European Programme Creative Europe

Support for the Content Development of Single Project

The call for proposals EACEA/20/2016 “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” has been published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme).

The purpose of the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), is to reinforce the European audiovisual sector's capacity to operate transnationally.

The aim of the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), is to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop European projects with a potential to circulate in the Union and beyond, and to facilitate European and international co-production, including with television broadcasters.

 

The priorities of the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), are:

- the development of European audiovisual works in particular films and television works such as fiction, documentaries, children’s and animated films, as well as interactive works such as videogames and multimedia with enhanced cross-border circulation potential;

- the support to European audiovisual production companies, in particular independent production companies, with a view to facilitating European and international co-productions of audiovisual works including television works.

 

Under the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), eligible countries are:

- EU Member States and overseas countries and territories;

- acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy;

- EFTA countries;

- the Swiss Confederation;

- countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the procedures defined with those countries following the framework agreements providing for their participation in EU programmes.

 

Eligible actions within the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), are:

- feature films, animations and creative documentaries of a minimum length of 60 minutes intended primarily for cinematic release;

- fiction projects (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 90 minutes, animation (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television;

- fiction projects of a total duration or user experience of minimum 90 minutes, animation of a total duration or user experience of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries of a total duration or user experience of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of digital platform exploitation.

 

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme (Culture Sub-programme), is estimated at EUR 5.391.319. The maximum financial contribution which may be awarded for Single Project is a lump sum of: EUR 60.000 in case of animation; EUR 25.000 in case of creative documentary; EUR 50.000 in case of fiction if the estimated production budget is equal/above EUR 1.5 M;  EUR 30.000 in case of fiction if the estimated production budget is below EUR 1.5 M.

 

The deadline for submitting proposals in the framework of the current “Support for the Content Development of Single Project” call for proposals is 17 November 2016.  

 

Further information on the current call for proposals is available on the European Commission’s web site at: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/funding/support-for-content-development-single-project-2017_en