Federal Act
on Film Production and Film Culture
(Film Act, FiA)

The Con­fed­er­a­tion may provide fin­an­cial as­sist­ance and oth­er forms of sup­port for:

a.

the dis­sem­in­a­tion of film cul­ture and for in­creas­ing film aware­ness;

b.

film fest­ivals that make a sig­ni­fic­ant con­tri­bu­tion to the na­tion­al or in­ter­na­tion­al film cul­ture;

c.

the archiv­ing and res­tor­a­tion of films;

d.

co­oper­a­tion among the vari­ous sec­tors of the film in­dustry;

e.

fur­ther in­sti­tu­tions and ef­forts that make a sig­ni­fic­ant con­tri­bu­tion to the main­ten­ance and de­vel­op­ment of film pro­duc­tion and film cul­ture in Switzer­land as well as in­nov­a­tion in these fields;

f.

in­ter­na­tion­al co­oper­a­tion in the film sec­tor.