ESFUF
EFAD and Eurimages, the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe, have collected information about the diversity and inclusion measures already developed in the associations’ member countries. This information concentrates mainly on film funding measures, festivals, associations and resources. The focus of the mapping is on current diversity and inclusion measures in the audiovisual and cinemas sectors, with a desire to emphasise the necessity of more action in these areas.
The mapping will be updated each time a new measure is developed and announced.
| Country | Organisation | Location | Name of the Initiative | Website | Summary | Type | Date of collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Queer Film Days | Tirana | Queer Film Days | here | Queer Film Days Albania 2021 was launched with the screening of ‘Up Close & Personal: LGBT Police.’ Stichting art.1 and OMSA in cooperation with the State Police and Mrs. Alma Katragjini, held the opening of the third edition of the QFD Albania film festival. This activity was held in cooperation with IHRFFA, Council of Europe, Stichting art.1, Youth Artivists for Change, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tirana, the Swedish Embassy in Tirana, the Swedish Institute and the Olof Palme Center. Attendees included representatives of the State Police, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination, the ERA Organization and civil society actors. | Festival | July 2022 |
| Armenia | Golden Apricot CD NGO | Yerevan | 19th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival | here | Human Rights Special Award “Promise" was established at the 19th Golden Apricot Yerevan Film Festival. The first winner of “Promise” Award was documentary “The House Made of Splinters” by Simon Lereng Wilmont about orphanage in Eastern Ukraine. As the war in Ukraine takes a heavy toll on poor families living near the frontline, a small group of strong-willed social workers work tirelessly in a special kind of orphanage to create an almost magical safe space for kids to live in while the state decide the future fate of the child and family. | Festival | July 2022 |
| Armenia | National Cinema Center of Armenia | Yerevan | Diversity and inclusion agenda related | here | The NCCA has already had an experience of providing financial support to films supporting the agenda of diversity and inclusion (e.g. MEL, 2022, Tonratun, 2022, Five Dreamers and a Horse , 2022, Sweeping Yerevan, 2021 ). The NCCA is in the process of working out a special mention of such policy in the NCCA regulations within the next 3 years. | Film Funding - Best Practices | November 2022 |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Selection committee's mission statement | here | In terms of content, we strive to promote the diversity of fresh topics and stories that reflect the reality of our lives and reflect our society in a contemporary, critical and entertaining way. The structural goal is the representation of all people living in Austria. | Film Funding - Best Practices | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Diversity in films | here | The Website highlights films from directors with migration background and/or dealing with diversity relevant issues. | Film Funding - Awareness | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Film Gender Report | here | The 2nd Film Gender Report also includes quantitative data analyses on diversity, i.e. age, sexual orientation, education, class, migration, religion, paternity | Film Funding - Report | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Barriere free films | here | Funded films have to be barrier-free (especially for VOD- and TV-release) | Film Funding - Best Practices | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Data requested | here | When applicants are asked to provide the gender of the staff, they can choose between female, divers, male. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Check of Inclusion | here | The selection committee is provided with a standardised check of inclusion of the script focussing on gender equality among characters, sexism, diversity and discrimination, taking into consideration tests like Bechdel Wallace, Mako Mori and Chaves Perez. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | May 2022 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Code of Ethics | here | The code of ethics is a list of binding guidelines for professional conduct in the production of ÖFI-funded films. The code of ethics was published in September 2022, and since it was developed further, becoming more binding. The contractual partners of the film funding (producers) must ensure that all production processes of funded films take place in a fair, constructive and respectful working environment. The producer and all managers representing him or her have a duty of care that must be actively exercised. They are responsible for taking effective action against any form of discrimination, harassment, abuse, intimidation, degradation or insult as soon as they become aware of it. Compliance with the following criteria applies to all persons involved in production processes must therefore be anchored accordingly in individual contracts. | Film Funding - Awareness and Best Practice | May 2023 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Child Protection Questionnaire | here | The Austrian Film Institute has decided to implement a mandatory child protection concept for film shoots involving minors. However, the creation of a practical concept requires time, so before the start of the contract, a questionnaire will be sent to production companies to ensure child safety on set. The questionnaire will cover topics such as the presence of a trained caregiver and child protection officer, informing minors and their parents about the working conditions, and measures taken to protect minors on set. | Film Funding - Best Practices | May 2023 | |
| Austria | Austrian Film Institute | Perspective on Racism in Austrian Film | here | The Austrian Film Institute has published a Report on Racism in Austrian Films, as a follow-up of the study the institute commissioned in 2016 on Racism in Films. The new report is based on an analysis of 15 Austrian films between 2016 and 2023. | Film Funding - Report | May 2024 | |
| Austria | Vienna | Queertactics | here | Competition of Austrian shortfilms with queer_feminist content | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Sheet on diversity and inclusion in application procedure | here | Applications for development and production support will have to include a sheet on diversity and inclusion in front of and behind the camera, as well as on how to reach a more representative audience | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Individual Awareness-Raising Session on Representation | here | All winners of a writing grant for a fiction project can now benefit from an individual awareness-raising session on representation designed to help them become aware of ways to improve diversity and inclusion in relation to the specificities of their project. The session is not compulsory, and it will be given by Yamina El Atlassi, Inclusion Advisor at Bozar, who has set up a specific methodology for the CCA adapted to film projects. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | La diversité dans les films belges 2018-2020 | here | The CAA monitors diversity in Belgian films and series via a recurrent partnership with the UC Leuven (Sarah Sepulchre). This action, in place since 2018, continues every year in order to produce a multi-year overview of the representations of diversity in our films and series and their evolution, particularly following the other actions undertaken. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Training of scriptwriters and directors on diversity issues | here | The CCA is working with the SACD to set up new workshops on themes related to the issue of diversity of representation, which would consist of real practical work and reflection with the filmmakers. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Training for disadvantaged groups or minority communities | here | The CCA organises workshops for an audience that does not traditionally have access to traditional film training. A first pilot training was organised in 2021 to allow young people who do not have the capacity to join other training courses to be confronted with the acting profession. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Cycle of conferences | here | Other conferences will also address themes such as the representation on screen of age, social class, validism, the question of gender, etc. | Film Funding - Awareness | July 2022 |
| Belgium | Cinema and audiovisual centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA) | French Speaking Part | Call for Light Production Projects | here | For the 2021 call for proposals, the CCA has assembled a jury that is more representative of diversity than in the past and has been sensitive to these issues in selecting the winning projects. In anticipation of the 2022 call, the CCA is currently conducting a series of meetings with actors working in particular with disadvantaged and minoritized people, in order to better define how they could find their place within this call. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | July 2022 |
| Belgium | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) | Belgium's Flemish Community | Inclusion Approach Creation | here | When applying for support, the VAF examines how a project offers scope for inclusion. The center give a number of concrete routes to get started with inclusion, throught Project and characters, cast, makers and crew, and audience. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) | Belgium's Flemish Community | Inclusion Approach Public Outreach | here | When applying for support, the VAF examines how a project or operation offers scope for inclusion. They give a number of concrete routes to get started with inclusion, throught offer and audience, and internal operation. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) | Belgium's Flemish Community | Future plans on inclusion | here | The VAF established future plans around inclusion, whishing to to stimulate more inclusion within the Flemish audiovisual and game sector. Their plans are based on three pillars: A. Data, knowledge, research and evolutions; B. Rewarding, raising awareness and removing barriers; C. Inclusion within one's own operations. | Film Funding - Awareness | August 2022 |
| Belgium | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) | Belgium's Flemish Community | Inclusion Action Plan | here | The VAF wants to stimulate more inclusion within the Flemish audiovisual and game sector. Inclusion is an active process that goes beyond diversity. They have two objectives: Everyone in The Picture and Equal opportunities for equal talent. The Inclusion Action Plan includes actions related to monitoring, rewarding, awareness raising barrier removal and inclusion within the VAF's own workings | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 |
| Belgium | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) | Belgium's Flemish Community | Leadership and Individuality in Film - Masterclasses | here | For six months (November 2023 to March 2024), VAF, the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, organises some masterclasses on inclusion, leadership, communication, transgressive behaviour and pitching with various experts. This runs in conjunction with the programme on Leadership and Individuality in Film. | Film Funding - Awareness | November 2023 |
| Belgium | The Extraordinary Film Festival | Bruxelles | here | The realities of the people we call "disabled" and their loved ones, with their daily struggles, their successes and failures, their humor and their reflections, are all mirrors that reflect back to us the image of our humanity. Culture is more narrowly defined as "that which is common to a group of individuals". At TEFF, we break down the walls of culture! | Festival | June 2022 | |
| Belgium | Bruxelles | Pink Screen | here | Pink Screens is the Brussels film festival that celebrates sexualities and different genders. For almost 20 years, Genres d’à côté asbl has been involved in the showing in Belgium of films that deal with the issues of gender, different sexual orientations and minority lifestyles. It unearths new productions and screens them during its monthly film club or at the Pink Screens Festival in the second week of November. | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden | Netherlands Film Fund, Screen Ireland, Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, VAF, ICA, Finnish Film Foundation, CCA, Film Fund Luxembourg | New Dawn Fund | here | It is an initiative of 9 European public funds, aiming at opening up the film industry to the many voices representing the true diversity of perspectives. Launched in Cannes 2022 | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Humanitarian organization "Partner", Banja Luka | Banja Luka | Film festival Uhvati film Banja Luka | here | Uhvati film Banja Luka" is a member of the regional network "Uhvati film Novi Sad, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Kotor" which through thematically and artistically specific selection of films, artistic program, panels, discussions with the audience, promotes and affirms the diverse potentials of people with disabilities, critically examines the obstacles which people with disabilities are facing with, at the same time offering possible solutions (all with special reference to multiple marginalized groups). | Festival | December 2022 |
| Canada | Téléfilm Canada | Indigenous initiatives | here | Telefilm’s approach to better supporting Indigenous voices arose from dialogue with Indigenous creators from across the country | Film Funding - Best Practices | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Téléfilm Canada | Community engagement | here | The decision-making process take into account Telefilm’s objective to foster a diversity of voices in the industry, ensuring Telefilm funds a balanced portfolio of productions reflecting a variety of genres, budgets and company sizes, regions across the country, and different viewpoints. Gender parity will continue to be a priority across all programs in particular within communities where women are still underrepresented. Telefilm may prioritize projects whose key creative personnel (i.e. director(s) and/or screenwriter(s) and/or producer(s)) are members of communities supported through its Inclusion Initiatives: Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, Gender-diverse identities and expressions, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, Persons with disabilities and members of Official Language Minority Communities. That prioritization will also consider the intersectionality of identities as a way to better reflect a large spectrum of lived experiences. | Film Funding - Best Practices | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Toronto | CaribbeanTales Film Festival | here | CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) is an annual event that celebrates the talents of established and emerging filmmakers of Caribbean and African heritage who practice their art across the Caribbean Diaspora worldwide. The event takes place each year in September and is now offering viewership online and in-person experiences | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Canada | Toronto | Reelworld Film Festival | here | The Reelworld Film Festival showcases a wide variety of genres in narrative and documentary features and shorts, music videos, animation, series content for web and television, and VR/360 works. The Reelworld Film Festival programming reflects the strong and authentic voices from across Canada and features 100% Canadian Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour talent | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Canada | Vancouver | Vancouver International Women in Film Festival | here | VIWFF present lineup of local, Canadian and International films, bringing women and gender diverse filmmakers to the forefront through their work. VIWFF provides a platform for women and gender diverse filmmakers, challenges the inequities they face in a screen based media industry, and seeks to inspire new generations filmmakers. | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Canada | Montreal | Montreal Black Film festival | here | The goal of the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) is to bring audiences the most beautiful and the most amazing new Black films, while creating a space to debate major cultural, social and socio-economic issues. The MIBFF wants to promote a different kind of cinema, cinema that hails from here and from abroad and that does not necessarily have the opportunity to grace the big screen, groundbreaking cinema that moves us, that raises awareness and that takes us all by surprise. | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Canada | Toronto & Ottawa | Inside Out LGBTQ film festival | here | For nearly three decades, Inside Out has brought Toronto's 2SLGBTQ+ community together in celebration of the best queer film from Canada and around the world. Through our annual Festivals in Toronto and Ottawa, our filmmaker initiatives, our youth engagement and our year-round events and screenings, Inside Out is engaged every day in challenging attitudes and changing lives. | Festival | May 2022 | |
| Canada | Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) | here | AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through accessible media, reflection and portrayal. | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Black Screen Office | here | The Black Screen Office’s goals are to make Canada’s screen industries practices and policies equitable and free of anti-Black racism; to work collaboratively with decision-makers to develop tools and strategies that enable system-level engagement and accountability; and to empower Black Canadians working within the screen industries to thrive and share their stories. | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Canadian center for diversity and inclusion | here | The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) is a made-in-Canada solution designed to help employers, diversity and inclusion/human rights/equity, and human resources practitioners effectively address the full picture of diversity, equity and inclusion within the workplace. Founded and run by experienced diversity and inclusion practitioners, CCDI’s focus is on practical sustainable solutions that help employers move toward true inclusion. Effectively managing diversity and inclusion, and human rights and equity is a strategic imperative for all Canadian organizations that wish to remain relevant and competitive. | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Fondation Fabienne Colas | here | The Fabienne Colas Foundation (FCF) is the largest organization in Canada for Black culture. Created in 2005, the FCF is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the arts across Canada and around the world | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | BIPOC TV & Film | here | Grounded in a commitment to social justice, decolonization and reconciliation, BIPOC TV & FILM is a community-centric non-profit movement advocating for racial equity and decent work practices in Canada's screen media industry. Our mission is to transform the Canadian screen industry by identifying and uprooting barriers to funding, training, and employment opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour creatives—at all levels, in front of and behind the camera, on our sets and in all decision-making roles . BIPOC TV & Film provides career training, mentorship, job access and wraparound services | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Diversité Artisique Montréal (DAM) | here | DAM’s mission is to promote inclusion and cultural equity by supporting immigrant and racialized artists of all disciplines in the development of their careers. DAM strives to increase awareness of ethnocultural diversity issues as well as empower the community to address them. DAM’s service mission is to provide ongoing support to professional and developing artists, primarily through one-on-one career development consultations, training and a mentoring program. Several key projects and various partnerships in the arts community create opportunities for racialized and immigrant artists who are faced with systemic barriers to full professional integration | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Indigenous Screen Office | here | The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) is an independent national advocacy and funding organization serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis creators of screen content in Canada. The ISO’s mandate is to foster and support narrative sovereignty and cultural revitalization by increasing Indigenous storytelling on screens and promoting Indigenous values and participation across the sector. The association has different funding opportunities. | Association | October 2024 | ||
| Canada | Racial Equity Media Collective (REMC) | here | The Racial Equity Media Collective (REMC) is a national not-for-profit organization committed to equity for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) creators in Canada’s film, television, and digital media industries. Fueled by research and rooted in community engagement, the REMC’s mission is to remove barriers to access and increase the production, export and sustainability of BIPOC content and BIPOC-led production companies | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Women in view | here | Women in View is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening gender representation and diversity in Canadian media both on screen and behind the scenes. We do this through a range of initiatives that seek to generate awareness, promote talent and spark dialogue across the full spectrum of production, policy and artistic arenas. The mission of Women in View is the achievement of greater diversity and balance in Canadian media, from the standpoint of employment equity, creative authority and gender representation | Association - Ressources | May 2022 | ||
| Canada | Montréal | Festival International Présence autochtone de Montreal | here | An event for the artistic creation and cultural renaissance of indigenous peoples of the Americas and the world. | Festival | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Saint John | St John's international women's film festival | here | As a venue for creation, encounters and discoveries, the multidisciplinary event takes place over ten days in August. The Place des Festivals, with its giant tipi, becomes the beating heart of an intense artistic activity that radiates throughout the city. The cinema of the First Peoples is in the spotlight, memorable concerts attract crowds, and live Indigenous art is offered in a wide variety of expressions and forms. | Festival | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Toronto | ImagineNative- International Film Festival . Films by Indeginous artists | here | imagineNATIVE is the world's largest presenter of Indigenous screen content. The organization is recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for excellence and innovation in programming and as the global centre for Indigenous media arts. imagineNATIVE (legal entity: The Centre for Aboriginal Media) is a registered charity committed to creating a greater understanding of Indigenous peoples and cultures through the presentation of contemporary Indigenous-made media art including film, video, audio, and digital media. | Festival | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Toronto | Black Women Film! | here | Black Women Film! Canada is both a not for profit dedicated to forwarding the careers, networks and skills of Black women identified people of the Canadian African diaspora who are working in film and media across all levels of experience. | Association - Ressources | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Vancouver | Vancouver Queer Film Festival | here | The Vancouver Queer Film Festival creates a dynamic platform for queer cinema that reflects a diversity of experiences while connecting and strengthening our communities. The award-winning Out In Schools program brings age-appropriate queer cinema into school classrooms to combat homophobia, transphobia, and bullying, and to provide the language and tools for inclusion. Out On Screen is proud to be among the leaders in Canada working to create an equitable society where sexual and gender diversity are embraced | Festival | July 2022 | |
| Canada | Winnipeg | National Screen Intitute | here | Through inclusive, customized training and mentoring, the National Screen Institute supports creators to change the world through the power of story. | Association - Ressources | July 2022 | |
| Canada | On screen protocols and pathways | here | The On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories is for use by screen-storytellers and production companies wishing to feature First Nations, Métis orInuit people, content or concepts (traditional or contemporary cultures, knowledge orintellectual property) in their films,television programs and digital media content | Association - Ressources | July 2022 | ||
| Canada | Canada Media Fund | Buidling Inclusive Networks in the Film and Television Industry | here | “Building Inclusive Networks in the Film and Television Industry” is a nation-wide qualitative study examining factors that contribute to the inclusion/exclusion of Indigenous, Black and other racialized women from industry networking events. The study looked to fill a gap in the existing literature and in our knowledge on the subject of systemic racism in the screen industries. While most studies about diversity and inclusion in the industry examine the production chain and hiring practices, this study explored the informal vertical and horizontal networking opportunities, which can affect the trajectory of one’s career in film and television. | Film Funding - Report | December 2022 | |
| Canada | Canada Media Fund | Equity & Inclusion strategy | here | The CMF’s mandate to “enable a diversity of voices” includes a responsibility to widen support to Canada’s talent and creators from underrepresented communities in order to amplify their voices, stories, and perspectives through content creation and exploitation. The CMF can make significant and lasting changes over the period of this strategy ensure Canadian content comes from a broad cross-section of communities, offers engaging experiences from a variety of perspectives, and connects with audiences that are increasingly seeking out these compelling, authentic stories. We are in a period of transition building upon past work with targeted initiatives for a first tier of priority communities (women, Indigenous and racialized, OLMC etc.) while piloting changes focused on learning, development and ongoing outreach to other communities (2SLGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities) which also require urgent support. | Film Funding - Strategy | December 2022 | |
| Canada | Canada Media Fund | Lights, Camera, Inclusion | here | Lights, Camera, Inclusion is the first video series by Now & Next, Canada Media Fund's editorial platform. It focuses on issues related to inclusion and representation on Quebec screens and the potential we see on the horizon. | Other - Podcast | December 2022 | |
