Mapping Netherlands: Film - Funding

Nederlands Filmfonds
The Netherlands Film Fund 
Amsterdam
The Netherlands Film Fund is the national agency responsible for supporting film production in the Netherlands. It focuses on the quality and diversity of feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental films. It also supports activities such as film festivals, coproduction markets and individual training for film professionals.

NPO-Fonds
Public Broadcasting Media Fund (website in Dutch)
Amsterdam
The fund promotes the development and production of high-quality artistic programmes by the national and regional public broadcasting corporations in the following fields: drama, documentary, feature film, youth, new media and television.

Hubert Bals Fonds
The Hubert Bals Fund
Rotterdam
The Hubert Bals Fund is designed to help remarkable or urgent feature films by innovative and talented filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe on their road to completion.

IDFA Bertha Fund
IDFA Bertha Fund
Amsterdam
The IDFA Bertha Fund, formerly known as the Jan Vrijman Fund, supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in developing countries. Its goal is to stimulate local film cultures and to turn the creative documentary into a truly global film art.

VSBfonds
VSBfonds (website in Dutch)
Utrecht
The VSB Fund supports performing arts, visual arts, heritage, film, photography and design by providing grants. Furthermore, the foundation stimulates education and research by providing scholarships for Dutch students seeking to study abroad.

Fonds 21
Fonds 21 (website in Dutch)
Utrecht
The fund provides financial support to innovative projects in the fields of performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, cultural heritage, architecture, film, photography and design. Furthermore, the Fund supports educational, scientific and interdisciplinary projects.

VandenEnde Foundation
VandenEnde Foundation (website in Dutch)    
Amsterdam
The VandenEnde Foundation is a private fund which aims for the stimulation of young talent in the fields of the performing arts, film and television. Furthermore, the foundation provides financial support to Dutch cultural initiatives, such as the music education programme at The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, various festivals, and the construction of the new wing for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Stichting DOEN
The DOEN Foundation
Amsterdam
DOEN supports initiatives by means of subsidies, participations, loans and guarantees. These initiatives are characterised by their enterprising approach: people, organisations and enterprises that dare to take risks, that are creative and innovatory and thus effectively contribute to a better and cleaner world. DOEN supports initiatives in the field of Culture and Cohesion and Green and Inclusive Economy.

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