Networks of European Festivals

Opened

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-2026-FESTNET

Call

Networks of European Festivals

Summary

The Networks of European festivals shall provide support to coordinated/collaborative activities among European audiovisual festivals aiming at increasing audiences’ interest in non-national European audiovisual content, including video games and immersive content, and promoting its circulation and visibility.

Detailed Call Description

  • Reinforce cooperation among European audiovisual festivals members of a Network screening a significant proportion of non-national European films and audiovisual works through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences.
  • Increase the impact of European audiovisual festivals aiming to reinforce promotion, distribution and circulation of non-national European films and audiovisual works to growing audiences across Europe
  • Foster exchange of knowledge and best-practice models for cooperation among festivals through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences.
  • Harness the digital transformation, including developing and updating online tools and applications.

Call Total Budget

€6.000.000

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

90%

Thematic Categories

  • Audiovisual sector and Media
  • Culture

Eligibility for Participation

  • International Organisations
  • Large Enterprises
  • Legal Entities
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • 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)
  − only applications from eligible entities organising audiovisual festivals in countries participating in the MEDIA strand will be accepted.

By eligible audiovisual festival it is understood an event:
• programming European films and audiovisual works that are being screened to wide audiences including general public as well as accredited international audiovisual professionals and press;
• having a clear curation, regulation and selection procedure;
• 50% of the programming should be devoted to non-national films and audiovisual works from countries participating to the MEDIA strand and presenting a geographically diverse coverage of at least 15 of these countries including low-capacity ones.

Call Opening Date

04/12/2025

Call Closing Date

14/04/2026

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.cynb@epcr.org.cy