Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Austria

The Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur) in Austria offers a wide variety of federal funding programmes for all segments of contemporary art including the performing and fine arts, music and literature, film, new media, photography, architecture and design. The Film department: Innovative Film, grants for young filmmakers, documentary, animation and experimental films, Filmothek; matters concerning the Austrian Film Institute; representation of Austria in international film bodies (e.g. MEDIA committee, EURIMAGES); film agreements and participation in film-industry agreements; audiovisual matters in the context of WTO and GATS; film heritage.