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CREATIVE EUROPE – Films on the move – 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.

2026-03-19
21 million euros
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Call synthesis

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

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Call reference

CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMOVE



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Priorities and funded actions

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

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 the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films
  • Strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness

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 participating fully in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries.
  • Be a European sale agent

Only applications by single applicants are allowed.

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action:  between 12 and 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: EACEA-MEDIA-CODEV@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 21 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: no limit
  • Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs