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European co-development
Creative Europe · CREA-MEDIA-2027-CODEV
Lump-sum grants for two or more independent European production companies jointly developing one film, series or immersive project.
Di cosa tratta questo bando?
The call funds the joint development of a single animation, creative documentary or fiction project by at least two independent European audiovisual production companies from different countries. Support is a lump-sum grant aimed at works with wide cross-border audience potential.
Cosa finanzia questo bando?
Scope
The action supports cooperation between independent European audiovisual production companies that jointly develop a single project with strong international audience potential. The project must be intended for cinema release, television broadcasting or commercial exploitation on digital platforms or in a multi-platform environment, in one of three categories: animation, creative documentary or fiction.
Eligible works
- Feature films, animations and creative documentaries of at least 60 minutes intended mainly for cinema release.
- Fiction of at least 90 minutes in total, animation of at least 24 minutes in total and creative documentaries of at least 50 minutes in total (one-off or series), intended mainly for television or digital platforms.
- Interactive or immersive fiction, animation or creative documentary projects, such as narrative virtual reality, of any duration.
- Principal photography (or its equivalent) must be scheduled at least 10 months after the submission deadline.
Excluded works
Live recordings, games and talk shows, reality and cooking shows, educational and how-to programmes, tourism documentaries, making-of and news programmes, promotional and institutional productions, music videos, video games, e-books and interactive books, and student or graduation films cannot be supported.
Expected outcomes
- More collaboration at development stage between production companies from different countries and markets, leading to more co-productions.
- Higher quality, feasibility, cross-border potential and market value of the supported projects.
- A stronger position on European and international markets for the selected companies.
- More international cooperation, including between European and Korean professionals.
Grant form
The grant is a lump sum fixed on the basis of the estimated project budget and a funding rate of 70%. Applications should also set out strategies for a more environmentally respectful industry and for gender balance, inclusion and diversity. Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
Quali sono i dati principali?
- Budget del topic
- 12.500.000 €
- Tasso di finanziamento
- fino al 70%
- Codice del bando
- CREA-MEDIA-2027-CODEV
- Programma
- Creative Europe
- Funder
- European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Creative Europe Programme, MEDIA strand
- Eligible applicants
- independent European audiovisual production companies working as a consortium of at least two beneficiaries
- Funding per project
- up to €120,000 for a consortium of two beneficiaries, plus €60,000 for each additional beneficiary; for drama series with an intended production budget of €20,000,000 or more, up to €200,000 for two beneficiaries, plus €100,000 for each additional beneficiary
- Duration
- normally no longer than 30 months
Chi può candidarsi a questo bando?
- Applicants must be legal entities (public or private) established in a Creative Europe participating country: EU Member States, including overseas countries and territories, or listed EEA and associated countries.
- 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.
- All beneficiaries must be independent European audiovisual production companies, meaning not majority controlled by an audiovisual media service provider (more than 25% of share capital held by one provider, or 50% when several providers hold shares).
- A consortium of at least two beneficiaries is required: a coordinator and at least one partner that is not its affiliated entity, established in at least two different European countries participating in the MEDIA strand, with a signed co-development agreement.
- The coordinator must have produced, since 2020, one animation, fiction or creative documentary work of at least 24 minutes (no minimum for immersive works) commercially released in at least three countries other than its own.
- The coordinator or a partner must hold the majority of rights to the work, with a dated and signed rights contract by the submission deadline.
- Associated partners from countries outside the MEDIA strand, including non-European countries such as Korea, can take part but cannot be beneficiaries.
- An applicant may coordinate only one application across the 2027 co-development, slate, mini-slate and video games and immersive content development calls.
- Natural persons cannot apply, except sole traders without separate legal personality. EU bodies other than the Joint Research Centre cannot join the consortium, and entities under EU restrictive or conditionality measures are excluded.
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Quando scade il bando?
2 marzo 2027 (116 giorni)
2 March 2027, 17:00:00 CET (Brussels time). Single-stage submission.
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Fonte: portale Funding & Tenders dell’UE e documenti ufficiali del bando. Pagina ufficiale del bando Ultimo aggiornamento: 6 ottobre 2026.