Bonus is only available when applying for automatic ÖFI+ funding.

All relevant information can be found on our Green Filming funding page

If, after receiving funding from the BMWKMS, automatic ÖFI+ funding including Green Bonus is applied for, the regulations of the Austrian Film Institute regarding green filming must be applied.

The respective evidence for each criterion can be found in the template for the final report. This evidence should be sorted by topic and saved in the Austrian Film Institute’s folder template and submitted together with the completed Word document for the final and/or interim report.

The interim report for production projects can be submitted as soon as filming has been completed.

This provides the opportunity to approve the passage in the credits of the project in question.

Without review of the interim report, no mention in the credits is possible and cannot be approved.

If the interim report is rejected, all missing documents can be submitted later, by the time the final report is due.

In this case, the passage in the credits cannot be approved.

The Green Filming Department requests that you contact us in a timely manner and submit the interim report.

The template for the final report can be used for the interim report.

This forms the basis for the final report and prepares the documents in such a way that they can be checked. The interim report must only be submitted if it is to be included in the credits. Without checking, approval for the credits is not possible.

Please note that the interim report is NOT considered a ‘preliminary report’ or ‘information report.’ We also ask that you refrain from submitting an ‘interim report’ that does not contain all the documents just to see how far you are with it. The Green Filming Department does not have the capacity for this.

If you have any questions, please contact the Green Filming Department at: greenfilming@filminstitut.at

The Green Film Consultant’s task is to prepare, implement and report on the project in accordance with the regulations of the Austrian Film Institute. In the event of a change of personnel, the following point must be taken into account:

See the answer to the question (below): “Is it necessary to include a Green Film Consultant on the crew-list?”

Yes. However, it should be noted that they must be familiar with the conditions in the respective country.

In co-productions, at least one Green Film Consultant with appropriate proven and recognised training must be consulted. (See also: ‘Which Green Film Consultant training courses are recognised?’)

As things stand at present, a GFC is often appointed for each of the co-production countries. This is particularly the case for co-productions between Austria and South Tyrol. This is not absolutely necessary if the Green Film Consultant is familiar with the conditions and regulations in Austria and can comply with them.

In cinema film promotion and in coordination with the Austrian Film Institute, the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, and the Film and Television Agency FFA in Germany, the following training courses are recognised as Green Film Consultant* training courses:

Austria:

Evergreen Prisma Academy: Green Film Consultant*:

https://www.evergreenprisma.eu

Germany:

IHK Munich and Upper Bavaria: Green Consultant* Film & TV IHK

https://www.ihk-akademie-muenchen.de/csr-nachhaltigkeit/green-consultant-film-tv/

Stuttgart Media University: Green Consultant*

https://www.zertifikat-green-consulting.de/

Switzerland:

HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: Green Consultant*

https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/design-film-kunst/weiterbildung/kurse-seminare/green-consultant/

Upon application and agreement with the Association of Green Film Consultants* Austria, a maximum daily fee of €600 is currently recognised and eligible for funding.

Yes, the Green Film Consultant must be included in the crew-list as a crew position.

The consultant must be involved and integrated into the project from the outset of the contract. This must be evidenced by a written agreement.

Changes are only possible in exceptional cases according to the contract and must therefore be communicated in writing to the project leaders. The rules laid down in the funding contract under point 11.2 apply here in the same way as for all other crew units:

11. 2. If, during the production of the film covered by the contract, significant changes occur in the conditions on which the conclusion of the contract was based, in particular in the documents described in terms of content (script/shooting concept), personnel (both in terms of personnel and labour law), staffing, assessed own contributions (ILVs) and financing, as well as in events that delay or make impossible the realisation of the supported film or that entail or require a change in the agreed purpose of the support or in the agreed requirements or conditions, the grant recipient must immediately notify the Film Institute in writing (see also point. “Ancillary Agreements”).

In principle, yes, provided that the paid work as Green Film Consultant*, including the mandatory reporting, is the main focus and does not compromise the quality of this work.

However, the Austrian Film Institute requests that care be taken to ensure that no additional activities are undertaken that do not correspond to the job description and training of the Green Film Consultant, such as the role of ‘set representative’ unless specific training has been provided for this. This must be communicated transparently when submitting the funding application.