The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promotes the dissemination of Italian publishing and cinematographic works abroad by providing incentives to translation and dubbing\/subtitling initiatives, as a strategic tool for promoting Italian language and culture abroad.<\/p>\n
The Foreign Ministry provides two types of financial incentives:<\/p>\n
Grants \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>For the translation of an Italian literary work, which has not yet been published abroad, and for the production, dubbing and subtitling of short\/feature-length films and TV series;<\/p>\n Prize \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Prize for the translation of Italian works (also in e-book format) \u2013 included short films, feature films and television series intended for the mass media \u2013 which have been disclosed, translated, produced, dubbed, subtitled on a non-date before January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n Proposals must be presented\u00a0 to the Italian Cultural Institutes and Italian diplomatic and consular representations abroad, according to the Notice regulations. The expiry for submitting a proposal for the 2026 edition is \u00a031 March 2026. <\/strong>Application must be submitted to the following address: leonilde.callocchia@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n