Local Co-Production Fund
Enabling Local Co-productions through Gap Financing & Global Partner Networking
Local Co-Pro Facilitator
Enabling Local Co-productions through Gap Financing & Global Partner Networking
What is the Local Co-Pro Fund?
The Local Co-pro Fund is a gap financing fund serving fully developed, commercially viable Film & TV projects that require:
Gap Financing
to enable greenlight on production with a pan African broadcaster or streamer. We provide matching Production funding for any size project up to a ceiling of P20 million (depending on deal structure) for the 2025 financial year.
Networking Opportunities
to access distribution & co-production partnerships.
Executive Producer Support
including legal structuring, financial management and production facilitation services.
What projects are eligible?
1. Eligible genres include
Scripted:
Feature Films, TV Drama Series, Sitcom, Docudrama.
Non-Scripted:
Documentary, Wildlife, Factual Series, Reality Shows, Game Shows, Entertainment, Music Shows.
1. Motswana owned IP to be filmed primarily in Botswana
2. Fully developed projects that are production ready.
3. Projects must demonstrate a commercially viable business plan including distribution and financial ROI models.
4. A minimum of 50% of production finance is verifiably secured.
5. Where a Motswana Producer has already secured foreign finance or co-producers:
a. The production company must be a Motswana majority owned company.
b. The Batswana crew quota must at minimum correspond to Motswana equity.
Co-production Fund Process
1. Projects will be filtered by a panel of readers to
ensure all required documentation is submitted, and a shortlist created.
2. Eligible Projects are reviewed by a business panel
who selects projects they are interested to have pitched to them.
The panel includes:
(i) Botswana Ignite Executive Producers
(ii) Potential Co-producer Executives
(iii) Pan Africa Broadcast / streamer Commissioning Editors
(iv) International Distributors.
3. Before pitching selected pitch teams will go through a due diligence
process to ensure their pitch package of creative proposals,
budgets, and production schedules are deal ready.
4. Projects of interest are made an offer by panel members,
that can be accepted or rejected by the pitch team.
Deal terms including joint approval on the budget, IP ownership
and revenue structures are agreed
before moving to contract stage.
5. The Co-Pro Fund helps manage the deal
negotiation and legal drafting process.
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FAQs
Can I attend more than one course per year?
No. You can only attend one course a year, however, you may apply for a different course next year.
I have an idea for a show. Can I present it to someone?
You can't present it to someone on this platform, however, all our courses teach the business of television where you would get the skills and strategy to know how to package and pitch your show. In addition to the courses, some of the masterclasses will teach unique aspects of this process so sign up to be notified about when these would take place.
Can I attend any of the courses if I am not a Motswana?
Unfortunately not. These courses are for Botswana citizens only.
Is there an age limit for attending any of the courses?
You must be older than 18, and there is no upper age limit.
How much does it cost to enrol in a course?
The courses are at no cost. Please see eligibility documents for further information.
How do I contact someone regarding the courses?
If you have a question that the content on this site doesn’t answer then you can write to [email protected]
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