| Canada | Disability Screen Office | Disability Screen Office | here | The Disability Screen Office is a national, not-for-profit organization that works with the Canadian screen industry to eliminate accessibility barriers and foster authentic and meaningful disability representation throughout the sector. | Association - Ressources | October 2024 | |
| Croatia | Cherry Pop Film Festival | Zagreb | Cherry Pop Film Festival | here | The Cherry Pop Film Festival is an international short film competition that aims to explore sexuality, gender and relationships through the eyes of filmmakers from all over the world. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Croatia | Association Spirit Rijeka | Rijeka | Film Festival Uhvati film Novi Sad (Seize the film) | here | Film festival "Uhvati film Rijeka" is a member of the regional festival network "Uhvati film Novi Sad, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Kotor" which through thematically and artistically specific selection of films, artistic program, panels, discussions with the audience, promotes and affirms the diverse potentials of people with disabilities, critically examines the obstacles which people with disabilities are facing with, at the same time offering possible solutions (all with special reference to multiple marginalized groups) | Festival | September 2022 |
| Croatia | VOX FEMINAE FESTIVAL | Zagreb | VOX FEMINAE FESTIVAL | here | Vox Feminae Festival is an international and transdisciplinary festival that focuses on promoting local and international female artists and/or groups of artists who explore the clash of contemporary art, urban and alternative culture and gender issues as well as gender-sensitive social engagement in their work. Vox Feminae Festival was founded in 2006 with the aim of promoting and increasing the visibility of women's artistic achievements through the international competition film program, exhibitions and performances as well as workshops and other educational content. Vox Feminae Festival presents and rewards films of all genres, and topics include gender equality, women's creativity and achievements, non-stereotypical gender roles and relationships, as well as feminist and LGBTIQ themes. Vox Feminae Festival is organized by the Expanse of Gender and Media Culture 'Common Zone'. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Cinema Advisory Committee | Data Collection Questionnaire re completed Cypriot films (gender/ inclusion issues) | They have recently introduced a gender/diversity questionnaire for completed feature films and documentaries to collect data on diversity, gender and inclusion from completed Cypriot productions. This data collection will help us shed light on these issues in film production in Cyprus and needs, and will consequently help us introduce our own schemes and measures for safeguarding social inclusion and promoting gender equality in the national audiovisual sector. | Film Funding - Awareness | August 2022 | ||
| Cyprus | Queer Wave Festival | Nicosia | Queer Wave Festival | here | Through our non-profit events, we aim to make more queer cinema accessible to Cypriot audiences. We are addressing the serious gap in the market for LGBTQI+ films, and bringing communities closer together – one film at a time. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Cyprus | Lemesos International Documentary Festival | here | Every year 50% of the programme is either made by female, transgender, and/or disabled filmmakers or about women and gender issues in order to maintain the 50-50 gender/inclusion balance. The festival is funded by the Ministry. | Festival - Best Practices | August 2022 | ||
| Czech Republic | Karlovy Vary IFF | Prague | People Next Door Section | here | A thematic section created by the Karlovy Vary IFF in collaboration with the Sirius Foundation, whose programme reflects the ideas underlying the Walking People (Chodící lidé) campaign. The aim of this campaign is to show the general public how to communicate with people with disabilities and how to interact with them. | Festival - Section | September 2022 |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Report on "Social and Geographical Diversity in the Danish Film Industry 2017" | here | Report on social and geographical diversity in the Danish film industry. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Report of Ethnic Diversity in Danish Film, 2018 | here | The study examines ethnic diversity in Danish film, as it appears behind the camera, in films and among audiences. The diversity in Danish film is compared to the current demographics of Danish society as a whole. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Report on Ethnic Diversity 2023 version | here | The new study shows that there has only been limited progress with ethnic diversity in Danish film in front of and behind the camera over the past 10 years. This underlines that an underrepresentation of new Danes in the film industry is still present, which is a challenge if Danish film is to continue to innovate and develop artistically strong narratives with relevance and value for the audience. Diversity among filmmakers, such as gender, ethnicity, geography and social origin, helps to create diversity and diversity in both the stories and the expression of the films | Film Funding - Report | May 2023 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Diversity consultant | here | The Danish Film Institute has a consultant fulltime employed working only on diversity and inclusion topics | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Strategic statement on values for diversity and inclusion work | here | The Danish Film Institute has a formulated vision and strategy for diversity and inclusion work. It has three main pillars: 1. Diversity in funding 2. Diversity in communication 3. Diversity in collection and curation | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Etnic Diversity | here | The Danish Film Institute actively pursues a better representation in terms of etnic diversity in Danish films. This includes a mentorprogramme and castingworkshops. | Film Funding - Awareness | August 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Charter of Ethnic Diversity | here | The Danish Film Institute, the Danish Producers' Association, the Danish Filmmakers' Association and the Danish Dramatists' Association have collaborated to develop a joint industry charter for ethnic diversity in Danish film. The charter forms the basis for a number of concrete initiatives to strengthen diversity in the film industry. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | MEMOIR BIO | here | As of October 2023, selected cinemas across Norway screen MemoirBio, a collection of specially chosen films from the 1950s to the 1970s to trigger memories and facilitate conversations. Each film package lasts around 30 minutes and may include local historical films. The Danish Film Institute, in collaboration with dementia-focused partners, has developed this initiative | Film Funding - Best Practices | November 2023 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Accessibility of films to individuals with visual impairments | here | Under the Film Agreement 2024-27, Danish films supported by the Danish Film Institute will now be made accessible to individuals with visual impairments. Producers will be required to provide audio descriptions for these films, similar to the provision of Danish subtitles. It allows blind and partially sighted individuals to experience the movie through synchronization with an app, both in cinemas and at home | Film Funding - Best Practices | March 2024 | |
| Denmark | Danish Film Institute | Diversity Plan | here | A comprehensive action plan aimed at enhancing diversity in Danish cinema. Developed with input from industry experts and actors, the plan addresses issues of gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, gender identity, social background, geography, and functional ability. The action plan encompasses initiatives in awareness-raising, recruitment, support systems, and knowledge/data sources. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2024 | |
| Denmark | JEWISH EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL | Copenhagen | JEWISH EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL | here | Curated film programme aimed to promote a deeper conversation and a more tolerant society on the way. Takes place at the DFI Cinemateque in Gothersgade. February | Festival | September 2022 |
| Denmark | MIX COPENHAGEN | LGBT Film Festival | Copenhagen | MIX COPENHAGEN | LGBT Film Festival | here | Since 1986, the festival has screened short films, feature films and documentaries that seek to question and explore sexualities, affect the contemporary gender debate and reflect diversity in the world. September-October | Festival | September 2022 |
| Denmark | Salaam Film & Dialogue | København | Salaam Film & Dialogue | here | Focus on issues related to the modern multicultural society. Short films, feature films and documentaries. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Denmark | Danish Producers' Association | Guide to Diversity & Inclusion in Film and TV Production | here | The Danish Producers' Association has published a guide as an introduction to key concepts and inspiration on how content producers can prepare a policy for and work with diversity and inclusion. The guide also has the latest figures from Statistics Denmark on employees in the film and TV industry. | Association - Ressources | June 2024 | |
| Denmark | Film School | Copenhagen | Diversity, Bias and Blind Spots' course | here | The Danish Film School has launched an intensive course on diversity, bias, and blind spots. The Film School's course includes membership in a facilitated network and resource centre, meeting 2-3 times a year to ensure the practical application of new knowledge. The course targets film professionals in management and recruitment. | Association - Ressources | June 2024 |
| Estonia | Tallin Black Nights film festival | DDA Spotlight Award | here | Award honouring diversity and inclusion in cinema | Festival - Award | June 2022 | |
| Europe | European Film Academy | Diversity and Inclusion | here | The Diversity and Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy encourage equality and address underrepresentation in European film industries – in creative leadership, project staff and film crews; in training, opportunities and career progression; in audience outreach and development and on-screen perspectives of diversity and inclusion. | Europe - Standards | September 2022 | |
| Europe | Social partners in the European audiovisual sector | Diversity in the Audiovisual Sector Roundtables | here | Four roundtables are organized in the context of a project co-funded by the European Union jointly implemented by the social partners in the European audiovisual sector: European Broadcasting Union (EBU), European Audiovisual Production association (CEPI), International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF); Association of European Radios (AER); Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ); International Federation of Actors (FIA), International Federation of Musicians (FIM), and Media, Entertainment & Arts sector of UNI Europa (EURO-MEI). | Europe - Project | May 2023 | |
| Europe | Writers Lab | Wriers Lab Programme | here | The Writers Lab, a script development and marketplace program for women and nonbinary screenwriters over 40, is launching its first combined UK and European edition. The program is supported by partners in the UK and Europe, including Screen Ireland and the Austrian Film Institute. The Lab is in association with German Films, Netherlands Film Fund, and Reclaim The Frame | Europe - Programme | May 2023 | |
| Europe | European Audiovisual Observatory | Accessibility measures as implemented by AVMS providers for persons with disabilities report | here | The report examines how European law ensures accessibility to films, series, and TV programs for people with disabilities. It explores implementation by AVMSD providers across EU states, detailing legal frameworks and practical examples. | Europe - Report | March 2024 | |
