European Film sales agent

Topic description

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 the European market. 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 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 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: DECEMBER, 04 2025. Deadline for submitting applications: JUNE, 18 2026 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: JULY - NOVEMBER 2026. Information to applicants: DECEMBER 2026. Signature of grant agreement: MARCH 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) — 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 annex 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 proposal (in case the eligible film is not available in 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

Budget overview

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        "plannedOpeningDate": "2026-04-28"
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