Cine Tirol sets a strong and brave signal in times of heavy storms in Filmbiz worldwide. To be even more competitive and to meet the requirements of the international film business, Cine Tirol designed new Guidelines which become effective May 1st 2009.

Cine Tirol offers production grants in the form of reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible expenditures from filming in the Tirol. Production grants are awarded to selected film projects after application review and are subject to budgetary constraints.

Grant applications for many genres of audiovisual productions, especially theatrical movies and TV productions, are eligible. Not eligible are industrial, commercial, corporate, news, and music productions as well as any productions in violation of Austrian laws or the Austrian Constitution.

Production grants are contingent upon the economic effect of the production on the region (‘Tirol Effect’) and/or the thematic relation of the production to the region (‘Tirol Reference’).

The ‘Tirol Effect’ is fulfilled when the filming of the entire production, or parts thereof, in the Tirol generates income for the region, for example, in the form of general expenditures and in the form of domestic film industry expenditures. For more information see Cine Tirol Guidelines.

Documentaries with strong thematic relations to the Tirol are eligible and might be considered under exceptional funding conditions.

The ‘Tirol Reference’ is fulfilled when the Tirol is clearly identifiable as the location in the film and/or when the film contains significant aspects of Tirol’s history, culture, or landscape.

Applications can be filed year round; decisions will be made by the executive board of the Tirol Tourist Board (Tirol Werbung GmbH) upon recommendations from Cine Tirol. Guidelines and application form are listed in 'Production Incentive' - 'links'.