European Film Distribution

Forthcoming

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Objective:

Expected results:
- 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:
1. The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.
2. 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.

Status

Forthcoming

Deadline

8 April 2027 (time not stated)

Opens

3 December 2026

Published

30 September 2026

Total budget

€38,000,000

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Funder

European Commission

Official page

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What applying involves

11 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 Certified admissions (CREA MEDIA FILMDIST) Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA) Other mandatory annex to be attached to the proposal: PDF with information about film(s)/work(s) generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database … — conditions §6

• Note the opening date — a proposal cannot be submitted before it
• 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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