# Italian grant for producers developing films with Portugal

_In scadenza · Status as of Thursday 22 October 2026, 23:58 (Italian time)_

## In brief
- Ministero della Cultura funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company.
- The grant goes up to €35,000.
- Applications run from Thursday 1 October 2026 to Friday 23 October 2026 (time not stated).

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Ministero della Cultura
- **Who can apply:** Company
- **Area:** Italy
- **Instrument:** Grant
- **Total budget:** [[fact:total_budget]]
- **Maximum grant:** €35,000
- **Funding rate:** not stated in the call
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** Thursday 1 October 2026
- **Opens:** Thursday 1 October 2026 (time not stated)
- **Closes:** Friday 23 October 2026 (time not stated)
- **Procedure:** not stated in the call
- **How to submit:** certified email
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 3/5
- **Chances:** Low

## It suits you if…
- You run an Italian production company.
- You hold a co-development agreement with a Portuguese producer.
- Your project is a fiction film, an animation or a documentary.
- You plan to release the film in cinemas.

## It is not for you if…
- You have no co-development agreement with a Portuguese producer.
- You are an association or public body: the call names companies as eligible.
- Your producer is not Italian: the call is for Italian producers.

## What you need
- Co-development agreement signed with the Portuguese producer.
- Application to send by Italian certified email (PEC).
- PEC submission receipt, kept as proof of the date.

## How to apply
1. Check that you hold the co-development agreement with the Portuguese producer.
2. Before you submit, reread the official call: the act prevails.
3. If you are unsure about the funding rate, write to the PEC address in the call: it is free.
4. Send the application by PEC by Friday 23 October 2026. The call names no online portal.
5. Keep the submission receipt: it proves the date.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.incentivi.gov.it/it/catalogo/bando-lo-sviluppo-di-coproduzioni-di-opere-cinematografiche-tra-italia-e-portogallo-anno-1

> This card explains the call in plain language and does not replace it. The official text prevails. We recheck the sources automatically every day, but dates and rules can change: check the funder's website before you apply. We are not the body that manages the call.
> Text generated with artificial intelligence from the official text and checked automatically by a second AI system. The official call prevails, rechecked on Tuesday 20 October 2026.

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