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Calculate funding amounts, equity needs, and cash flow preview for combinations of federal and state grants.

Budget
Enter total budget and eligible German production costs separately — DFFF/GMPF apply only to the German cost share.
5.000.000 €
100.000 €100.000.000 €
4.000.000 € (80% of total budget)
0 €5.000.000 €
Project
Shooting locations
Which states do you shoot in? State grants only combine when shooting there.
Expansion options
Additional shooting regions that would grow the combined funding
Not matching (16)
  • ARTE — Channel "Cinema" not primarily eligible
  • CNC Monde — EU programme requires an international co-production
  • MEDIA Co-Prod — EU programme requires an international co-production
  • MEDIA Slate — EU programme requires an international co-production
  • MEDIA TV — Channel "Cinema" not primarily eligible
  • DFFF II — Budget below minimum (20 Mio €)
  • Eurimages — EU programme requires an international co-production
  • FFF Bayern — Shooting location not in the funding state
  • Filmstiftung NRW — Shooting location not in the funding state
  • HessenFilm — Shooting location not in the funding state
  • MFG BW — Shooting location not in the funding state
  • MDM — Shooting location not in the funding state
  • … and 4 more
Combined funding
Total budget
5.000.000 €
Combined funding
5.000.000 €
100% of total budget · 8 program(s)
of which grant
2.500.000 €
of which loan
2.500.000 €
Equity / other sources
2.500.000 €
Loans count as pre-financing, not aid — repaid from revenues.
Summe der Beihilfen (4,3 Mio €) übersteigt die Kombinier-Baseline von 50 % des Gesamtbudgets (2,5 Mio €). Beihilfen anteilig auf 2,5 Mio € skaliert; Darlehen bleiben unverändert. Höhere Quoten sind bei „schwierigen Werken", Debütfilmen oder internationalen Koproduktionen möglich — vor Antrag mit Förderstellen klären.
Regional-spend balance (63% of eligible costs) — details
  • Berlin-Brandenburg2.500.000 €
  • Required (sum)2.500.000 €
  • Capacity (eligible GER costs)4.000.000 €
How this was calculated
Aid cap (50% of budget)
2.500.000 €
Aid raw sum (grants + success-based)
4.330.000 €
Aid scaling factor
0,577
Final total
5.000.000 €
Breakdown
BKM Drehbuchv.202517.321 €
100% × 5.000.000 € · 30.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 100% = 5.000.000 €
  3. → funding cap: 30.000 €
  4. × aid-cap scaling = 17.321 €
Funding cap of 30k € applies
DEFA-Stiftungv.202528.868 €
50% × 5.000.000 € · 50.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 50% = 2.500.000 €
  3. → funding cap: 50.000 €
  4. × aid-cap scaling = 28.868 €
Funding cap of 50k € applies
DFFFv.2025692.841 €
30% × 4.000.000 € (GER costs) · 1.200.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 4.000.000 € (eligible GER costs)
  2. × 30% = 1.200.000 €
  3. × aid-cap scaling = 692.841 €
Guideline under reform — terms may change
FFAv.2025866.051 €
50% × 5.000.000 € · 1.500.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 50% = 2.500.000 €
  3. → funding cap: 1.500.000 €
  4. × aid-cap scaling = 866.051 €
Funding cap of 1,5 Mio € applies
GMPFv.2025692.841 €
30% × 4.000.000 € (GER costs) · 1.200.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 4.000.000 € (eligible GER costs)
  2. × 30% = 1.200.000 €
  3. × aid-cap scaling = 692.841 €
Guideline under reform — terms may change
Kuratoriumv.2025144.342 €
50% × 5.000.000 € · 250.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 50% = 2.500.000 €
  3. → funding cap: 250.000 €
  4. × aid-cap scaling = 144.342 €
Funding cap of 250k € applies
MBBv.20252.500.000 €
50% × 5.000.000 €
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 50% = 2.500.000 €
  3. Loan — excluded from aid cap.
WCFv.202557.737 €
50% × 5.000.000 € · 100.000 € before EU ceiling, scaled proportionally
Calculation steps
  1. Base: 5.000.000 € (total budget)
  2. × 50% = 2.500.000 €
  3. → funding cap: 100.000 €
  4. × aid-cap scaling = 57.737 €
Funding cap of 100k € applies
Required regional spend
Berlin-Brandenburg2.500.000 €
100% of the grant must be spent there

Estimates without warranty. EU state aid baseline 50 %; higher rates possible in specific cases — confirm with funding bodies before applying.

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