| Finland | Academy of Moving People and Images | Helsinki | Academy of Moving People and Images | here | Academy of Moving People and Images is a platform founded by filmmaker Erol Mintaş, in Helsinki for mobile/moving people - those who have arrived in Finland for different reasons; be they displaced people, forced immigrants, students, asylum seekers, employees, or those who immigrated for love. | Association - Ressources | September 2022 |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Accessibility guide for cinemas | here | It is an accessibility guide for cinemas, prepared in cooperation with different disability organisations and published in 2021. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Finnish Film Foundation Support Guide for audio description and subtitling for the hearing impaired | here | The Foundation supports for film audio descriptions and subtitling for the hard of hearing. The support is intended to cover the costs of audio description and subtitling for the hearing impaired. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Occupational health and safety - Brief Guidelines to Support Production | here | Projects that have received production support from the Foundation are required to comply with Finnish occupational health and safety legislation. A precondition for production support is that the recipient provides assurance that the production crew and their supervisors have been given clear instructions on how to proceed when encountering possible harassment or unacceptable behaviour. A description of the method used to provide the crew and their supervisors with these instructions must also be presented. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Preventing sexual harassment - Guidelines | here | The Finnish Film Foundation was involved in publishing the guidelines prepared in collaboration by several organisations for the prevention of sexual harassment in our industry. The guidelines were delivered to the production companies and are available free of charge in Finnish, Swedish and English. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Guidelines for doing intimate scenes in camera work | here | In the autumn of 2020, the Foundation published the guidelines prepared by actor Saara Kotkaniemi for doing intimate scenes in camera work. The guidelines include practical recommendations and instructions for actors, directors, producers and other crew members. The guidelines are based on a report for which Kotkaniemi interviewed 40 actors and 20 directors. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Finnish Film Foundation | Working with an intimacy coordinator Guidelines | here | To complement the guidelines for doing intimate scenes in camera work, instructions on working with an intimacy coordinator were published in the summer of 2021. They are written by intimacy coordinator Pia Rickman. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Finland | Vinokino Film Festival | here | Vinokino is the one Finnish film festival that only screens gender and sexual minority films. Vinokino is a festival for all movie lovers. Each and everyone. | Festival | September 2022 | ||
| France | Le collectif 50/50 | Paris | here | Collectif 50/50 currently brings together more than 1,500 professionals from the French creative, film and audiovisual industries. Structured as an action tank, 50/50 is firmly committed to reflect upon and fight for equality, parity and diversity in the film and audiovisual industry. The Collectif draws up studies, develops actions, creates tools and offers incentives to public authorities and the various actors of the sector in order to accelerate and implement change. | Association | September 2022 | |
| France | Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration | Paris | Festival images de la diversité et de l'égalité (Fidel) | here | La Cité welcomes the Fidel, an annual meeting about the cinematographic news of diversity, otherness, equality and discriminations. On the program for this first edition: films, meetings and round tables with film professionals, historians, sociologists, associations and institutions... | Festival | September 2022 |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Diversity Image Fund | here | A scheme devoted to cultural diversity and equal opportunities that grants financial support to production and distribution of cinematographic, audiovisual, multimedia and video game works projects representing the French immigrant population and their stories as well as to those that target disadvantaged populations in France. It supports also equality between women and men, integration policy and the fight against discrimination against the inhabitants of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, particularly those linked to place of residence and real or supposed origin. It contributes to the recognition and enhancement of the history, heritage and memory of the urban policy districts. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Financial Support for Subtitling and Audio Description | here | Support for the production of audio description and subtitling files for audiences with sensory disabilities | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Accessibility of works and rooms for people with disabilities | here | The CNC offers various aids to support the accessibility of films: support for the production of audio description and subtitling files for audiences with sensory disabilities (support for feature film producers); support for the digitisation of heritage cinematographic works; support for physical video publishing; support for video on demand (VOD) distribution. Since 2013, the CNC has set up an aid for the audio description and subtitling of films intended for producers of French-initiated feature films | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Call for projects "The one and the other" | here | Call for projects to support for inclusive actions in favour of support projects aimed more directly at film, audiovisual and video game professionals with disabilities. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Accessibility Observatory Report | here | The new study as part of the Accessibility Observatory of the CNC discusses the accessibility of cinemas for people with disabilities in France. It notes that multiplexes and cinemas located in Paris or large towns are the most accessible to people with reduced mobility and wheelchair users. However, there is a low rate of cinemas organizing accessible screenings each week for people with sensory disabilities, despite having good equipment. It also states that there is a willingness to work on improving the situation, but there is still room for improvement in areas such as the accessibility of reception and circulation areas, frequency of accessible screenings, and communication about accessibility. Operators also report a need for support on the subject. | Film Funding - Report | May 2023 | |
| France | National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC) | Protection of Minors | Minors under 16 will as of June 2024 be required to be accompanied by a "child guardian" on film sets. Failure to have a designated guardian could impact funding from the CNC. The role of the guardian will include specific qualifications and background checks to ensure child protection. Details will soon be finalised. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2024 | ||
| France | Observatoire des images et de la diversité | here | It is the first associative body bringing together those who are interested in the influence of images in cinema, television, video games and advertising, particularly on the Internet, with three main priority action themes: diversity, emancipation and ecology. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | ||
| France | Mission Handicap du spectacle vivant et enregistré (Disability Mission for Live and Recorded Entertainment) | here | It aims to continue developing professional practices relating to disability in the entertainment industry. It is run by Audiens, in partnership with Agefiph, as an extension of Mission Handicap for audiovisual production. It has broadened its scope to include the audiovisual, film, live performance, technical service provider, radio, music and record publishing sectors. | Association - Ressources | October 2024 | ||
| Germany | Berlinale | European Film Market (EFM) - Diversity at Berlinale 2019 | here | The European Film Market (EFM) in 2019 tackled the issue of diversity in the audiovisual sector | Festival - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Germany | Berlinale | Berlin World Cinema Fund | here | The fund is committed to the development and support of cinema in regions with a weak filmmaking infrastructure as well as to cultural diversity in German cinema. | Festival - Fund | June 2022 | |
| Germany | European Film Market Berlin | Doc Toolbox Programme | here | An initiative jointly developed between EFM Documentary and EFM Diversity & Inclusion, it is designed specifically to endow documentary creatives from marginalized and underrepresented groups with market intelligence, business tools and connections. | Festival - Initiative | January 2023 | |
| Germany | Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) | Diversity Checklist | here | The Regional Film Fund introduced a Diversity Checklist. Applicants are obliged to answer a questionnaire on the diversity of their planned project. In this way, they should be encouraged to consciously deal with the topic of diversity and to critically review their own actions. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 | |
| Germany | Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / German Federal Film Board | Studies: "Audiovisual diversity? Gender portrayal in audiovisual media" (2017) "Visilbity and diversity : Progress report on diversity and gender in the film industry" (2022) | here | The FFA funds several national studies focusing on diversity. Data collection is essential to highlight structural problems, identify areas in which action is necessay and monitor the impact of subsequently implemented measures. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Germany | Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / German Federal Film Board | Film Funding Act | here | Since January 1st 2022, promoting diversity and supporting the interests of persons with disabilities and their better integration are among the tasks of the FFA (Art. 2 of the Film Funding Act). Within this framework, the FFA regularly funds the organisation of symposia or panels on diversity (i.e a panel hosted by the German Film Academy, the German Television Academy and Queer Media Society " in September 2021 :"A Path Forward-how do gender balance and diversity go hand in hand?" ), vocational training programs etc. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Germany | Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / German Federal Film Board | Working Groups | / | The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as well as the FFA regularly participate in working groups at national (with German regional film funds) and Europan level (EFAD Working group on Gender and Inclusion) in order to exchange information and benefit from best practices in the area of gender balance and diversity. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Germany | Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / German Federal Film Board | Accessibility of cinemas | here | The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the FFA provide grants to cinemas for implemanting barriere-free accessibility. | Film Funding - Best Practices - Cinemas | August 2022 | |
| Germany | Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / German Federal Film Board | Accessibility of films | here | Production and distribution support by the FFA require the provision of barrier-free copies (audiodescription, subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing). For productions funded by the German Film Fund (DFFF), by the cultural film fund or by the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF) corresponding guidelines are in force. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Germany | Greta | Berlin | Application Greta | here | Greta is an app that enables people with sight or hearing loss to experience fully accessible cinema. It also includes foreign language subtitles and audio versions for an international audience. Greta is a special app: it plays the existing audio description (AD) or subtitles for hard-of-hearing individuals and people with hearing lost (SDH) at any time, place, or screening - in indoor and outdoor cinemas, at home, at school etc. | Other - Application | September 2022 |
| Germany | Vielfalt im Film Alliance | Study “Diversity in Film” | here | The survey is based on a differentiated survey instrument developed by CFE that is unique for the German-speaking world. This instrument covers diversity and discrimination, taking into account human rights requirements and current findings in discrimination and racism research. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 | |
| Greece | Animasyros Animation Festival | Syros | Animapride | here | AnimaPride competition section presents important aspects of the LGBTQ+ movement and will address topics such as homophobia, transgender rights, online dating and polygamy. Also the children’s programme K.ID.S section highlights messages concerning the environment, diversity, empathy and family relationships. | Festival | October 2022 |
| Greece | Greek Film Centre | Equality Requirements | here | All programs welcome proposals that aim to: ‡ the audience development, especially children and adolescents ‡ the promotion of inclusivity, accessibility and participation in the movement creation process and mapping projects ‡ the fight against stereotypes and discrimination, the acceptance of diversity as well as the strengthening of co-social solidarity and cohesion | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | October 2022 | |
| Greece | Greek Film Centre | Equality Requirements | here | The Distribution Funding regulation sets as a priority that distributors take into account and promote practices that promote inclusivity, accessibility and participation. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria - Distribution | October 2022 | |
| Greece | Greek Film Centre | Equality Requirements | here | The Festival Support Funding sets as a priority that festival institutions take into account and promote practices that promote inclusivity, accessibility and participation. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria - Festivals | October 2022 | |
| Greece | Greek Film Centre | Support program for the creation of copies of cinematographic works for people with hearing or visual impairments - Films with Accessibility | here | The programme aims to make films accessible to individuals with hearing or vision impairments. EU producers or distributors with operations in Greece, and not affiliated with broadcasting companies, are eligible to apply. The program supports film projects scheduled from the second half of 2024 through 31 December 2025. | Film Funding | September 2024 | |
| Greece | Hellenic Film Academy | Athens | Annual National Film Awards | here | The Hellenic Film Academy (HFA) leads and supports initiatives regarding the development of domestic film production.The HFA’s primary focus is to hold the Annual National Film Awards that every year have a strong focus on matters of diversity, equity and inclusion. | Associations-ressources | September 2022 |
| Greece | Outview Queer Film Festival | Athens | here | Athens Queer Film Festival takes place every year around April - May for 10 days with awards for Best Film and Audience Award. Queer screenings and guests from all over the world. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Hungary | Budapest, online and in 5 major cities | Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival | here | The festival takes place annually in November and continues to organize programs during the year across the country as well as online (free screenings, discussions in high schools, film clubs & cultural festivals.) The festival exists since 2004, founded by staff members of Blinken OSA Archive. The aim was to create a platform for international documentary films with a focus on human rights. In 18 years, Verzió programs were attended by more than 150,000 visitors in Budapest, Pécs, Szeged, Kecskemét, Debrecen and Szombathely, and since 2020 the festival's online editions have reached over 50,000 viewers in Hungary and abroad. Verzió is an important meeting place for the documentary film community and a diverse audience of documentary film lovers. In Budapest, film screenings, discussions and accompanying events take place at the Toldi, Művész and Kino cinemas, the Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, the Blinken OSA Archive, the CEU and the Empathy Café, with the participation of invited filmmakers and experts. | Festival | November 2022 | |
| Hungary | Budapest | Humen festival | here | Launched in 2016, the Humen Festival aims to bring Hungarian society closer to the LGBTQ community with LGBTQ-themed films and to form a kind of bridge between them. From this initiative, it has become an LGBTQ cultural festival that includes a variety of theatrical and contemporary dance performances, among other things. Since last year, the Humen Festival has been presenting its own art exhibitions, which continue to focus on social acceptance | Festival | November 2022 | |
| Hungary | Hungarian Special Motion Picture Association | Budapest | Hungarian Special Independent Film Festival | here | The 8th edition of the Hungarian Special Independent Film Festival (November 2022) is organized by the Hungarian Special Motion Picture Association. The festival has a dual purpose: to give an opportunity for expression to creative people with disabilities and psychiatric patients who want to create real or fictitious stories in motion pictures, to show their works and provide an insight into their own world. On the other hand, the Association is looking for all creators who have a film about the above-mentioned people or things related to them, so that they could talk about disability and its contexts in the language of cinema. Other activities of the Association include: A special Vocational Course, MSMME, in Eger; Film Days in Kőszeg; Special Film Creation Camp and Workshop in Szolnok; an online Movie Day; “Special Viewpoint” (Introduction day and meeting); Tiszántúl Special Film Festival in Kisújszállás; Special Film Clubs in the Agora Savaria Cinema in Szombathely; Production of supporting materials and film interview series on themes related to disability. | Festival | November 2022 |
| Hungary | National Film Institute (NFI) | Budapest | Equal Opportunities Plan | here | The NFI has taken measures to ensure more attention to equal treatment and equal opportunities. The management undertook specific measures and recorded them in an Equal Opportunities Plan (June 2021), thus promoting the creation of a non-discriminative environment (No discrimination of any kind - especially related to age, gender, marital status, nationality, race, origin, religion, or political beliefs.) NFI, while operating its motion picture professional support system as part of its main activity, and within this framework, ensures that all applicants receive an equal treatment and equal opportunities during the development of tender principles and in all support-related procedures. This goal is recorded in the related internal regulations of the NFI (e.g., Support Regulation/ Equality of opportunity in the support system.) | Film Funding - Best Practices | November 2022 |
| Hungary | FRISS HÚS Budapest International Short Film Festival | Budapest | Friss Hús # Queer | here | The festival has established in 2018 a queer section dedicated to LGBTQ films. The festival, with its international outlook and Hungarian films wants to promote the visibility of the LGBTQ community and LGBTQ topics in Hungary and Hungarian films. | Festival | November 2022 |
| Iceland | Iceland Film Centre | Diversity requirements | here | Diversity and inclusion are an important part of evaluation of all applications and funding by The Icelandic Film Centre, in accordance with the policy for the film industry in Iceland for 2020-30. Currently IFC doesn’t have special programs in place but at the same time IFC continues to work on strategy regarding diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minorities in Iceland. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | November 2022 | |
| International | ERIM - Equal Rights & Independent Media | Speak Up! Media for Inclusion | here | Speak Up! is a cross-European project aimed at integrating young, newly arrived migrants through video, radio production and media literacy trainings, leading to media and film festivals in all partner countries. | Europe - Training | September 2022 | |
| International | EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) | EAVE - Diversity& Inclusion focus | here | EAVE has a stated focus on diversity and inclusion as part of its corporate values related to the training of the European screen industry. They believe that EAVE can support significant and lasting changes to the screen ecosystem in Europe to ensure that the pipeline of producers diversifies, and thus authentic stories from a broader cross-section of communities and perspectives emerge and are shared globally. Through this work EAVE also provides an example of inclusive operation and programming frameworks for other industry organizations. Diversity is considered a key focus at EAVE, not only in terms of nationality, geographic spread, race, age and gender, but also in terms of project type, experience, background, involvement in shaping local, regional and national industries and policies and other aspects. | Europe - Measures | December 2022 | |
| International | MIDPOINT Institute | MIDPOINT Intensive Queer | here | A brand new professional script-development program created to encourage diversity of topics and support filmmakers in queer storytelling. The four-day program is intended for international creative teams (writers, directors and producers) who are developing their feature fiction film projects with queer focus. | Europe - Training | January 2023 | |
| Ireland | Belfast Film Festival | Belfast | Audience Development and Inclusion Programme | here | Our Audience Development and Inclusion Programme aims to entertain, inform, engage and empower local communities through the medium of film and film related art-forms. It delivers events and provides resources and practical support for communities who want to increase their knowledge and understanding of specialised film and the creative processes involved in the development and production of a range of film and digital media. The team works with a variety of local communities across Northern Ireland, in particular with those in the AOD catchment areas, and those in areas of social deprivation. We provide a range of specific projects that include workshops, events, activities and training opportunities. | Festival - Programme | September 2022 |
| Ireland | Foyle Intercultural & Anti-Racism Film Festival | Derry | here | Foyle Film Intercultural and Anti-Racism Festival tackles a wide range of topics around discrimination, prejudice, human rights abuses, inequality, and environmental challenges. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Ireland | GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival | here | GAZE has been creating spaces for our community to come together to celebrate queer cinema, share common cultural experiences, and to see our stories represented on the big screen. GAZE has been a platform for emerging and established LGBTQ+ filmmakers to showcase their work, as well as an advocate for deeper understanding of the breadth and complexity of our communities. | Festival | September 2022 | ||
| Ireland | GAZE. INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL | Dublin | GAZE. INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL | here | Annual film festival which takes place in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1992, it takes pride of place as Ireland's largest LGBTQ+ film event, and the countries biggest LGBTQ+ gathering aside from Dublin pride. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Ireland | Irish Film Institute | IFI Spotlight 2022: The D&I is Cast - Diversity & Inclusion in film and TV | here | Join us for IFI Spotlight 2022 as we invite practitioners, journalists and academics to interrogate the previous twelve months of activity in the Irish film and television industry. Our fourth panel of the day will discuss Diversity & Inclusion policies in UK and Irish film and TV. Dr. Susan Liddy will host panellists Aisha Bolaji, Dr. Clive Nwonka, Carmel Winters, and Maureen Hughes. | Film Funding - Panel | September 2022 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | Animation Pathways Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund | here | A funding scheme of 100K€ grant, for the Animation sector, used to create more inclusive opportunities for productions for those from diverse and under-represented communities and those where access to the industry would be historically limited. 300K€ has been allocated for the Fund in 2023. For this year, applications are also welcome from producers and production companies seeking to provide inclusive opportunities on documentary or non-scripted TV productions. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | Statistics | here | The fund produces every year statistics on their websight under Industry Insights, with information also on diversity and inclusion. | Film Funding - Reports | August 2022 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | Film & TV Drama Pathways Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund | here | The scheme is specifically for the Film and TV Drama sector and is used to create more inclusion. Producers have the opportunity to receive a funding award of up to a maximum of 25K€ per project. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | Course Addressing Microaggressions | here | Screen Ireland organized a two-day course aiming to teach participants how to identify and address microaggressions in the workplace, which can impact the performance, stress levels, and confidence of marginalized groups. The course offers actionable steps for dealing with microaggressions in real-time and how to support marginalized groups through allyship. Participants will learn to recognize different types of microaggressions, their negative impacts, and how to challenge and minimize their occurrence | Film Funding - Course | May 2023 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | Screen Ireland Lecture and Workshop | here | Screen Ireland and Bow Street Academy organized a lecture and practical workshop for members of the Irish film industry, featuring Ita O'Brien, the world's leading intimacy coordinator, and Shimmy Marcus, the creative director of Bow Street Academy. The lecture covered the Intimacy on Set Guidelines, exploring the ethics of working with intimacy during the audition process, rehearsal, and performance. The practical workshop is for trained and working professional actors, directors, choreographers, and movement directors interested in exploring clear guidelines for working with intimacy on screen. It will provide practical experience in implementing the Intimacy on Set Guidelines and integrating the learning into their own practice | Film Funding - Course | May 2023 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | WGI Mentorship for Black Irish Screenwriters | here | The Writers' Guild of Ireland, supported by Screen Ireland, launched the WGI Mentorship for Black Irish Screenwriters scheme. Six emerging scriptwriters will receive six months of one-on-one mentoring from industry professionals. | Film Funding - Course | March 2024 | |
| Ireland | Screen Ireland | "Intersectionality in Filmmaking" course | here | The course offers a comprehensive exploration of how interconnected social identities influence storytelling in the film industry. Participants will delve into the complexities of intersectionality, enabling them to create inclusive and nuanced narratives. By the end of the course, attendees will be equipped to craft stories that authentically reflect diverse identities, critically assess film representations, and empower filmmakers to represent a wide array of experiences. | Film Funding - Course | September 2024 | |
| Ireland | X-Pollinator | Creator | here | CREATOR is a new immersive residential talent development lab for twelve diverse female identifying and non-binary directors based on the island of Ireland. | Association - Ressources - Initiatives | January 2023 | |
| Ireland | Gorm Media | The Wideshot Programme | here | Gorm Media, a social enterprise with the aim to unify across differences and advance belonging for marginalized communities, has launched The Wideshot Programme. The programme provides workshops, training and events on digital storytelling, creative media and multimedia skills for young people aged 18-30 from underrepresented, low income and ethnic minority groups in Ireland. It includes outreach workshops, a week-long intensive programme, and the creation of digital shorts. The initiative aims to connect young people with established professionals in the creative media sector and support the development of new and more diverse talent in Ireland. | Association - Ressources - Initiatives | May 2023 | |
| Italy | Milano Mix Festival of Gay and Lesbian Cinema and Queer Culture | here | The MiX Festival of LGBTQ + Cinema and Queer Culture was first created in 1986 and it is the reference film festival for the gay, lesbian, trans and queer community in Italy. Every year the best of independent LGBTQ + themed cinema is brought to the theaters thanks to a team of dynamic, multicultural and multigenerational programmers. The festival has the patronage and contribution of the MiC. | Festival | June 2022 | ||
| Lithuania | International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival “Inconvenient Films” | Vilnius | here | INCONVENIENT FILMS is an international competitive human rights documentary film festival. The mission of this festival is to use award winning author driven films in raising awareness about human rights issues around the world, encouraging public debate on ways to address them. The special program "We are everywhere" is dedicated to The rights and security of the LGBTQ + community, the freedom to choose sexual and gender identity, and the recognition of same-sex families are issues that require real solutions instead of endless debates. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian Film Centre | Project to prevent sexual harassment in the film industry | here | 2019 - The project will be implemented in several stages. The first and the key step will be to collect information on the prevalence and recognition of sexual harassment in the film industry by an anonymous survey. The second stage will focus on a training for directors and producers about recognition of sexual harassment and possible measures for creating an environment that doesn’t tolerate sexual harassment. Based on the outcomes of the survey and the training, organizations intend to make recommendations for further action that could be taken by the Lithuanian Film Center to ensure that the film industry is a safe environment for all those involved. | Film Funding - Project | September 2022 | |
| Luxembourg | Film Fund Luxembourg | Cineworld selective funding scheme | here | The funding earmarked for this scheme aims to promote Luxembourg-minority-co-productions on projects by directors from countries with low production capacity or weak filmmaking infrastructure. | Film Funding | August 2022 | |
| Luxembourg | Film Fund Luxembourg | Study - Fraën am Bild | The Fund commissioned a 1st independent report with quantitative data on gender diveristy in the Luxembourg film industry. Outcome to be presented in 2023. | Film Funding - Report | August 2022 | ||
| Luxembourg | Film Fund Luxembourg | All support schemes | here | The Fund strives to support projects and to promote an audiovisual industry that represents Luxembourg in all its diversity. For projects of equal quality, the selection committee gives preference to those directed by women. | Film Funding | August 2022 | |
| Luxembourg | Queer Loox | here | Bi-monthly screenings of queer-feminist films, documentaries and video art and a queer-feminist platform for discussion and events. | Association - Ressources - Initiatives | August 2022 | ||
| Malta | Malta Film Commission | Vision 2030 | Coming Soon | The Malta Film Commission is currently working on its poicy Vision for next 8 years (2023-2030) and will be actively looking at all policy related matters on the agenda to ensure that Malta and this sector are aware of ongoing developments in this area. | Film Funding - Awareness | July 2022 | |
| Malta | LGBTIQ Portrayal and Representation in the Media | Coming Soon | Human Rights Directorate and the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality are currently in process of presenting draft guidelines which will then be made available wide spread to local producers. | Association - Ressources | July 2022 | ||
| Montenegro | NGO Art 365 | Kotor | Uhvati film Kotor | here | Uhvati film Novi Sad, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Kotor" which through thematically and artistically specific selection of films, artistic program, panels, discussions with the audience, promotes and affirms the diverse potentials of people with disabilities, critically examines the obstacles which people with disabilities are facing with, at the same time offering possible solutions (all with special reference to multiple marginalized groups). | Festival | December 2022 |
| Netherlands | Among others: Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; the VSB Fund; Netherlands Film Fund. | Diversity & Inclusion Code | here | A code of conduct for and by the Dutch cultural and creative sector committed to diversity and inclusion. Instrument of self-regulation that serves to ensure that the Dutch cultural and creative sector represents the broad diversity of Dutch society. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | |
| Netherlands | Foundation Generation Inclusion | Amsterdam | Generation Inclusion | here | It is a talent development process, for creative talent and new film and television makers. Anyone with a good idea for a film or series can register for a chance to participate in this process. Selected participants are given four months to develop themselves and their story under the guidance of professional (script) coaches. In addition, they participate in training courses, master classes in a writers' room and networking events. After four months, the participants pitch the developed project to the Generation Inclusion partners. If one of the partners is interested, the project is further developed and eventually produced. The Netherlands Film Fund is one of the main financing bodies. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 |
| Netherlands | Foundation Otredad | Rotterdam | New Producers Academy | here | Producers Academy for aspirant producers from underrepresented communities offering training, coaching and fellowships. Film Fund is one of the financing bodies. | Association - Ressources | August 2022 |
| Netherlands | Foundation Pink Media | Amsterdam | Roze Filmdagen (Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival) | here | An n eleven-day film festival where films, short films and documentaries with an LGBTQ-related theme are shown and is organized by the Pink Media Foundation. Jury and audience prizes for various categories of feature films, short films and documentaries are awarded. Film Fund is one of the main financing bodies. | Festival | August 2022 |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Film Academy | Amsterdam | How big is your world? | here | What is the current state of affairs with regards to diversity at the Netherlands Film Academy and in the subsequent cultural field, and which strategies can contribute to diversifying our student population? This is the central question in the research commissioned by the Film Academy by media company Woodpack. | Other - Film Academy Report | September 2022 |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Film Fund | Policy Plan 2021-2024 | here | The fund is committed to more active diversity policy aimed at inclusion on all fronts and supported by a transparent fund organisation. The Cultural Diversity Code is leading for this. They have made diversity of cast, crew and scenario an integral part of the assessment criteria for all selective schemes. Because of this choice, diversity is anchored in the core of their role as a subsidy provider. They create specific schemes that are intended to fill certain blind spots in their subsidy system. A recent example is the support measure Cypher Cinema: a scheme specifically developed for self-taught professionals. In addition, they approach representation inclusively. This concerns not only cultural or ethnic background, but also gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic and geographical background. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | August 2022 | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Film Fund | Diversity & Inclusion within the organization | here | The Fund organises internal training courses on unconscious bias. They consciously look for a good balance in the composition of committee members and film consultants. In addition, as a Fund Organisation, they aim for a composition that is increasingly diverse in age, gender and cultural background. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Film Fund | Accessibility of film in case of visual or auditory impairment | here | The Film Fund has included the obligation for AD and OTD&S in the Financial and Productional Protocol: All majoritarian Dutch feature films, feature films and documentaries intended for cinema release that receive support from the Fund must be provided with audio description and OTD&S, so that they are accessible to the blind, visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Film Fund | Amsterdam | Diversity and Inclusion Policy | here | Diversity & Inclusion as a policy starting point: For the current policy period (2021-2024) we are committed to an even more active diversity policy aimed at inclusion on all fronts and supported by a transparent fund organization. The Cultural Diversity Code is the guiding principle for this. We have made diversity an integral part of the assessment criteria for all schemes with a substantive test. This choice means that diversity is anchored in the core of our role as grantmaker. In addition, we approach representation inclusively. This includes not only cultural or ethnic background, but also gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic and geographical background. | Film Funding - Policy | September 2022 |
| Netherlands | The New Vision International Film Festival | Amsterdam | New Vision International Film Festival | here | The New Vision International Film Festival organizes the annual international Septimius Awards Ceremony, showcasing independent Feature Films, Documentaries, Shorts, Animations, Television Series and Screenplays. The Septimius Awards is a strong supporter of new talent and visionary ideas. What makes the Septimius Awards unique is their approach to three categories. Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Film. Unlike most conventional award ceremonies, they have decided to split these three categories by continent. This creates a greater global representation of talent. Furthermore, a parallel programme is organised including panel discussions and networking events. The Film Fund co-finances parts of the parallel programme. | Festival | August 2022 |
| Norway | Norwegian Film Institute | Action plan for inclusion and representativity in Norwegian films and film culture | here | The action plan is aiming to improve the quality, increase relevance, and strengthen the sustainability of Norwegian films in the future. apply for five years ahead, with evaluation and adjustment along the way (starting in 2019). Nine measures for more diversity in Norwegian films and film culture listed in the action plan are: 1. Self notification – diversity awareness; 2. Diversity as a priority criteria; 3. Maintain the existing moderate gender quotas; 4. Talent development program for filmmakers – UP 1+2; 5. Better data and reports; 6. courses and seminars on unconscious biases and workplace discrimination; 7. More diverse workforce within the NFI – also in decision making roles (executives, commissioning editors); 8. Reference – group on inclusion; 9. Joint talent strategy with regional film centers | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Norway | Norwegian Film Institute | White Paper “The Power of Culture” | here | The mission of the Norwegian Film Institute is further defined in the White Paper on Film, issued by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture in 2018, which outlines four main targets of the current film policy, among which we find a broad and varied film selection of high quality, and efficient distribution and accessibility for the audience. NFI’s work on inclusion and representation is essential for reaching these objectives. Norwegian films should therefore contain diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, indigenous peoples, national minorities, age, sexual orientation (LGBTQ+), geographical location, disability and social background. The action plan is valid for five years: 2019 – 2023. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Norway | Norwegian Film Institute | Oslo | Diversity in the Norwegian film industry | here | On behalf of the Norwegian Film Institute, Fafo will investigate under-representation in the Norwegian film industry. In this project we will give special attention to people with minority background (indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities) who works as directors or with script. | Film Funding - Ressources | September 2022 |
| Norway | Norwegian Film Institute | Idea development diversity grants | here | A new grant for idea development, aimed at directors or idea creators with a diverse background. The grant will give idea creators the opportunity to develop an idea and make it ready for presentation to producers and distributors. | Film Funding | November 2023 | |
