Opened
Programme Category
EU Competitive Programmes
Programme Name
Creative Europe (CREA)
Identifier Code
CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST
Call
European Film Distribution
Summary
Creative Europe (hereafter also ‘The Programme’) brings together actions supporting the European cultural and creative sectors. The general objectives of the Programme are:
- to safeguard, develop and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage;
- to increase the competitiveness and the economic potential of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular the audiovisual sector.
Detailed Call Description
These goals are pursued through the following specific objectives:
- enhancing artistic and cultural cooperation at the European level, in order to support the creation of European works to foster innovation and mobility within Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and strengthen their economic, social and external dimension (Culture strand);
- promoting the competitiveness, scalability, cooperation, innovation, and sustainability, including through mobility in the European audiovisual sector (MEDIA strand); and
- promoting policy cooperation and innovative actions supporting all strands of the Programme, promoting a diverse, independent and pluralistic media environment, and media literacy, thereby fostering freedom of artistic expression, intercultural dialogue and social inclusion (Cross-Sectoral strand).
Call Total Budget
€34.000.000
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA strand and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality.
- be European companies active in the audiovisual sector as cinema / theatrical distributor involved in commercial activity designed to bring to the attention of a wide audience a film for the purpose of exploitation in cinema theatres. This shall be the principal activity of the company or division of the company.
The cinema / theatrical distributor shall fulfil the following criteria:
- be the holder of the theatrical distribution rights for the film in the country concerned;
- carry out the theatrical distribution of the film in the country concerned (determine the release date, plan, control and execute the distribution and promotion campaign);
- pay directly the associated distribution costs;
- have theatrical distribution operations in the country concerned.
Call Opening Date
04/12/2025
Call Closing Date
23/04/2026
National Contact Point(s)
Organization of European Programs & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone:+357 22 809806
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy