MEDFILM FOR ALL: Widening the Audience for Films Tackling Social and Gender Issues in Egypt

Deadline: 30 August 2019

The EU-funded MedFilm4all project has launched a special call for proposals to widen the audience and the access to films tackling sensitive issues, in particular gender.

The specific objective is to increase the production, the diffusion and accessibility of audio-visual productions promoting social and gender issues and to improve the exchange and network between civil society organisations and film industry actors.

In this framework, the objective of this call for applicants is to support projects addressing weaknesses and issues related to access to films tacking social and gender issues in rural/remote areas, refugee camps, cultural and youth centers, universities, public space and enhancing debates around social and gender stereotypes.

The beneficiaries of the grants should focus on improving gender equality especially of those women living in rural/remote areas (and not only), by developing the audience and the debates around films tackling social and gender issues. Selected projects will contribute to mitigate stereotypes relating to the image of women in Arab societies, with the ultimate goal of influencing widespread cultural attitudes and promoting an inclusive and equal human development in the target societies. Further to this, applicants could also include activities specifically related to empowering women professionals in the film industry, therefore enhancing job opportunities.

Program Lot

The present Call for Proposal is coherent with objectives stated by EC Call for Proposal and in particular those related to:

Lot: Support the audience development for films tackling social issues including gender issues
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between minimum EUR 80.000 and maximum EUR 82.000.

Priorities

Priority will be given to projects aiming at:

widening the audience for films in rural settings, especially amongst the youth
improving the image of women through the audio-visuals
reinforcing capacities of women working in the film industry sector.

Location

In order to be eligible, projects must take place in Egypt.

Duration

The projects have to last 8 months.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible, applications must comply with the following conditions:
- Applications can involve up to two partners: one of the partners shall act as lead applicant and the other(s) as co-applicant(s).
- For this specific call, applicant and co-applicant organizations have to be established in Egypt;
- Applicants must be legally registered organizations i.e non-profit organisations (such as CSOs/NGOs), local authorities, cultural/educational institutions, for-profit private entities if they work on a non-profit basis (real cost recovery), or no-profit film industry actors.
- Applicants must be local organizations and not INGOs or international actors;
- Lead applicants must be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project proposal with their partners, not acting as an intermediary;
- Lead applicants must have a valid bank account registered under their legal name.
- Applicants must not already be receiving funds from other projects within the regional programme MedFilm. If awarded a grant applicants will not be allowed to apply to others projects within the regional programme MedFilm.
Other conditions:
- All applications must be submitted in English.
- All organisations taking part in the project (both lead applicant and partner
- organisations) shall attach to the following application all the official documents that prove that the organisation legally exists. Mandatory documents are: registration records or latest statutory accounts. Other official documents to be provided: VAT registration and fiscal code (if applicable). All official documents in Arabic must be submitted together with a translation in English.
- All applications must have an external audit assigned to the project proposal and forecast a percentage of the total budget to this end. The total cost of the audit shall not exceed 2000 EUR.