Promotion of European Audiovisual Works Online - EACEA 23/2019

Description

The MEDIA sub-programme’s "Promotion of European Works Online" scheme shall provide support to:

Action 1 – Digital promotion, marketing, branding, tagging and development of new offers by existing VOD services offering a majority of European works. The aim of the action is to improve the visibility, discoverability and global audience of European audiovisual works;
Action 2 – Collaboration across borders between European VOD services;
Action 3 – Innovative strategies for distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works, including audience development initiatives focusing on innovative and participatory strategies reaching out to wider audiences with European films.

Contacts

Creative Europe desks: ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/creative-europe-desks_en.htm

Email: eacea-media-online@ec.europa.eu

Link to the call Print Tab

Data sheet

Production

European Film or co-production

Distribution channel

Film industry branch

Promotion

Budget

€ 10,100,000

Eligible projects

Feature Film - First Work
TV series
Documentary
Animation

Beneficiaries

Private companies, non-profit organisations, associations, charities, foundations, municipalities/Town Councils, etc. established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme

Maximum quota on cost

40% of the costs for Action 1

60% of the costs for Action 2 and 3

Requirements

The action must start between the 01/10/2020 and the 01/01/2021.
Action 1
The catalogue of films of the VOD platforms must meet the following requirements:

it must be constituted by at least a total of 500 available audiovisual works;
it must be constituted by at least 40% of works from countries participating in the MEDIA Sub- programme;
it must include audiovisual works from at least five countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme representing at least five different official languages of the European Union;
no more than 40% of the audiovisual works may come from a single country.

Action 2
Eligible catalogue:

the project must cover a catalogue of a minimum of100 European audiovisual works;
it must be constituted by at least 40% of works from countries participating in the MEDIA Sub- programme;
it must include audiovisual works from at least five countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme representing at least five different official languages of the European Union;
no more than 40% of the audiovisual works may come from a single country.

European content should comply with the following conditions:

the audiovisual work must be a fiction, an animation or a creative documentary, including feature films (i.e. feature length films), TV films or series;
majority produced by a producer or producers established in the countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme;
produced with the significant participation of professionals who are nationals/residents of countries participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme.