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European Film sales agent
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Location:EU 27
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity: EACEA - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Grantmaking entity type:Development Institution
Quick summary
Objectives: The European Film Sales grant aims to enhance the transnational distribution of European films by supporting sales agents...
Eligibility criteria: Eligible applicants for the European Film Sales grant must be legal entities (public or private bodies) established in a Creative Europe Participating Country. This includes EU Member States and c...
Description
Topic updates
19 June 2025
Call CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMSALES closed on 19/06/2025 at 17:00:00 CET (Brussels).
49 proposals have been submitted.
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated by December 2025.
15 April 2025
There are two important news items:
1.There will be an information session on the new call European Film Sales 2025 at Marche’ du Film in Cannes on Friday 16/05/2025 from 10 to 11 AM.
Address: European Pavilion - Creative Europe MEDIA Stand number: 124 @ Village International
2.There will be an online information session on the call European Film Sales 2025 on Thursday 05/06/2025 at 2.30 PM CET.
The session can be accessed here https://ecconf.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/ecconf/meeting/download/3a21453fcbb64a5aa95355215cab47ac?siteurl=ecconf&MTID=md8a3c5ed2835ac26d069f1a5e31fe80f
Slides will be published here https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-sessions-creative-europe-media-and-cross-sectoral-2025-2024-10-11_en after the presentation.
It will not be recorded.
The information session does not require registration and is open to all potential applicants!
European Film sales agent
TOPIC ID: CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMSALES
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)
Call: European Film Sales (CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMSALES)
Type of action: CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants
Type of MGA: CREA Action Grant Budget-Based [CREA-AG]
Status: Forthcoming
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned Opening Date: 29 April 2025
Deadline dates: 19 June 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Expected Outcome:
Expected results:
Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films.
Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films.
Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.
Description of the activities:
There are two phases for the funded activities:
1. The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.
2. The implementation of the action - the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in:
-minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on eligible non-national European films;
-the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films.
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: DECEMBER, 3 2024.
Deadline for submitting applications: JUNE, 19 2025 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: JULY - OCTOBER 2025.
Information to applicants: DECEMBER 2025.
Signature of grant agreement:MARCH 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
List of films (CREA MEDIA FILMSALES)
Declaration on independence and ownership (CREA MEDIA)
Other mandatory annex to be attached to the proposal:
PDF with information about film(s)/work(s) generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database
Official box office evidence to be provided as an annex to proposal (in case the eligible film is not available in the Creative Europe Media Database).
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CREA MGA
Additional documents:
CREA Annual Work Programmes
CREA Regulation 2021/818
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Start submission
The submission system is planned to be opened on the date stated on the topic header.
Get support
For help related to this call, please contact:
your local Creative Europe Desks
or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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About the Funding Agency
EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:
Departments / Directorate Generals
- AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
- BUDG - Budget
- CLIMA - Climate Action
- COMM - Communication
- CNECT – Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Digital Agenda)
- COMP - Competition
- ECFIN - Economic & Financial Affairs
- EAC - Education & Culture
- EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
- ENER - Energy
- ENV - Environment
- ESTAT - Eurostat
- FISMA – Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union
- SANTE - Health & Food Safety
- ECHO - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
- HR - Human Resources & Security
- DIGIT - Informatics
- GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- DEVCO – International Cooperation & Development - EUROPEAID
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- JUST - Justice & Consumers
- MARE - Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
- HOME - Migration & Home Affairs
- MOVE - Mobility & Transport
- NEAR – Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations
- REGIO - Regional & Urban Policy
- RTD - Research & Innovation
- SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
- FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
- TAXUD - Taxation & Customs Union
- TRADE - Trade
- DGT - Translation
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- The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
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- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
- European Fisheries Control Agency
- Single Resolution Board
- Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
- The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Asylum Support Office
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- European Union Agency for Railways
- European Environment Agency
- European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- European Defence Agency
- EU Grant Programmes
EU Bodies
- European Parliament
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Key areas:
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- Public relations and strategic communication