Slovak Audiovisual Fund

The Slovak Audiovisual Fund, operating since 2010, is the main public funding institution for the Slovak audiovisual culture and industry. The aim of the Fund is to support the entire film value chain – development, production, distribution, and promotion of audiovisual works, cinemas, festivals, research, training activities, innovations of technologies. Recipient of financing from the Fund shall be individual or legal entity registered in the Slovak Republic.

In 2022 the Fund supported more than 350 projects with total amount of 9.9 mil. € in audiovisual culture support schemes for development, production, distribution, cinemas, research, publishing, education. In the program for audiovisual industry support, based on 33% cash rebate the Fund supported in 2022 film projects by total amount of more than 7.5 mil. €. Minimum limit of eligible expenses for cash rebate scheme is 300 000 € (feature TV series), 100 000 € (feature films, documentary series) or 50 000 € (documentary film, animation film or series) over a period of 3 years after the project registration. Expenses should be paid for production of film project in Slovakia.

Finances of the Fund are based on the combination of state budget subsidies – at least 6 mil. € annually for audiovisual culture support, extra state subsidy for audiovisual industry support and contributions by other private or public subjects (TV broadcasters, cinemas, distributors, retransmission providers, VoD platforms).