| Norway | Tromsø International Film Festival | Tromsø | The Price of Inequality Section | here | In 2015, TIFF featured a side program about inequality, and since then, this topic has only become more actual, which is why we have chosen to take up this thematic again 7 years later. In this program, you will find films that reflect on the divisions between people, both in professional and private spheres. What happens to society and to people when inequalities increase? Through 8 exciting and dramatic films, we follow people and their relations to one another and to society at large. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Poland | European Film Festival Integration You and Me | Koszalin | here | European Film Festival Integration "You and Me" has connected the topic of disability with film art since 2003 and has proven that life can begin several times. We have learnt this from the Festival’s guests, people with disabilities - artists, sports people, travellers, journalists, designers. The Festival is an artistic enterprise but it also has a great social meaning as it triggers discussions concerning the environment of people with disabilities and the process of integration. We are the Festival of open heads, sensitive hearts and positive energy. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Poland | OFF CAMERA Foundation | Krakow | ART WITHOUT BORDERS – ART FOR INCLUSION | here | Taking place between January 2021 and August 2022, it focuses on preparing and designing cultural events for the 14th and 15th edition of the Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema. The main aim of the project is to take up culturally, socially and politically valid subjects related to racial, ethnic and sexual diversity, leading to strengthening intercultural dialogue, as well as sustainable development and man’s influence on it. These topics are the key social challenges. The Applicant’s goal is to support and promote the mentioned points via cinema, above and beyond divisions, with the use of the Festival’s strong brand built throughout all previous editions. | Festival | August 2022 |
| Poland | OFF CAMERA Foundation | Krakow | Obraz świata/Świat w obrazach | here | The main objective of the project is the promotion and expantion of independent cinema. The winner of the main competition “Making Way” will receive the Krakow Film Prize in the amount of 90 000 PLN, which will make it easier for him to work on the realization of his next film. In this way, the Festival Mastercard OFF CAMERA wants to live up to its overall objective and mission of supporting young and debuting filmmakers and promoting their works on the Polish and international stage. | Festival | August 2022 |
| Poland | Polish Film Institute | Krakow | Government Program "Accessibility Plus" | here | The Polish Film Institute has been participating in the Accessibility Plus Program since 2019. It is a government program designed for people with special needs, such as seniors, pregnant women and people with disabilities. Its purpose is to ensure free access to goods, services and opportunities to participate in social and public life. The program aims to adapt public spaces, architecture, transport and products to the requirements of all citizens. To meet the expectations of viewers with visual and hearing impairments, in 2016 the Polish Film Institute introduced into its Operational Programs a provision on the obligation to perform audio description by producers of feature films and full-length animated films. From 2017, the requirement to perform audio description as part of the funding obtained in Operational Programs has been extended to documentary films. The Polish Film Institute last year collaborated to increase the availability of films for people with disabilities, including with the Koszalin Social and Cultural Society (co-financing of the European Film Festival Integracja Ty i Ja) and with the "De Facto" Association (co-financing of the Culture and Art Festival for Blind People in Płock). The Institute also granted a grant for an important project called Available Cinema - mass access to audio description for people with visual disabilities, which aims to create an application available in cinemas for people with special needs. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 |
| Serbia | BOSIFEST - Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities | Belgrade | here | The purpose of the establishment of the BOSIFEST is to point out the creative work and opportunities of participants in the public cultural scene and spread the message that people with disabilities should have the same rights and obligations as the other people. In this way, this festival gives a strong incentive for the adoption of measures to equally participate and integrate people with disabilities into society. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Serbia | Merlinka - Queer Film Festival | Belgrade | here | The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka Festival is an annual LGBT-themed film festival which is annually organized in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Podgorica. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Serbia | Regional info Center/Belgrade Youth Center | Belgrade | The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka Festival | here | The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka Festival is an annual LGBT-themed film festival which is annually organized in Belgrade (since 2009). For seven days they screen short, documentary and featured LGBT-themed films. Only gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangender, transsexual-themed films. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Serbia | Creative affirmative organization Parnassus | Novi Sad | Film Festival Uhvati film Novi Sad (Seize the film) | here | "Film festival Uhvati film Novi Sad" is the originator of the regional network "Uhvati film Novi Sad, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Kotor", which through thematically and artistically specific selection of short films, artistic programs, workshops, conferences, panels, and discussions with the audience, promotes and affirms the diverse potentials of people with disabilities, critically examines the obstacles which people with disabilities are facing with, at the same time offering possible solutions (all with special reference to multiple marginalized groups). “Uhvati film Novi Sad” is the most accessible film festival in Serbia (accessible cinema, descriptive subtitling, sign language translation, audio description and dubbing of films). | Festival | December 2022 |
| Slovakia | Slovak Film Commission | Social inclusion in the public exploitation of audiovisual works | here | In The structure of the support activity of the Audiovisual Fund for 2022, one of the priorities of the fund's support activities in program 2 (distribution and other public exploitation of audiovisual works) is ensuring the accessibility and distribution of Slovak audiovisual works for the disadvantaged population groups with the aim of their social inclusion in the public exploitation of audiovisual works. Aid for the distribution of audiovisual works: The individual amount of the aid may cover up to 1 500,-EUR of the distribution costs of the film such as subtitling, dubbing, and technical means and resources invested to ensure the universal accessibility of the film for people with disabilities. | Film Funding | September 2022 | |
| Slovakia | The Slovak Queer Film Festival | Bratislava | here | The Slovak Queer Film Festival is a festival for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI minority), their parents, children and friends. In 2020, the 14th year of the event will take place; since 2007, it has been organized by the Iniciatíva Inakosť annually. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Slovenia | LGBT Film Festival | Ljubljana | here | The festival was first organized in 1984 as part of the Magnus Festival. It is the oldest LGBT film festival in Europe and at the same time the oldest international film festival in Slovenia. Film screenings take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque, traditionally in December. In its 30th edition, the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival as it was known at that time was renamed to LGBT Film Festival. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Spain | Diversity, equality and accessibility in the new law on the Cinema and Audiovisual Culture and submitted it to the Parliament | here | In the framework of the new Spanish draft law, diversity, equality and accessibility are amongst the main points. The law gives special attention to gender equality, establishing quotas: at least 35% of the budget for production should be allocated to women driven projects (which was already operating, but now it becomes a legal obligation). It also aims to guarantee the universal accessibility in the cinematographic exhibition and it extends the official promotion of audiovisual works in Spain’s official languages. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | May 2023 | ||
| Spain | Among others: ICAA, NextGenerationEU | Barcelona | Mostra de Cinema LGTBI de Barcelona | here | It is the first LGBT film festival in Spain: established in 1995 by Casal Lambda, in Barcelona. It addresses affective diversity in its broadest sense through a careful selection of feature films, documentaries and short films. A selection of art-house cinema and an educational approach are its main characteristics. | Festival | June 2022 |
| Spain | Festival Inclus | Barcelona | here | Inclús, Barcelona International Disability Film Festival, promotes audiovisual works on the subject of functional diversity, with the aim of making the reality of people with disabilities known from a different point of view. In addition, it shares and encourages the use and knowledge of audiovisual accessibility, being a festival that brings cinema closer to audiences that normally do not have the opportunity to enjoy it. | Festival | September 2022 | |
| Spain | Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) | Aid for the distribution of feature films | here | "Compulsory requirements: films must incorporate universal accessibility measures: access systems audio description and special subtitling that comply with the corresponding UNE standards. Elegible expenses: measures to ensure universal accessibility of the film for people with disabilities: Inclusion of audio description systems, inclusion of special subtitling systems and the inclusion of Spanish sign language. The individual amount of the aid may cover up to 50% of the distribution costs of the film." | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Spain | Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) | Aid for the organization of festivales and contests | here | Elegible expenses: Expenses to promote universal accessibility: - Special subtitling, sign language or audio description. - Childcare services. - Activities with children and young people at risk of social exclusion. Extra points in the criteria for including measures to guarantee accessibility for people with physical, psychic or sensory disabilities as well as the participation of people with disabilities in the event. | Film Funding | July 2022 | |
| Spain | Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) | Accessibility of cinemas | here | Improvement of information to the public. Theaters must display the following information: the accessibility services available, both in films and in theaters, the means of access and the dates, times and theaters of the passes with accessibility. | Film Funding - Best Practices | July 2022 | |
| Spain | Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) | Inclusion in the funding process | here | Requirements in the funding process: Undertakings applying to an aid (production, distribuition, festivals) must comply with the quota of employees with disabilities (employers with a workforce of over 50 employees must make available 2% of posts for disabled workers); Applicants to aids in film production must have at least one employee with disabilities in the company or in the project, (This requirement will not be enforceable in the case of documentary or experimental nature projects in the selective aids); Any film applying for an aid (production, distribution) must include subtitles and audio description. Extra points will be given for the inclusion of translation into sign language. Aid intensity is up to 80% for films directed by a person with a degree of disability of 33% or over, which are defined as “difficult projects” in national regulation (Real Decreto 1090/2020). | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 | |
| Sweden | Region Skåne- Cultural Department | Region Skåne | Cultural Diversity Report | here | This report concludes a project to study the main challenges faced by the artists with non-Swedish background living in Skåne, the main challenges faced by the audience with non-Swedish background in participating or accessing cultural offerings in Skåne, and the challenges faced by the Cultural Institutions and Organizations (CIO), funded by Region Skåne, in their efforts to reach out and work with this group of artists and audience. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 |
| Sweden | Swedish Film Institute | "People of Film" Platform | here | With support from, among others, the Swedish Film Institute and Film i Väst, a service is now starting that will provide more non-white work behind the camera in Swedish film. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| Sweden | Swedish Film Institute | Support for increased accessibility in distribution and display | here | The overall purpose of the support is to increase the accessibility of films for people with disabilities or one with a mother tongue other than Swedish. | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Sweden | Swedish Film Institute | Support for dissemination and screening of films in the national minority languages | here | The purpose of the support is to increase the accessibility of films for children and young people in the national minority languages. The national minority languages are Finnish, Meänkieli, Yiddish, Romani Chib and Sami (with varieties). | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Sweden | Swedish Film Institute | Support for film cultural activities for children and youth in the national minority languages | here | The purpose of the support is to give children and young people the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of and access to films in the national minority languages. The national minority languages are Finnish, Meänkieli, Yiddish, Romani Chib and Sami (with varieties). | Film Funding | June 2022 | |
| Sweden | Swedish Film & TV Producers Association, the Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film, and production and distribution company SF Studios | Guidelines for Intimate Scenes | here | The Swedish Film & TV Producers Association, the Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film, and production and distribution company SF Studios have collaborated to create industry-wide guidelines for filming intimate scenes in a safe and respectful way for everyone involved. The guidelines aim to increase awareness of key functions and raise the level of competence among directors, DoPs, costume designers, actors, and others involved in filming intimate scenes. The guidelines have been developed with input from a broad reference group and two of Sweden's intimacy coordinators. The long-term goal is for it to be as common to involve an intimacy coordinator in productions with intimate scenes as it is to involve a stunt coordinator when filming action scenes. The guidelines cover topics such as script breakdown, casting choices, rehearsals, contracts, risk assessment, and consent | Association - Ressources | May 2023 | |
| Switzerland | Black Movie- Festival international de films independants | Genève | Black Movie- Festival international de films independants | here | Conservant la vocation initiale du festival de promouvoir des regards modelés par d’autres réalités et d’autres imaginaires que ceux du monde occidental, et en écho à la multiculturalité qui imprime son identité à Genève, le festival élargit l’horizon des films proposés aux films des trois continents dits du Sud : Afrique, Asie et Amérique latine. La nouvelle direction recentre aussi complètement la manifestation sur le 7e art. | Festival | July 2022 |
| Switzerland | Pink Apple film Festival | Zurick | Pink Apple film Festival | here | The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Pink Apple was founded in 1997 and took place in Zurich for the first time in 2003. In the meantime, Pink Apple has become the largest lesbian and gay film festival in Switzerland. The Competition consists of short film, feature film and documentary programmes. Pink Apple also transacts special events, such as lectures, discussions, talks and concerts. | Festival | July 2022 |
| Switzerland | The Federal Office for Culture | Diversity in Swiss cinema films 2017-2019 | here | A report on the diversity in Swiss Cinema was published by the Swiss Federal Office for Culture, with the main focus being on gender, but age and linguistic diversity were also analysed. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 | |
| Switzerland | The Federal Office for Culture | Audiodescription and Accessibility of Films in production | here | Feature-length documentaries with a federal grant of more than CHF 125,000 and feature-length fiction films with a federal grant of more than CHF 300,000 must be available in audio description. The costs of audio description and subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing are charged to the production budget. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| Switzerland | Vision Sud Est | Vision Sud Est | here | The fund supports film productions from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, aims at making them visible worldwide and guarantees their distribution in Switzerland. In case a project is being supported, all rights for Switzerland are automatically transfered to visions sud est. | Film Funding | July 2022 | |
| Switzerland | Federal Office of Culture | Representation of gender in selection committees | here | Both genders, languages, regions, age groups and interest groups should be fairly represented in the committees, taking into account the tasks at hand. (Art. 57e al. 2 LOGA) | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Switzerland | Federal Office of Culture | Care for children and parents in need of care | here | The costs of caring for children and parents in need of care are chargeable for films that receive selective film support from the FOC. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Switzerland | Federal Office of Culture | Audiodescription and Accessibility of Films in distribution | here | If films have audiodescriptions, the distributor must ensure that they are available to the public of the cinemas | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| Switzerland | Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | Neuchâtel | Scream Queer Section | here | The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) unveils its SCREAM QUEER, retrospective dedicated to the representation of LGBTIQ+ culture in genre cinema. As part of the festival’s 21st edition (1 – 9 July 2022), this never-seen-before programme will include about twenty titles that will shine a light on fantasy or fanciful representations of homosexuality and trans identity through imaginary worlds. | Festival | September 2022 |
| Türkiye | Pink Life Queerfest | Ankara | Pink Life Queerfest | here | QueerFest aims at creating grounds for discussion of queer theory and arts in Turkey, drawing attention to discrimination and violence against LGBTQ members of the society. | Festival | July 2022 |
| Türkiye | Accessible Film Festival | here | Showcasing nearly 40 feature, short and documentary films every year, Accessible Film Festival also presents parallel activities such as Q&A sessions with the filmmakers, workshops, virtual reality experiences, exhibitions etc. with the aim of extending the cinema culture. | Festival | September 2022 | ||
| UK | Among others: BFI | Whole Picture Toolkit | here | It is a free-to-use resource to destigmatize poor mental health in film and TV, with a goal for it to be adopted by 100 productions by the end of 2022. The toolkit is designed for production companies of any size with the aim to offer guidance, advice and resources as well as examples of industry best practices, to embed mental health and wellbeing on productions | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Disability Equality Lead | here | The new role is responsible for driving forward the BFI’s strategic aims and objectives for people who identify as D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodiverse, including implementing sustainable interventions to prevent ableism in the screen industries. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Disability and Visible Difference Representation Panel | here | A group of experts will now oversee all applications to the BFI Audience Fund to ensure it supports “authentic portrayals of disability and visible difference” through a new Disability and Visible Difference Representation Panel. Any film seeking distribution support through the fund that has aspects of disability in the narrative, where a non-disabled actor portrays a disabled character, or where visible difference is used as a shorthand for negative representation, will be subject to review by the panel. | Film Funding - Best Practices | August 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Diversity Standards Criteria | here | All applicants need to meet the criteria of at least two of the four standards detailed (detailing how they intend to address industry underrepresentation in relation to disability, gender, race, age, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status both on- and off-screen), with the exception of BFI development funding applicants who should meet at least one of the four standards. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Preferred terms for inclusive language | here | BFI established language around race, disability and LGBTQIA+ communities. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Bullying, harassment and racism prevention for the screen industries | here | A guidance and a new set of principles were developped in response to urgent and systemic issues.The guidance was developed by the BFI in partnership with BAFTA and in consultation with organisations including guilds, unions, industry member bodies and key agencies as well as employees and freelancers across all roles. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Inclusion Targets | here | By 2022, the BFI aims to achieve the following among their employees and within the filmmakers they support : a 50-50 gender balance; 20% target for those identifying a belonging to an underrepresented ethnic group; 10% target for those identifying as LGBTQ+; 12% target for those identifying as D/Deaf and disabled. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Inclusion Principles | here | A list of principles guiding their inclusion work | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Diversity and Inclusion Data | here | Diversity data showing the extent to which the BFI is achieving its employment and funding inclusion targets. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Diversity reports | here | Reports on diversity in the UK film industry. | Film Funding - Report | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Wellbeing facilitators | here | The work of the wellbeing facilitator differs from production to production, but it is to champion a positive working culture as well as being an independent point of contact for any issues throughout the production. This role was introduced already onto projects in production in 2021. | Film Funding - Best Practices | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | Press Reset Campaign | here | A campaign to inspire authority figures in film and TV to reset practices involving Disabled people and establish a new, more inclusive normal. | Film Funding - Awareness | June 2022 | |
| UK | British Film Institute | WorkWise for Screen | here | A pilot initiative launched by the BFI to promote workplace equality, dignity and respect in the screen industry, in line with the upcoming Employment Rights Bill, providing practical resources to address long-standing issues impacting workforce health and well-being. The initiative includes an online portal, podcast series and peer-to-peer network for SMEs and department heads across production, animation, VFX, gaming, distribution and exhibition. | Film Funding - Best Practices | October 2024 | |
| UK | Screen Scotland | Scotland | Diversity Requirements | here | Screen Scotland adopted the BFI Diversity Standards introducing since 1 April new measures to encourage a more representative and inclusive Scottish film industry. The requirements will be piloted on all projects applying for Screen Scotland’s Film Development and Production Fund and its Film Festivals Fund during 2022. | Film Funding - Selection Criteria | June 2022 |
| UK | ScreenSkills | Accessibility Coordinators | here | A training for accessibility coordinators was created by ScreenSkills who will be trained will go on to ensure that actors and crew are provided with the support and facilities required to carry out their jobs safely and with dignity. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | |
| UK | ScreenSkills and the Film and TV Charity | Mental health training: guidance for employers | here | It is aimed at line managers and freelancers, and it offers industry-specific resources, links and considerations to help implement mental health training. It forms part of the charity’s wider Training+ project to tackle the mental health emergency. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | |
| UK | New Black Film Collective | here | The New Black Film Collective is a UK-based network of film exhibitors, educators and programmers championing Black representation on screen. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 | ||
| UK | BFI | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival | here | It is the UK’s largest queer film event, the festival screens the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the globe, in addition to a rich selection of events and archive titles. | Festival | January 2023 | |
| Ukraine | Filma. Feminist Film Festival | here | The festival was created by a feminist collective as a collaborative platform for films that meet the principles of intersectional feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, inclusion, and a culture of consent. Conversations with the authors and protagonists of the films, as well as researchers and activists, are an integral part of the program. | Festival | September 2022 | ||
| Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film - ARTEF | here | The Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film - ARTEF - has been created in 2020 to tackle institutional racism in the European film industry. | Association - Ressources | June 2022 |
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