Films on the Move

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Objective:
The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films.
Expected Results:

• Development of pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films.
• Increased investment in theatrical and/or online promotion and distribution of non-national European films in view of expanding audience reach.
• Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films on a global market Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals:
The activities to be funded are campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film.
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.

Status

Open

Deadline

21 January 2027 (time not stated)

Opens

30 September 2026

Published

30 September 2026

Total budget

€23,500,000

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Funder

European Commission

Official page

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What applying involves

10 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.

Understand the call

• Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
• Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds

  Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document — conditions §5b

• Check the grant's legal and financial set-up standard for this programme

  described in the call document . Call document and annexes: Call document Application form templates Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA) Information on language of submission documents (CREA MEDIA) International film sales agreement PDF with film(s)/work(s) information generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database Letters of … — conditions §6

• Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range

Check you are eligible

• Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme

  described in the call document — conditions §2

• Meet the call's other eligibility conditions standard for this programme

  described in the call document — conditions §3

• Be able to show financial and operational capacity standard for this programme

  described in the call document — conditions §4

Prepare the documents

• Prepare Part B of the Application Form standard for this programme

  Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. — conditions

Submit

• Check the submission and evaluation process standard for this programme

  described in the call document — conditions §5a

• Submit before the closing date shown above

  The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline

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