Overview

Donor: European Commission - CREA
Application procedure: Online Application
Donor base: Belgium
Reference number: CREA-MEDIA-2026-FESTNET
Eligible applicants: Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business
Deadline: 14.04.2026

Financial details

Grant size: Medium - up to $1,000,000
Minimum grant size: -
Total available budget: 6.000.000€
Funding type: Grants
Maximum grant size: -
Funding ratio: up to 100%

Sectors

  • Arts & Culture
  • Capacity Building

Project Locations

  1. Africa

      Tunisia

  2. Asia

      Turkey

  3. Europe

      Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Description

1) Objective

The Networks of European festivals shall provide support to coordinated/collaborative activities among European audiovisual festivals aiming at increasing audiences’ interest in non-national European audiovisual content and promoting its circulation and visibility.

Expected results are:

  • Reinforce cooperation among European audiovisual festivals members of a Network screening a significant proportion of non-national European films and audiovisual works through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences
  • Increase the impact of European audiovisual festivals aiming to reinforce promotion, distribution and circulation of non-national European films and audiovisual works to growing audiences across Europe
  • Foster exchange of knowledge and best-practice models for cooperation among festivals through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences
  • Harness the digital transformation, including developing and updating online tools and dana applications

2) Eligibility

Eligible are legal entities (public or private bodies).

3) Location

Actions must take place in EU member states plus listed countries.

4) Budget

The estimated available call budget is €6,000,000.

5) Application

Deadline for applications is 14 April 2026. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible.

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