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Creative Europe · CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMOVE
Grants for European sales agents to coordinate pan-European cinema and online release campaigns for recent non-national European films.
Quel est l’objet de cet appel ?
The call funds pan-European theatrical and online release campaigns for recent non-national European films. Applications come from European sales agents, who coordinate the campaign and pass support on to national distributors.
Que finance cet appel ?
Scope
The call, under the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme, supports the wider distribution of recent non-national European films. It encourages sales agents and theatrical distributors to invest in the promotion and distribution of these films outside their country of origin.
Eligible activities
- Campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film.
- At least 7 different distributors must be attached to the project, of which at least 2 must come from lower audiovisual capacity countries (Group A or Group B). Most national campaigns should focus on theatrical release.
- The film must be released no earlier than 10 weeks after the application is submitted.
- Applications should present strategies for a more sustainable, environmentally respectful industry and for gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
Support to distributors
The sales agent passes financial support to distributors (third parties) for promotion and advertising. This support covers up to 70% of their promotion and advertising costs, with per-territory ceilings from €10,000 to €150,000 for films with a production budget of up to €15,000,000, and from €20,000 to €300,000 for animated films and films with a larger budget. Up to 3 distributors without a finalised agreement at submission may be included. Personnel work and travel are not covered, and material developed with Eurimages marketing support is excluded.
Eligible films
Fiction (including animation) or documentary works of at least 60 minutes, first copyright in 2025 or later, with a production budget of up to €30,000,000, majority produced by producers from MEDIA countries and with an interoperable identifier such as ISAN or EIDR.
Expected outcomes
- Pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films.
- More investment in promotion and distribution to widen audience reach in MEDIA countries and beyond.
- Stronger links between the production and distribution sectors.
Quelles sont les informations clés ?
- Budget du thème
- 23 500 000 €
- Taux de financement
- jusqu’à 90 %
- Code de l’appel
- CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMOVE
- Programme
- Creative Europe
- Funder
- European Union, Creative Europe Programme (MEDIA strand), managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- Eligible applicants
- European sales agents appointed by the producer of the film
- Duration
- normally 12 to 24 months
Qui peut candidater à cet appel ?
- Applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies) established in a Creative Europe participating country: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories) or listed EEA countries and countries associated to the programme.
- Applicants must be established in a country participating fully in the MEDIA strand and be owned, directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority, by nationals of such countries.
- Applicants must be European sales agents, directly appointed by the producer of the film through an international sales agreement covering at least 15 countries participating in the MEDIA strand.
- Only single applicants may apply; affiliated entities and other participants may take part if needed.
- Group A lower capacity countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Romania. Group B: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Cyprus, Malta and, subject to conditions, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine.
- Films whose distribution rights for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and/or Ukraine are licensed to distributors or buyers established in Russia are excluded.
- Natural persons cannot apply, except self-employed sole traders. EU bodies other than the Joint Research Centre cannot take part, and entities subject to EU restrictive or conditionality measures are excluded.
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Quelle est la date limite ?
21 janvier 2027 (77 jours)
Two cut-off dates: 21 January 2027, 17:00 CET (Brussels time), and 15 July 2027, 17:00 CET (Brussels time). The budget is split indicatively 40% for the first and 60% for the second cut-off.
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Source : portail Funding & Tenders de l’UE et documents officiels de l’appel. Page officielle de l’appel Dernière mise à jour : 6 octobre 2026.