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Grant for the composition of an
Original Score for a Short Film

ALCIME, the association that organizes the international festival Music & Cinema Marseille, and the SACEM, offer a grant for the composition of an original score for short films. To be eligible for this grant, these short films must be shot, produced or post-produced in Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur, the Rhône Alps or Auvergne. 

This grant will help to:

  • Support the production of original scores for short films (animation, fiction, experimental, and docmuentary styles)
  • Expose young composers dedicated to the composition of image music to the workplace

Each year, this grant will assist 8 to 12 projects for musical composition for fiction, animation, experimental or documentary-type short films. Each applicant can claim up to 2500€ in grant funding.

Download the registration form and the rules.

For projects with an international production or co-production, please contact: festival@music-cinema.com

Eligibility

To get the grant for composing an original score, the projects must:

  • Be a short film of fiction, animation, a documentary or an experimental short film (less than 60 minutes).
  • Be shot or produced or post-produced in the following areas : Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, Rhône Alpes or Auvergne
  • Present an original music running between 20 to 25% of the global running time of the film.
  • All music genres are accepted
  • All shooting formats (video or film) are accepted
  • The grant for music composition doesn't imply that its production must be done in Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur, Rhône Alpes or Auvergne
  • The submission to Alcimé must imperatively be done before the end of the shooting

How to participate

  • The submission must be done by the producer or another organization bearing the project (association...)
  • The producer (or organization) won't be allowed to present more than 1 project by commission and more than 3 projects in the same year
  • The submission must be done to Alcimé.
  • The commissions will take place every 3 month (see "next commissions"). The submission file must be received by Alcimé one month before the commission.

Download the registration form and the rules.

Sessions to Come

  • First Session: Submission of files on May 26, 2025; Commission date June 2025
  • Second Session: Submission of files on September 8, 2025; Commission date late October 2025
  • Third Session: Submission of files on December 1st, 2025; Commission date January 2026

Films funded