Eurimages

Requirements

Co-production

• Feature-length fiction, animation and documentary projects of a maximum duration of 70 minutes are eligible.
• Projects submitted must respect the legislation of the countries concerned and the bilateral or multilateral treaties in force between the co-producing countries.
• All projects submitted must have at least two co-producers from different member states of the Fund:
  • for multilateral co-productions the participation of the majority co-producer must not exceed 70% of the total co-production budget and the participation of the minority co-producers must not be lower than 10%.
  • for bilateral co-productions the participation of the majority co-producer must not exceed 80% of the total co-production budget and the participation of the minority co-producer must not be lower than 20%. 
  • for bilateral co-productions with a budget above €5 million, a majority participation of 90% of the total co-production budget is allowed.
  • In the case of projects falling under the Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (revised), the co-production contributions set out in that Convention shall be applied.
• Co-producers from non-member states of the Fund may participate in the project provided that:
  • their combined financial participation does not exceed 30% of the total co-production budget; 
  • their combined ownership of rights does not exceed 30%. 
• Projects must display artistic and/or technical co-operation between at least two co-producers established in different member states of the Fund, of which at least one member state of the Council of Europe.
• At least 50% of the financing in each of the co-producing countries must be confirmed at the time of application by formal undertakings or agreements in principle.

Payment schedule