Support to the International Sales Agents of European Cinematographic films - EACEA 29/2018

Description

The aim of the MEDIA sub-programme’s "Sales Agents" scheme is to encourage and support the transnational distribution of European films by providing funds to sales agents, based upon their performance on the market, for further investments in new non-national European films.

The scheme also aims to encourage the development of links between the production and distribution sectors, thus improving the competitiveness of non-national European films and the competitiveness of European companies.

The Sales Agents scheme works in two phases:

Generation of a potential fund, which will be calculated according to the performance of the company on the European market during the reference period (2014-2018);
Reinvestment of the potential fund generated by each company. This must be reinvested in:
- Module 1: minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on new non-national European films;
- Module 2: the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of new non-national European films.

Contacts

Creative Europe Desks (Italy): www.europacreativa-media.it/contatti

Email: eacea-distribution-salesagents@ec.europa.eu

Link to the call Print Tab

Data sheet

Production

Non-national European film or co-production

Distribution channel

Cinema

Film industry branch

Distribution

Budget

€ 3,500,000

Eligible projects

Feature Film - First Work
Feature Film - Second Work
Feature Film - Third Work
Documentary
Animation

Beneficiaries

Sales Agent

Maximum quota on cost

60% of the total eligible costs in the Reinvestment phase

Type of contribution

Non-repayable grants

Requirements

The first copyright of the film must not have been issued before 2014.
The film must have been majority produced by a producer/producers established in countries participating in the MEDIA sub-programme and made with a significant participation by professionals from those countries.
The film must be a recent work of fiction, animation or documentary of more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution.