Programme Category
Programme Name
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of the support to TV and online content is to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop and produce strong projects with significant potential to circulate throughout Europe and beyond, and to facilitate European and international co-productions within the television and online sector.
Detailed Call Description
The action aims to strengthen the independence of producers in relation to broadcasters and digital platforms, to enhance collaboration between operators, including independent producers, broadcasters, digital platforms and sales agents, from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, including from low capacity countries, in order to produce high quality programming aimed at wide international distribution and promoted to a wide audience including commercial exploitation in the multi-platform environment. Particular attention will be given to projects presenting innovative aspects in the content and in the financing that show a clear link with the envisaged distribution strategies.
The TV and online content action supports works (drama films, animation and documentary) intended for linear and non-linear broadcasting, presenting:
- strong cooperation between operators from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand, including between broadcasters;
- high creative/artistic value and wide cross-border exploitation potential able to reach audiences at European and international level;
- innovative aspects in terms of the content and the financing that show a clear link with the envisaged distribution strategies.
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure a more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry (in particular through the use of greening consultants allowing to reduce the environmental impact of productions and shootings) and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
The following projects are ineligible:
- live recordings, TV games, talk shows, cooking shows, magazines, tv-shows, reality shows, educational, teaching and “how to” programmes;
- documentaries promoting tourism, “making-of”, reports, animal reportages, news programmes and “docu soaps”;
- projects including pornographic or racist material or advocating violence;
- works of a promotional nature;
- institutional productions to promote a specific organisation or its activities;
- music videos and video-clips;
- projects already financed by Eurimages;
- productions originally intended as cinema works (e.g. several theatrical distributors and/or an international sales agent involved).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The grant parameters (maximum grant amount, funding rate, total eligible costs, etc) will be fixed in the Grant Agreement (Data Sheet, point 3 and art 5).
Project budget (maximum grant amount):
- For creative documentaries, the maximum grant amount is €300 000 per project.
- For animation works, the maximum grant amount is €500 000 per project.
- For drama works, the maximum grant amount per project is:
- €500 000 if the eligible production budget is below €10 millions,
- €1 million if the eligible production budget is between €10 millions and €20 millions,
- €2 millions if the eligible production budget is above €20 millions.
The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
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 will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget and a funding rate of maximum 20%.
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
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)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA Strand of the Creative Europe Programme and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality.
- be independent European audiovisual production companies
Consortium composition:
Applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries; affiliated entities are allowed, if needed), as well as proposals submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organization of European Programs & 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
EU Contact Point
Contact
Name: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Telephone:+32 2 299 11 11 (Commission switchboard)
Address:Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium