CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMDIST – European Film Distribution

Identifikátor témy: CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMDIST Výzva: CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMDIST – European Film Distribution Program: Creative Europe Programme (CREA) Časť programu: European Film Distribution Typ akcie: CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): CREA Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Forthcoming Otvorenie: 3. 12. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 8. 4. 2027 Rozpočet: 38 000 000 €

Objective:

Expected results: - Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films. - Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films. - Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films. There are two phases for the funded activities: 1. The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market. 2. The implementation of the action - the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in: - the co-production of eligible non-national European films; - the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of eligible non-national European films; - promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films both for theatrical and online releases.

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described in the call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in the call document.

Publication of the call: 30 September 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: 8 April 2027 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: April - August 2027.

Information to applicants: October 2027.

Signature of grant agreement: January 2028.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in the call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Certified admissions (CREA MEDIA FILMDIST)

Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)

Other mandatory annex to be attached to the proposal: PDF with information about film(s)/work(s) generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

CREA MGA

Additional documents:

CREA Annual Work Programmes

CREA Regulation 2021/818

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-10-06: There will be an online information session on the call European Film Distribution 2027 on Tuesday, 13 October at 2:00 pm CET. The session can be accessed here. Scroll down to Film Distribution. The recording and slides will be published here after the presentation. The information session does not require registration and is open to all potential applicants!