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• Guidelines (CA)

• Guidelines (ES)

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• Call (CA)

• Call (ES)

From June 30 to July 11, 2025, for activities carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2025.

Enquiries may be made throughout the application period until the last day at 2:00 pm.

The purpose of this grant is to cover the expenses for the subtitling of audiovisual works produced and/or coproduced in Catalonia (by a production company based in Catalonia) to promote Catalan cinematographic creation abroad. 

Works presented must comply with the following requirements: 

• Works presented must be finalized when submitting the application and within the period established in the guidelines. The subtitling does not need to be finalized when submitting the application, yet it must be completed during the year of the call.  
• The audiovisual works must have been produced during the three years before the call or during the year of the call, except for those that can be credited as part of a retrospective.

Audiovisual productions considered are the following: short and feature films (fiction, non-fiction and animation), television documentaries and web documentaries. 

These guidelines do not cover:

• Series and each of its separate episodes, miniseries and audiovisual works for a commercial promotion purpose. 
• Audiovisual works with artistic proposals in the field of visual arts. 
• Audiovisual works framed in the field of formation. 
• Audiovisual works in postproduction.
• Subtitling in Catalan or Occitan (in its Aranese variety) 
• Audiovisual works that have already been subsidized or for which a grant application has been submitted on two occasions in this same grant.

• Eligible expenses are those corresponding to the following costs: translation and subtitling in any format, including the costs for audio description (AD) and subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing people (SDH), and sign language. Subtitles for trailers are also eligible. 
• A maximum of three languages per audiovisual work per year may be subsidized, regardless of the cost of audio description (AD), descriptive subtitling or subtitling for the deaf (SPS) and sign language.

Those independent audiovisual production companies that are registered in the Register of Audiovisual Companies of Catalonia or in the Administrative Register of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Companies managed by the ICAA (Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts) or of a member state of the European Union or associated with the European Economic Area and with an operational establishment in Spain. 

An independent audiovisual production company is defined as a natural person of legal entity that meets the conditions established in point 2.1 of the bases of this call.

Applicants may submit only one application per audiovisual work, regardless of the number of subtitle languages requested.

• Minimum grant amount: €300.00
• Maximum grant amounts:
  • €7,000.00 per feature film, TV documentary, or web documentary.
  • €2,000.00 per short film.

€2,000.00 per language for feature films, TV documentaries, or web documentaries.

The amount granted per application may cover up to 100% of the eligible costs, as set out in Regulation 5.

The minimum award, provided the project reaches the minimum score set out in Base 9, is €300.

The maximum total annual award per applicant under this scheme is €9,000.00.

The application process will be available through the Institut Ramon Llull online system during the period of applications of the call.

a) Spanish applicants:

Legal persons and self-employed persons must submit their applications and complete the rest of administrative procedures (granting and economic justification) only online through the through the Institut Ramon Llull online system and the applicable signature system.

b) Foreign applicants (self-employed individuals and non-resident juridical persons) who apply for the first time to a grant from Institut Ramon Llull must initiate the process via one of the following:

- Online with digital certificate (EU residents only). Accepted certificates listed on the website. Recommended.

- Online with accreditation (username/password): Accreditation request available (provided within 72 hours).

Institut Ramon Llull will generate the certification and send it to non-resident foreign citizens securely after having verified their identification documentation. The certification will be valid for five years starting from the submission date of the documentation that certifies the identity of the interested party unless any changes arise. Once the applicant has received their certification, they may complete the grant application.

Please bear in mind the deadline for certification, where appropriate.

• Activity report of the fulfillment of the purpose of the subsidized action, activity or project, including an assessment of the international plan submitted with the application.
• Financial report and justification of the total cost of the expenses that are the object of this subsidy.
• Proof of having applied the Institut Ramon Llull logo on the communication materials.

For more information, please consult rule 16 of the guidelines.

The Director of the Ramon Llull Institute will make a decision within a maximum period of six months from the date of the publication of the call.

If the maximum period has elapsed without a final decision of the procedure being issued and notified, applicants may consider their applications rejected due to administrative silence.

The decision does not exhaust the administrative process. An appeal can be filed with the head of the Department of Culture within one month from the date of publication.

The applications should be submitted through the virtual office.

• Justification form (CA)

• Justification form (CA)

You may consult your file electronically through the virtual office.

Additional documentation, where applicable, and supporting documentation may be submitted electronically through the virtual office.

Phone support hours: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

For technical issues with the electronic office, use this form:

Electronic Office – Contact

For questions about the guidelines: Olga Díaz (odiaz@llull.cat )

For questions about procedures: Elisabeth Piqué (epique@llull.cat)