The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.

Support shall be provided to European audiovisual festivals aiming at increasing audiences’ interest in non national European audiovisual content and promoting its circulation and visibility.

Project budget (maximum grant amount): between €19.000 and €150.000 per project.

The grant will be a lump sum grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum or financing not linked to costs. The amount is prefixed by the granting authority at:

Number of European films per festival edition and programming – Lump Sum in Euros:

• < 40 European films – 27.000
• 40 – 60 European films – 35.000
• 61 – 80 European films – 41.000
• 81 – 100 European films – 46.000
• 101 – 120 European films – 55.000
• 121 – 200 European films – 63.000
• > 200 European films – 75.000

For short film festivals: A lump sum is set according to the number of European short films in the programming.

The grant is calculated on the basis of the following grid:
Number of European films per festival edition and programming – Lump Sum in Euros:

• < 150 European films – 19.000
• 150 – 250 European films  – 25.000
• > 250 European films – 33.000

• Audiovisual sector and Media
• Culture
• Other Thematic Category
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• International Organisations
• Legal Entities
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• State-owned Enterprises

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• 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 or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
• Only applications from eligible entities organizing audiovisual festivals in countries participating in the MEDIA strand will be accepted.

Eligible audiovisual festivals are those having cumulatively:

• a clear curation, regulation and selection procedure and screening to the general public as well as accredited international audiovisual professionals and press;
• 50% of the programming for which support is sought should be devoted to non-national European films and audiovisual works from countries participating to the MEDIA strand and presenting a geographical diverse coverage of at least 15 from these countries including low capacity ones;
• had at least three editions that took place by end of December 2024.

Consortium composition: Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries)

Eligible activities – The following events are not eligible:

• Festivals programming exclusively works that are not considered as eligible, such as commercials, live-broadcast events, TV series, music videos, video games, amateur films, mobile phone films, trailers and non-narrative artistic works.
• Thematic Festivals such as cultural events or art/technology/science-related events, as well as highly specialized festivals dealing with specific topics (for example: tourism, sport, gastronomy, fashion, health etc.) are not eligible.

Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities.

Financial support to third parties is not allowed.

Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy

For help related to this call, please contact: EACEA-MEDIA-FESTIVALS@ec.europa.eu

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• Call document