Support for the transnational distribution of European Films

Creative Europe Peogramme, Media Sub-Programme

The Call for Proposals EACEA/23/2014 “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme has been published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme, Media Sub-Programme.

The specific objective of the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, is to promote the transnational circulation of European films.

The priorities of the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, are:

- supporting theatrical distribution through transnational marketing, branding, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual works;

- establishing systems of support for the distribution of non-national European films through theatrical distribution and on all other platforms as well as for international sales activities; in particular the subtitling, dubbing and audio-description of audiovisual works.

 

Eligible applicants to the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, must be European cinema/theatrical distributors involved in commercial activity designed to bring to the attention of a wide audience a film for the purpose of exploitation in cinema theatres and whose activities contribute to the attainment of the above objectives.

 

Applicants must be established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme and owned directly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. The following countries are eligible:

− EU Member States;

− Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements;

− EFTA countries which are members of the EEA, in accordance with the provisions of the EEA Agreement;

− The Swiss Confederation, on the basis of a bilateral agreement to be concluded with that country;

− Countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the procedures established with those countries following the framework agreements providing for their participation in Union programmes.

 

The activities to be funded in the framework of the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission, are campaigns for the distribution of non-national European films, submitted as part of an eligible grouping of minimum 7 distributors coordinated by the sales agent of the film. The film must have been majority produced by a producer/producers established in countries participating in the MEDIA sub-programme and made with a significant participation by professionals from those countries. The film must be a recent work of fiction, animation or documentary of more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution.

 

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, is EUR 8.000.000. The financial contribution will take the form of a lump sum, according to the number of screens covered at the widest point of release, between EUR 2.800 and EUR 150.000.

 

The deadline for submitting proposals in the framework of the current call for proposals “Support for the transnational distribution of European Films – the Cinema Selective Scheme, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Peogramme - Media Sub-Programme, is 4 December 2014.

 

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/distribution-selective-scheme-support-for-transnational-distribution-european-films-2015_en