# Tax credit for companies distributing films in cinemas and abroad

_In scadenza · Status as of Thursday 22 October 2026, 23:57 (Italian time)_

## In brief
- Ministero della Cultura funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company.
- The grant goes up to €1,000,000.
- Applications run from Friday 2 October 2026 to Thursday 29 October 2026 (time not stated).

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Ministero della Cultura
- **Who can apply:** Company
- **Area:** Italy
- **Instrument:** Tax credit
- **Total budget:** €40,000,000
- **Maximum grant:** €1,000,000
- **Funding rate:** not stated in the call
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** Friday 25 September 2026
- **Opens:** Friday 2 October 2026, 12:00 (Italian time)
- **Closes:** Thursday 29 October 2026 (time not stated)
- **Procedure:** not stated in the call
- **How to submit:** national portal
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 2/5
- **Chances:** High

## It suits you if…
- You are a company, of any size.
- You have a film released in Italian cinemas in the period set by the call.
- You have a work whose international distribution started or was contracted in the call's period.
- You can register and apply on the call's online platform.

## It is not for you if…
- You are not a company: the call lists only companies among those admitted.
- Your work was distributed outside the period set by the call.
- You need money to develop or shoot a film: this call covers distribution only.

## What you need
- Your company's registration on the call's platform, needed before you apply.
- List of works with their cinema release date, or the start or contract of their international distribution, in the call's period.
- Confirmation that your company is among those admitted.
- Submission receipt, as proof of the date.

## How to apply
1. Register your company on the call's online platform, if you have not already.
2. Check that each work falls in the distribution period set by the call.
3. Fill in and submit the application on Thursday 29 October 2026 at the latest.
4. Keep the submission receipt.
5. If in doubt, open a ticket from the reserved area of the platform.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.incentivi.gov.it/it/catalogo/tax-credit-distribuzione-nazionale-e-internazionale-anno-2025

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