EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following measures:

• support initiatives presenting and promoting a diversity of European audiovisual works;
• support activities aiming at increasing knowledge and interest of audiences in European audiovisual works. 

The EU financial contribution will take the form of a lump sum according to the number of European films in the programming, between EUR 19.000 and EUR 75.000. 

Deadline:28/04/2016 - 12:00 (CET/CEST, Brussels time)

The goals of the Doha Film Institute Grants Programme are to identify new talent, seek out new cinematic voices and discover universally resonant stories. The Programme provides creative and financial assistance for short and feature-length projects, subject to eligibility criteria.There are two submission cycles annually. The next cycle opens 18 July, 2015 and closes at midnight (GMT+3) on 1 August, 2015.

Priorities:

• increase the capacity of audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with a potential to circulate in the Union and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-production, including with television broadcasters.

The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following measures:

• the development of European audiovisual works in particular films and television works such as fiction, documentaries, children’s and animated films, as well as interactive works such as videogames and multimedia with enhanced cross-border circulation potential;
• activities aiming at supporting European audiovisual production companies, in particular independent production companies, with a view to facilitating European and international co-productions of audiovisual works including television works.

Eligible actions

The audiovisual work proposed must be an independent European television production (fiction, animation or creative documentary) involving the participation of at least three broadcasting companies from several Member States of the European Union or countries participating in the programme.

The exploitation rights licensed to the broadcasters have to revert to the producer after a maximum period of 7 years for a pre-sales or 10 years for co-production.

Minimum 50% of the estimated total financing of the production budget must be guaranteed from third party sources of finance and the production budget must be minimum 50% financed by European sources.

Next Deadline: 28/05/2015 at 12.00 noon (midday Brussels time) 

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS

The present call for proposals is aimed at supporting actions and activities taking place in and outside countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme.

Only those applications corresponding to at least one of the 3 Actions below will be considered as eligible:

• Action 1 - Access to physical markets for European professionals

• Action 2 - Online tools intended for the professionals

• Action 3 - Common European promotional activities

- Feature films, animations and creative documentaries of a minimum length of 60 minutes intended primarily for cinematic release 
- Fiction projects (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 90 minutes, animation (oneoff or series) of a total duration of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television 
- Fiction projects of a total duration or user experience of minimum 90 minutes, animation of a total duration or user experience of minimum 24 minutes and creative documentaries of a total duration or user experience of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of Digital platform exploitation. 

Deadline

• 19/11/2015 at 12:00 noon (midday Brussels time)
• 21/04/2016 at 12:00 noon (midday Brussels time)

Specific objective

Supporting theatrical distribution through transnational marketing, branding, distribution and exhibition of audio visual works.

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS

The Cinema Automatic Scheme works in two phases:

1. The generation of a potential fund, proportional to the number of paying admission tickets sold during the reference period (2014) for non-national European films in countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme, up to a fixed ceiling per film and adjusted for each country.

2. Reinvestment: the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in:

Module 1. the co-production of eligible non-national European films;

Module 2. the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of eligible non-national European films; and/ or in

Module 3. editing costs (prints, dubbing and subtitling), promotion costs and publicity costs for eligible non-national European films.

Deadline

Generation: 30 April 2015

Reinvestments: within the deadline set out for each module and by 02 August 2016.