European Programme Creative Europe

Call for Proposals

The call for proposals “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” has been published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme, Media Sub-Programme.

The priority of the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, is to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop European projects with the potential to circulate in the Union and beyond, and to facilitate European and international co-production.

The objectives of the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media 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; activities aiming at supporting European audiovisual production companies, in particular independent production companies, with a view to facilitating European and international coproductions of audiovisual works including television works.

Eligible applicants to the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, are companies whose activities contribute to the attainment of the above objectives, and in particular to independent audiovisual production companies which have been legally constituted for at least 12 months prior to the submission date and that can demonstrate a recent success.

Eligible countries to the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, are:

- EU member states;

- acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates;

- EFTA countries in accordance with the provisions of the EEA Agreement;

- 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 European Union programmes.

Eligible actions in the framework of the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission 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 of a total duration of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries 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 available for the co-financing of the current “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme,  is 5M €. The financial contribution awarded is a subsidy. 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 “EACEA 18/2015: Support for the Development of Single Projects” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Creative Europe Programme - Media Sub-Programme, is 19 November 2015.

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/development-single-project-2016_en.