The call for projects to support the development of co-productions of Tunisian-Italian cinematographic works, launched jointly by the National Centre for Cinema and the Image (CNCI Tunisia) and the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual at the Italian Ministry of Culture, is open until January 15, 2024. The agreement, signed in Cannes on May 11, 2018 between the CNCI and the Italian Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, established a bilateral development aid fund to promote Tunisian-Italian artistic co-productions of feature-length cinematographic works. The Fund is intended to provide non-repayable grants for the co-development of film projects falling within the scope of the Tunisian-Italian film co-production agreement signed between Italy and Tunisia on October 29, 1988. The grant is reserved for cinematographic projects of any genre (fiction, animation, documentary) intended for first release in cinemas and lasting more than 52 minutes. The aid is granted in the form of subsidies. The Fund has an annual budget of pound 280,000 (pound 180,000 from the Italian side and 300,000 dinars from the Tunisian side). Grants will be awarded on the advice of a committee of Tunisian and Italian professionals, based in particular on the technical and artistic quality of the project and its potential for international distribution. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse