About JFF
The Jordan Film Fund (JFF) is a Jordanian financial scheme founded and financed by The Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) in 2011. The JFF is dedicated to funding cinematic projects, empowering local and Arab filmmakers.
An annual call for applications, usually launched in spring, offers the opportunity to submit your project for consideration. Whether you’re creating a fictional narrative or capturing reality through a documentary, JFF's support extends across various categories, genres, and phases, from development to distribution.
For Jordanian cinematic feature narrative and documentary projects, JFF offers financial support covering development, production, post-production, and marketing & distribution. Arab cinematic feature narrative projects can also apply for co-production support, promoting regional collaboration. Additionally, JFF supports the production of Jordanian short films in different categories, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation.
Timeline
The call for applications for JFF support is now open!
The application deadline is set for Sunday, 23rd June 2024, at midnight (Jordan Time).
The jury's decision will be announced in October 2024.
General eligibility criteria for all categories:
- Core Team Age: Producers, directors, and writers must be 18 years or above.
- Core Team Nationality: Jordanians are eligible to apply, as well as Arab nationals who have resided in Jordan for at least five years (specific criteria apply for the co-production category).
- Core Team Nationality for Co-Production category: Producer must be eligible (Jordanians and Arab nationals who have resided in Jordan for at least five years) and Director must be an Arab obtaining an Arab nationality.
- In all categories, only an eligible Producer can apply.
- The Application Form must be submitted online only.
- Eligible Length per Category:
- Development, production, and post-production of feature-length narrative: 70 minutes and above.
- Development, production, and post-production of feature-length documentary: 60 minutes and above.
- Production of short narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation: 5-25 minutes.
- Project Language: At least 50% of all dialogue, narration, voiceover, and communication within the project must be in Arabic.
- Shooting Locations: Refer to the relevant file related to each category.
Guidelines and Regulations:
For comprehensive information on eligibility criteria, obligatory application requirements, specific regulations, the selection process, and more, please refer to the following JFF Guidelines and Regulations relevant to each category:
How to Apply
Before applying to the JFF, we strongly advise applicants to thoroughly review the above JFF Guidelines & Regulations File, relevant to each category. Take your time reading the terms and conditions, required materials, and the definitions in Annex 1 before applying.
Additionally, it would be helpful to review the Application Form specific to your category while preparing your submission materials to ensure a comprehensive and thorough application.
To start your application, please fill out the online application form available HERE.
For any further inquiries or assistance throughout the application process, please feel free to contact us at [email protected], or +962 79 7557229 during working hours (Sunday to Thursday, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM).