The artistic assessment will select film plans that contribute to the creative co-operation between the Netherlands and South Africa, aimed at a high quality, diverse and distinctive cinematographic offering.

Eligibility for a contribution is also subject to the following conditions:

It is a film plan for a script for a long documentary (longer than 60 min) or (animated) feature film (longer than 80 min) by a South African or Dutch writer;
The creative partnership between the Netherlands and South Africa must be at the forefront.
A scriptwriter and a co-producer from the other country must be attached to the film plan with a written commitment.
It is a new film plan for which no application for a contribution has previously been submitted to the NFVF or the NFF;
No one in the core team (writer, director, producer, co-producer) is attached to a project that was selected for Thuthuka in the past two years.
The film production must be primarily intended for cinema release. The project will be assessed to see whether it can reach audiences in both countries.

The film plan consists of:

A synopsis of max. 5 pages; or
A treatment of max. 15 pages; or
A first or second version of the script;

Subsidies for animation

Development (1)

Thuthuka

Realisation (2)

Minority co-production feature film and documentary

New Dawn