Programme Category
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Summary
The objective of the European mini-slate development support is to foster the competitiveness of European independent production companies and to increase their economic weight on the market. The aim is also to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop projects with the potential to circulate throughout Europe and beyond, and to facilitate European and international coproduction.
The support will also provide an entry point for emerging talent, giving them the opportunity to direct a short film supported by the strong foundation provided by experienced companies.
Detailed Call Description
Support will be given to independent European production companies able to develop a slate of 2 to 3 audiovisual works (fiction, animation, creative documentary). This should allow production companies to reduce risks and increase their capacity to attract and retain talents.
The European mini-slate development shall provide support to the development of minimum 2 and maximum 3 works for commercial exploitation intended for cinema release, television broadcasting or commercial exploitation on digital platforms or a multi-platform environment in the following categories: animation, creative documentary or fiction.
Applicants may add a short film by emerging talent to their slate (optional).
The aim is to provide funds to audiovisual production companies to develop works with high creative value and cultural diversity and wide cross-border exploitation potential. Companies are encouraged to develop strategies for marketing and distribution from the outset of the development phase thus improving the potential to reach audiences at a European and international level.
Greater cooperation, including co-development, between operators from different countries participating in the MEDIA Strand is also pursued as well as strengthening the competitiveness of European audiovisual production companies by consolidating their capacity for investment in the development phase and expanding companies’ activities and their innovation capacity to explore new fields and markets.
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure a more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
The following works are ineligible for both development and short film activities:
- live recordings, TV games, talk shows, cooking shows, magazines, tv-shows, reality shows, educational, teaching and “how to” programmes;
- documentaries promoting tourism, “making-of”, reports, animal reportages, news programmes and “docu soaps”;
- projects including pornographic or racist material or advocating violence;
- works of a promotional nature;
- institutional productions to promote a specific organisation or its activities;
- music videos and video-clips;
- video games, e-books and interactive books;
- student films and graduation works.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Maximum grant amount per project: between €60.000 and €310.000 per project. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
The grant will be a lump sum grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum or financing not linked to costs.
The amount is prefixed by the granting authority at:
- animation one-off: €55.000
- animation series: €60.000
- creative documentary one-off: €30.000
- creative documentary series: €35.000
- fiction one-off with a production budget below or equal to 5M: €45.000
- fiction one-off with a production budget above 5M: €60.000
- fiction series with a production budget below or equal to 5M: €55.000
- fiction series with a production budget above 5M but below or equal to 20M: €75.000
- fiction series with a production budget above 20M: €100.000
- short film: €10.000
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- 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 (list of participating countries)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- be established in one of the countries with a low audiovisual capacity (LCC group A and LCC group B) participating fully in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and be 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.
Following countries are considered countries with a low audiovisual capacity:
- LCC group A: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania
- LCC group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia
- The following third countries are also considered within LCC group B, subject to the conditions being fulfilled for their participation in this call:
- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Ukraine.
- be independent European audiovisual production companies, based in countries with a low audiovisual capacity (LCC group A and LCC group B), that can demonstrate recent experience in producing internationally distributed works.
For further details visit p.11 of the call document.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: EACEA-MEDIA-MINISLATE@ec.europa.eu