Czech Audiovisual Fund

Name

Czech Audiovisual Fund

Legal name

Státní fond audiovize

Website

https://fondkinematografie.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Czech Audiovisual Fund (Státní fond audiovize) is a Czech state body that disburses grants and film incentives to domestic film, television, animation, video game, and audiovisual infrastructure projects through four program streams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Film Funding

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Grant Funding & Public/Nonprofit Financing (MPADAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Broadcasting Grants & Government Funding Administration (MPABADAM), Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) & Reporting for Donor Programs (BPADAOAL)

Keywords

• Government film funding
• Audiovisual production grants
• Film incentive program
• Television works funding
• Animation video game grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: The fund receives financing from the Czech state budget and distributes it as grants and film incentives to qualifying audiovisual projects. It operates as a non-commercial public institution providing financial support rather than generating commercial revenue.

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Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Czech Audiovisual Fund (Státní fond audiovize) is a Czech government state fund that finances audiovisual projects through structured grant programs organized into four categories—Cinematography (A), Television Works (B), Animation & Video Games (C), and Infrastructure (D)—and also administers a film incentive program providing financial rebates for qualifying film and television productions shot in the Czech Republic. Support is awarded through periodic calls for proposals (výzvy) reviewed by specialized expert councils (Rada) for each support category.

Product overview

Czech Audiovisual Fund (Státní fond audiovize) is a Czech government body that provides financial support and incentives for the audiovisual industry. The organization operates a platform of grant programs organized into four main support categories: Kinematografie (cinematography), Televizní díla (television works), Animace & Videohry (animation and video games), and Infrastruktura (infrastructure). Additionally, the Fund administers a Film Incentive program for international and domestic productions. The programs are structured as distinct funding streams with separate application processes and evaluation councils for each category.

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Products and services

• A – Kinematografie (Cinematography Grant Program) Government grant program (výzva A) supporting cinematographic projects in the Czech Republic, funding film production, distribution, and audience development initiatives. Applications are reviewed by a specialized Council for Cinematography support (Rada).
• B – Televizní díla (Television Works Grant Program) Government grant program (výzva B) providing funding for television productions, television works, and series projects. Applications are reviewed by a specialized Council for Television Works support (Rada pro podporu televizních děl).
• C – Animace & Videohry (Animation and Video Games Grant Program) Government grant program (výzva C) supporting animation projects and video game development in the Czech Republic. Applications are reviewed by a specialized Council for Animation and Video Games support (Rada pro podporu animace a videoher).
• D – Infrastruktura (Infrastructure Grant Program) Government grant program (výzva D) supporting audiovisual infrastructure development including cinemas, film festivals, and production facilities in the Czech Republic. Applications are reviewed by a specialized Council for Infrastructure support (Rada pro podporu infrastruktury).
• Filmové pobídky (Film Incentive Program) Film incentive program administered by the Fund offering financial rebates for qualifying film and television productions shot in the Czech Republic. Eligible projects must register (zápis pobídkových projektů) through the Fund's official channels.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Regional players

• Eurimages (Council of Europe): Eurimages is the Council of Europe's pan-European co-production fund that supports feature films, documentaries, animation, and more recently digital/online projects — a comparable grantmaking body whose per-project funding complements national film funds like the Czech Audiovisual Fund in stacked financing structures.

Direct peers

• Slovak Audiovisual Fund: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund is the Czech Republic's closest structural twin — a state grantmaking body supporting Slovak film, TV, and audiovisual projects through specialized programs — and directly comparable as a same-region, same-mandate national funder.
• British Film Institute (BFI): The BFI is a UK statutory body that distributes National Lottery and government funds to film, TV, and the moving image through grant programs, while also administering the UK film tax relief — directly comparable to Czech Audiovisual Fund's combined grant-plus-incentive mandate for the audiovisual sector.
• Hungarian National Film Fund (HNSF): The Hungarian National Film Fund administers both project-based grants and the country's well-known 30% film cash rebate — the same grant-plus-incentive structure the Czech Audiovisual Fund operates, making it a direct regional competitor for international productions.
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA): The German FFA is the federal film board that collects industry levies and distributes reference film funding (Referenzfilmförderung) and project-based support, paralleling the Czech Audiovisual Fund's statutory film-development financing role for a national audiovisual industry.
• Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej (PISF): PISF is Poland's national film institute that awards grants for production, distribution, and film education through expert juries — a near-mirror of the Czech fund's four-category (A–D) project-based funding model for a neighboring Central European market.
• Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI): ÖFI is the Austrian federal institute funding Austrian film production, distribution, exhibition and streaming through automatic and selective funding schemes — matching the Czech Fund's role in channelling state funds into the national audiovisual industry.
• Screen Ireland (Irish Film Board): Screen Ireland is Ireland's national development agency for film, TV, and animation that funds scripts, development, production and distribution, plus Section 481 film tax relief — directly comparable in mission to the Czech fund's coverage of cinema, TV and animation/game support categories.
• Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC): France's CNC is a state-affiliated agency that finances film, audiovisual, and digital creation via automatic and selective aid schemes and administers production tax credits — functionally the closest large-scale analogue to the Czech Audiovisual Fund's four-category grant and incentive architecture.

Broad incumbents

• Creative Europe MEDIA (European Commission): Creative Europe MEDIA is the EU-level program that funds the transnational distribution, development, and audience reach of European audiovisual works — a wider, supranational complement to (and often co-financing partner of) the Czech Audiovisual Fund's national-level grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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