Creative Europe – Films on the Move – 2023

Objectives

• To promote innovation, competitiveness and scalability of the European audiovisual sector
• To enhance the circulation, promotion, online and theatrical distribution of European audiovisual works, within the Union and internationally in the new digital environment; including through innovative business model

Priorities

• Priority 1: to support international sales and circulation of non-national European works on all platforms
• Priority 2: to encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films

Among financed actions

• Campaigns for pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films
• Financial support to third parties

Additional information

• This call for proposals is a restricted call for proposals. In first instance, only concept notes will be evaluated
• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Eligibility

• Be legal person (public or private)
• Be established in an eligible country
• Be an European Sales Agent
• Only applications by single applicants are allowed
• A minimum of 7 different distributors must be attached to the project out of which at least 2 must originate from lower audiovisual capacity countries
• The film must comply with the following eligibility criteria:
  • It must be a work of fiction (including animated films) or documentary, with a minimum duration of 60 minutes
  • It must have its first copyright established in 2021 at the earliest
  • It must not consist of alternative content (operas, concerts, performance, etc.), advertising
  • Films must have a production budget of maximum 15 million euro
  • It must be majority produced by a producer or producers established in the countries participating in the MEDIA strand
  • The film must have an interoperable standard identifier
  • It must be produced with the significant participation (as per the credits) of professionals who are nationals/residents of countries participating in the MEDIA strand and credited as such

• Total budget of the call: 16 million euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs