Films on the Move

Topic description

Objective: The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films. Expected Results: Development of pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films. Increased investment in theatrical and/or online promotion and distribution of non-national European films in view of expanding audience reach. Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films on a global market Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals: The activities to be funded are campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film. Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.

Conditions and documents

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 Eligible 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 2025. Deadline for submitting applications: 1st cut-off date: March, 19 2026 17:00 (Brussels time). 2nd cut-off date: July, 16 2026 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: 1st cut-off date: March - June 2026 2nd cut-off date: July - October 2026 Information to applicants: 1st cut-off date: September 2026 2nd cut-off date: January 2027 Signature of grant agreement: 1st cut-off date: December 2026 2nd cut-off date: April 2027 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) Information on independence and ownership (CREA MEDIA) International film sales agreement PDF with film(s)/work(s) information generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database Letters of intent of distributors having acquired the theatrical rights from the sales agent detailing Promotion and Advertisement (P&A) costs Model Grant Agreements (MGA) CREA MGA Additional documents: CREA Annual Work Programmes CREA Regulation 2021/818 EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046 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

Budget overview

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        "plannedOpeningDate": "2025-09-30"
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