European Film sales agent

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Creative Europe (CREA)

Programme Description

The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CREA-MEDIA-2023-FILMSALES

Call

European Film sales agent

Summary

The European Film Sales support shall encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent European films by providing funds to European sales agents, based upon their performance on the market, for further reinvestment in the acquisition, promotion and distribution (including online) of recent non-national European films.

Detailed Call Description

The MEDIA strand shall provide support for the following measures: support to international sales and circulation of non national European works on all platforms (e.g. cinema theatres, online) targeting both small and large-sized productions, including through coordinated distribution strategies covering several countries and encouraging the use of subtitling, dubbing and where applicable, audio description tools.

There are two phases for the funded activities:

  • The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.
  • 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

Call Total Budget

€5 500 000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

70%

Project budget (maximum grant amount): €750 000 per project

Thematic Categories

  • Audiovisual sector and Media
  • Culture

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • International Organisations
  • Large Enterprises
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Private Bodies
  • Semi-governmental organisations
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

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 or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
  • be established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries.
  • be a European Sales Agent, i.e. a European company acting as an intermediary agent for the producer, who specialises in the commercial exploitation of a film by marketing and licensing a film to distributors or other purchasers for foreign countries
  • be appointed as sales agent by the producer of each film declared or supported by way of a written contract or agreement to sell the film in at least 10 countries participating in the MEDIA strand.

Consortium composition: Only applications by single applicants are allowed

Eligible activities – p. 11-14 of the call document

Call Opening Date

03/05/2023

Call Closing Date

20/06/2023

National Contact Point(s)

Organization of European Programs & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cynb@epcr.org.cy

(Publish Date: 28/11/2022-for internal use only)

EU Contact Point

For related questions, send to the e-mail address:  EACEADISTRIBUTION-SALESAGENTS@ec.europa.eu