EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The specific objective of promoting transnational circulation, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Subprogramme is the following:

• supporting theatrical distribution through transnational marketing, branding, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual works;

The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following:

• establishing systems of support for the distribution of non-national European films through theatrical distribution and on all other platforms as well as for international sales activities, in particular the subtitling, dubbing and audio-description of audiovisual works.

ELIGIBLE ACTIONS

The Sales Agents scheme works in two phases:

1. The Generation of a potential fund, which will be calculated according to the international sales performance of the company on the European market during the reference period (2010-2014) 2. Reinvestment of the potential fund thus generated by each company: Module 1: minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on new European non-national films. Module 2: the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of new non-national European films presented.

BUDGET

The total budget available is EUR 2.600.000. The financial contribution of the Union cannot exceed 60% of the total eligible costs, depending on the type of reinvestment

The deadlines for sending applications are:

Generation: 18/06/2015

Reinvestments: 01/03/2017