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European Film Distribution
Funding Program | Creative Europe - Media Strand | |
Call number | CREA-MEDIA-2023-FILMDIST | |
deadlines | Opening 08.12.2022 | Deadline 27.04.2023 17:00 |
Funding rate | 70 % | |
Call budget | € 34,000,000.00 | |
Estimated EU contribution per project | maximum grant amount per project: € 1,000,000.00 | |
Link to the call | ec.europa.eu | |
Link to the submission | ec.europa.eu |
Call content
short description | The European Film Distribution support shall encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent European films by providing funds to European distributors, based upon their performance on the market, for further reinvestment in the acquisition, promotion and distribution (including online) of recent non-national European films. |
Call objectives | There are two phases for the funded activities:
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Expected effects and impacts |
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Regions / countries for funding | EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) Moldova (Moldova), Albania (Shqipëria), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Island (Ísland), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Liechtenstein, Montenegro (Црна Гора), North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Tunisia (تونس /Tūnis), Ukraine (Україна) |
eligible entities | Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) |
Mandatory partnership | No |
Project Partnership | Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries). |
other eligibility criteria | In order to be eligible, the entities must be:
The cinema / theatrical distributor shall fulfil the following criteria:
In the event that distribution activities are shared between several companies, the contracts/agreements between these companies must be provided. The company that will be considered as compliant is the one which meets all the criteria and actually executes the distribution of the film in the country in line with the above conditions. If tasks and/or responsibilities are so shared between different companies that it is impossible to assess a unique distributor for the film in a territory, the admissions of that film will not be eligible. Distributors acting in different countries linked for distribution purposes (e.g. Belgium and Luxembourg; Greece and Cyprus) should only send one proposal and declare admissions and reinvestment in these different countries. Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person. International organisations — International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them. Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offerguarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons. EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium. Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible). |
Additional information
Topics |
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media |
Relevance for EU Macro-Region | EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region |
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) |
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project duration | 24 months |
Additional Information | Proposal page limits and layout:
mandatory annexes and supporting documents:
Page limit - part B: 70 pages |
Call documents | Call Document CREA-MEDIA-2023-FILMDIST (1537kB) |
Contact | European Education and Culture Executive Agency Website Creative Europe Desks Website |
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