{"id":32692,"date":"2026-01-28T21:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=32692"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:20:49","slug":"more-women-behind-the-camera-new-ffa-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2026\/01\/28\/mehr-frauen-hinter-der-kamera-neuer-ffa-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"More women behind the camera: New FFA bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The FFA is introducing a gender equality bonus to specifically promote women in key creative positions in film production. Projects with corresponding female participation receive additional funding - a step towards more gender equality behind the camera.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The German Federal Film Board (FFA)<\/strong> has officially announced the introduction of a Equality bonus<\/strong> announced. With this new measure in the Reference funding<\/strong> the FFA wants to Underrepresentation of women in creative leadership positions<\/strong> such as screenplay, direction, production, camera, sound and editing.<\/p>

FFA Board of Directors Peter Dinges<\/strong> emphasises that the bonus is intended to serve this purpose, Correct structural imbalances<\/strong>. Although the gender ratio among graduates of film-related degree programmes is relatively balanced, women are still significantly underrepresented in roles of responsibility. The bonus should Create incentives to involve women right from the project development stage<\/strong> and to give them appropriate responsibility.<\/p>

How the equality bonus works<\/strong><\/h3>

Films in which women occupy two of the three key positions of screenwriter, director and producer, as well as other leading positions, can in addition to the regular reference products<\/strong> a bonus of 25,000 to 50,000 euros<\/strong> received. The amount depends on the total number of points awarded to the project in the FFA reference system. The funding must be used for New projects with comparable female participation<\/strong> can be used.<\/p>

The bonus is initially limited to full-length films<\/strong> limited. An adjustment for short films is planned. Applicants can already submit proof of eligibility for the current 2026 reference film funding programme.<\/p>

Objective<\/strong><\/h3>

The FFA emphasises that the bonus Permanent structural changes<\/strong> not just short-term effects. Experience with similar gender incentives in Germany and Europe has shown that such measures Influencing decision-making processes, opening doors and creating sustainable structures<\/strong>.<\/p>

With the introduction of the gender equality bonus, the FFA is Clearly visible signal for more gender equality<\/strong> and strengthens the Equal opportunities in film production<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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To the press release<\/a><\/h3>
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Die FFA f\u00fchrt einen Gleichstellungsbonus ein, um Frauen gezielt in kreativen Schl\u00fcsselpositionen der Filmproduktion zu f\u00f6rdern. Projekte mit entsprechender Frauenbeteiligung erhalten zus\u00e4tzliche F\u00f6rdermittel \u2013 ein Schritt f\u00fcr mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit hinter…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":32694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmwirtschaft","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32692"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32700,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32692\/revisions\/32700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}