Overview
Donor: | European Commission - CREA |
Application procedure: | Full Proposal |
Donor base: | Belgium |
Reference number: | CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
Deadline: | 24.04.2025 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
Minimum grant size: | - |
Total available budget: | 32.000.000€ |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | - |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Arts & Culture
- Capacity Building
- Media & Journalism
Project Locations
Africa
Tunisia
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
Expected results are:
- Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films.
- Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films.
- Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.
There are two phases for the funded activities:
- The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.
- The implementation of the action – the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in: the co-production of eligible non-national European films; the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of eligible non-national European films; promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films both for theatrical and online releases.
2) Eligibility
Eligibility is limited to legal entities (public or private bodies).
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states plus Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tunisia and Ukraine.
4) Budget
The estimated available call budget is €32,000,000.
5) Application
The application deadline is 24 April 2025. All proposals must be submitted directly online via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System.