CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMSALES – European Film sales agent

Identifikátor témy: CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMSALES Výzva: CREA-MEDIA-2027-FILMSALES – European Film Sales Program: Creative Europe Programme (CREA) Časť programu: European Film Sales Typ akcie: CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): CREA Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Forthcoming Otvorenie: 29. 4. 2027 Termín(y) podania: 17. 6. 2027 Rozpočet: 6 000 000 €

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.

Description of the activities:

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 markets in countries participating in the Media programme as well as in other geographical markets.

2. The implementation of the action - the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in:

-minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on eligible non-national European films;

-the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films.

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: SEPTEMBER, 30 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: JUNE, 17 2027 17:00 (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: JULY-NOVEMBER 2027.

Information to applicants: DECEMBER 2027.

Signature of grant agreement: MARCH 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

List of films (CREA MEDIA FILMSALES)

Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)

Other mandatory annexes to be attached to the proposal:

PDF with information about film(s)work(s) generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database

Official box office evidence to be provided as an annex to the proposal (for step 1 - in case the eligible film is not available in the Creative Europe MEDIA database)

Proof of sales and/or royalty statement (for step 3 - in case the eligible film is sold in non-MEDIA countries)

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 Sales 2027 on Thursday, 15 October at 2:00 pm CET. The session can be accessed here. 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!