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CREATIVE EUROPE – European mini-slate development – 2026

CREA - Creative Europe aims at preserving, developing, and promoting European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage and to increase the competitiveness and economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.

2026-09-17
7 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference CREA-MEDIA-2026-DEVMINISLATE
Programme CREATIVE EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Media & cultural organisation Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

CREA-MEDIA-2026-DEVMINISLATE



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To nurture talents, competence and skills and to stimulate cross-border cooperation, mobility and innovation in the creation and production of European audiovisual works, encouraging collaboration across Member States with different audiovisual capacities.
  • To foster the competitiveness of European independent production companies in countries with a low audiovisual capacity

Priorities

  • Priority 1: Development of audiovisual works by European independent production companies, covering a variety of formats

Among financed actions

  • Support to the development of minimum 2 and maximum 3 works for commercial exploitation
  • Strategies for marketing and distribution
  • Co-development between operators from different countries

Eligibility

  • Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    •  Creative Europe Participating Countries:
    •  EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    •  non-EU countries:
    •  listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
  • Be established in one of the countries with a low audiovisual capacity
  • Be independent European audiovisual production companies, based in countries with low audiovisual capacity

A consortium composed of only one applicant must be constituted.

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: up to 36 months
  • Contact: EACEA-MEDIA-DEVMINISLATE@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 7 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 60.000 and 310.000 euros

This grant is a lump sum grant.