European funds for the audiovisual sector

European funding for supporting transnational distribution of European films

Deadline: 18 June 2012

Are you eligible?

You are eligible if you are a European company and have contracted with the producer(s) of a film to act as agent to market the rights to the work to potential buyers (particularly distributors) outside the home country or countries in at least ten countries participating in the MEDIA Programme.

European funds for the audivisual sector

Eu funds: Media 2007 programme - development, distribution, promotion and training
Deadline: 16th April 2012

The programme wants to improve the continuous vocational training of professionals in the audiovisual sector, so as to give them the know-how and skills needed to create competitive products on the European and other markets.

The following actions and their activities are eligible:

- actions aiming at developing the capacity of audiovisual professionals to understand and integrate a European dimension to their work by improving expertise in the following fields:

• training in economic, financial and commercial management,

• training in new audiovisual technologies,

• training in script project development.

Projects shall last for a maximum period of 12 months.

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European grants for the audiovisual industry

European call for proposal: MEDIA 2007 — Promotion/Access to markets

Deadline: 22nd December 2011

Eligible actions
The present call for proposals is aimed at supporting actions and activities that take place in and outside the member countries of the programme (download the call for more information on eligible countries)
The objectives are to support actions that have the following aims:

• to improve the circulation of European audiovisual works by ensuring that the European audiovisual sector has access to the professional European and international audiovisual markets,
• to encourage common actions between national film and audiovisual programme promotion organisations,
• to encourage the building-up of an economic partnership between countries and professionals inside and outside theprogramme and facilitate better mutual knowledge and understanding.

Projects shall last for a maximum period of 12 months. Activities must begin at the earliest on 1 June
2012 and must end at the latest by 31 December 2012.

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EU funds for Transnational distribution of films

EU funds for Transnational distribution of European films.

The aim is to encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and  adequate distribution of non-domestic European films.

The scheme also aims to encourage the development of links between the production and distribution

sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.

Eligible applicants

This notice is aimed at European companies whose activities contribute to the abovementioned objectives.

Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:

the 27 countries of the European Union + Switzerland and Croatia.

Eligible actions

The theatrical (cinema) distribution of a non-national feature film.

Eu funds for supporting TV broadcasting

EU grant: Support for Television broadcasting

Deadlines: 16/12/2011 or 11/06/2012

What types of companies can apply?Independent European production companies legally registered in an EU country or a country participating in the MEDIA 2007 programme. Such companies must be owned, and continue to be owned, either directly or by majority shareholding, by nationals of these countries. These companies must be the majority producer of the presented work.

Eligible type of work
Fiction, animation and creative documentaries. All such works are subject to conditions regarding their minimum length and period of general release. Sequels and series of episodes based in whole or in part on a previous project are not eligible for funding. Drama and Animation series based on a first single or pilot episode are eligible for support, even if the first single or pilot episode has already been co-financed by the MEDIA TV Broadcasting support.

How much funding is available?
max 12,5% of your eligible production budget (with a maximum amount per work of 500.000 €) for fiction and animation, and max 20% of your eligible budget (with a maximum of 300.000 € per work) for documentaries.

European funds for creation and promotion of audiovisual content

European Support for the development of on- and off-line interactive work

 

Eligible applicants

This notice is aimed at European companies and in particular to independent production companies.

Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:

— the 27 countries of the European Union,

— Croatia and Switzerland.

Eligible actions

The activities for the following interactive works are eligible:

The concept development (up to a first playable application) of digital interactive content complementing an

audiovisual project (drama, creative documentary or animation) specifically developed for at least one of the

following platforms:

• Internet,
• PC,
• console,
• handheld device,
• interactive television.

This digital content must present:

• substantial interactivity with a narrative component,
• originality, creativity and innovation against existing works,
• European commercial potential.

Only the following types of audiovisual project intended for commercial exploitation can be complemented by the submitted interactive work:

• a drama of at least 50 minutes (the total length of the series in the case of a series),
• a creative documentary of at least 25 minutes (length per episode in the case of a series),
• an animation of at least 24 minutes (the total length of the series in the case of a series).

The call for proposals has two deadlines.
25 November 2011
13 April 2012