EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
To generate a potential fund and to qualify for reinvestment measures, the film must have been majority produced by a producer/producers established in countries participating in the MEDIA sub-programme and made with a significant participation by professionals from those countries.

The film must be a work of fiction, animation or documentary of more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution.
The film must not consist in alternative content (operas, concerts, performances, etc.) or advertising.
For the film to be eligible its first copyright must not have been established before 2013.

Deadline: 15th January 2019

Minority Co-production support, the Hubert Bals Fund aims to encourage European producers to participate as a minority co-producer in high-quality film projects by filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. HBF+Europe is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA programme of the European Union.

The maximum amount awarded per project is €52,000.

Deadline:1/04/2018

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
The eligible activities of a co-production fund including the provision of financial support to eligible third parties for eligible projects conforming to the following criteria:
- Production of feature films, animations and documentaries of a minimum length of 60 minutes intended primarily for cinema release.
- Implementation of concrete distribution strategy aiming at the better circulation of the supported works. The film should be distributed in at least 3 territories out of which at least
one participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme and at least one third country
The action must start on 01/09/2018 and end on 30/06/2021

Deadline:06/03/18

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
Only the activities relating to the development phase for the following projects are eligible:
- Narrative storytelling video games regardless of platform or expected distribution method.
In all cases the video game must be intended for commercial exploitation.

Deadline: 08/03/2018

• Drama films (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 90 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television exploitation. Sequels or second and third seasons of an existing drama series are eligible. 
• Animation (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 24 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television exploitation. Sequels or second, third and further seasons of an existing animation series are not eligible.
• Creative documentaries (one-off or series) of a total duration of minimum 50 minutes intended primarily for the purposes of television exploitation. Sequels second, third and further seasons of an existing documentary series are not eligible.

 Deadline: 

Deadline for submission: - 16/11/2017 - 12:00 (CET/CEST, Brussels time), 24/05/2018 - 12:00 (CET/CEST, 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 – Business to business (physical) markets for European audiovisual professionals
• Action 2 - Online tools encouraging business-to-business exchanges
• Action 3 – Business to business promotional activities of European works
Activities must start between 01/06/2018 and 30/06/2019.
The maximum duration of the action is 12 months.

Deadline: 15/02/18

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
The Promotion of European Works Online scheme shall provide support to:
- Action 1: Actions such as digital promotion, marketing, branding, tagging and development of new offers by existing VOD services offering a majority of European works. The aim of the action is to improve the visibility, discoverability and global audience of European audiovisual works.
- Action 2: Support to the development of "Online Ready" packages;
- Action 3: Innovative strategies for distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works, including audience development initiatives focusing on innovative and participatory strategies
reaching out to wider audiences with European films.
Applicants submitting projects for different actions should provide separate applications for each action.

Deadline: 05/04/2018