Call: Distribution Selective Scheme - Support for the distribution of non-national films

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Programme	Creative Europe
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Creative Europe"	Creative Europe's stated aims are to help the cultural and creative sectors seize the opportunities of the digital age and globalisation, enable the sectors to reach their economic potential, contributing to sustainable growth, jobs, and social cohesion, and to give Europe's culture and media sectors access to new international opportunities, markets, and audiences. This will, amongst others, involve funding for: artists and cultural professionals cinemas films book translations
Link	Link to Programme
Description of programme "Media"	The audiovisual sector is transforming with the rise of digital technology. This creates additional issues, such as the protection of intellectual property, securing access to financing in a relatively new and changing sector, and ensuring the proper distribution of works. The Media sub-programme, which supports the audiovisual and multimedia sector, provides opportunities for: Initiatives that aim to promote the distribution of works and the access to markets Initiatives for the development of projects or a set of projects (slate funding) Support for the production of television programmes or video games Activities to increase interest in and improve access to audiovisual works Activities that promote interests in films, such as cinema networks or film festivals Measures that facilitate international co-production and strengthen the circulation and distribution of works Activities to build the skills and capacities of audiovisual sector professionals
Call	Distribution Selective Scheme - Support for the distribution of non-national films
Description of call "Distribution Selective Scheme - Support for the distribution of non-national films"	Funding will be provided to European sales agent companies, who act as intermediaries for producers and specialise in the commercial exploitation of films by marketing and licensing a film to distributors or other purchasers for foreign countries. The film must be a work of fiction (including animated films) or documentary with a minimum duration of 60 minutes long, whose first copyright is not dated before 2019. The eligible action consists of: - coordination of the campaign by the sales agent; - Promotion and release of eligible non-national European films by distributors.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Art & Culture, Cultural Heritage, History, Media
Funding area	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia / საქართველო Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia / საქართველო Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија
Eligible applicants	Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Association, Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO
Applicant details	The sales agent must have been over the last 3 years the appointed sales agent of at least 3 films that have been theatrically released in at least 5 countries.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	Mergers/ associations of seven or more distribution companies which bring a European film in the cinemas can apply for funding.
Recurring Call	Yes
Project duration max	24 months
Further info	Deadlines: 10.12.2019 and 16.06.2020 The film must be released: o between 1st March 2020 and 1st September 2021 (first deadline) o between 1st September 2020 and 1st March 2022 (second deadline) for the costs to be eligible.
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	The total budget available is 9.8 million €. The max financial contribution differs in the Media programme countries but can be up to 50%.
Submission	eForm
Contact Details	https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/contacts_en