Films on the move

The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non-national European films.

The activities to be funded are campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film.

Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure a more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.

A maximum 25% of the budget will be allocated to films with a production budget superior to € 10.000.000.

Total budget

€ 2.44 billion

Dates

2021 - 2027

Grant / loan size

Check the call for proposals.

Who can apply

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 (see Call details) and be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA Strand of the Creative Europe Programme and be owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will, in principle determine its nationality. The applicant must be a European Sales agent.

Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc (see section 13).

No. of partners needed

Only applications by single applicants are allowed.

Sector

Audiovisual

Organisation

I am an individual

Private or public cultural foundation / institute

Private organisation

Need

Financing for direct cost

Financing for scaling up

Internationalisation of activity/access to new markets