EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Priorities:

• increase the capacity of audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with a potential to circulate in the Union and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-production, including with television broadcasters.

The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following measures:

• 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 co-productions of audiovisual works including television works.

Eligible actions

The audiovisual work proposed must be an independent European television production (fiction, animation or creative documentary) involving the participation of at least three broadcasting companies from several Member States of the European Union or countries participating in the programme.

The exploitation rights licensed to the broadcasters have to revert to the producer after a maximum period of 7 years for a pre-sales or 10 years for co-production.

Minimum 50% of the estimated total financing of the production budget must be guaranteed from third party sources of finance and the production budget must be minimum 50% financed by European sources.

Next Deadline: 28/05/2015 at 12.00 noon (midday Brussels time) 

The specific objective of promoting transnational circulation, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Subprogramme is the following:

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

The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following:

• 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 ACTIONS

The Sales Agents scheme works in two phases:

1. The Generation of a potential fund, which will be calculated according to the international sales performance of the company on the European market during the reference period (2010-2014) 2. Reinvestment of the potential fund thus generated by each company: Module 1: minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on new European non-national films. Module 2: the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of new non-national European films presented.

BUDGET

The total budget available is EUR 2.600.000. The financial contribution of the Union cannot exceed 60% of the total eligible costs, depending on the type of reinvestment

The deadlines for sending applications are:

Generation: 18/06/2015

Reinvestments: 01/03/2017