European Film Distribution

Topic updates

18 August 2025
The results of the evaluation are as follows :

Number of proposals submitted: 268

Number of inadmissible proposals: 0

Number of ineligible proposals: 10

Number of above-threshold proposals: 258

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: 32.000.000 EUR

We informed on 12/08/25 the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact EACEA-FILM-DISTRIBUTION@ec.europa.eu

25 April 2025
Call CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST closed on 24/04/2025 at 17:00:00 CET (Brussels).

268 proposals have been submitted.

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated by October 2025.

16 April 2025

Dear applicants,

We kindly remind you that in order for the proposal to be eligible, you should:

create a dossier in the Creative Europe MEDIA database https://creative-europe-media-database.eacea.ec.europa.eu/welcome, where you encode the admissions obtained in 2024
submit this dossier in the MEDIA database
export the dossier from the MEDIA database (i.e. PDF with information about film(s)/work(s) generated)
upload this PDF as part of your proposal (as it is a mandatory annex) in the Funding and Tender Portal
In case you already submitted your proposal in the Funding and Tender Portal, you will still be able to edit it (e.g. in case the above dossier is missing) until the call deadline, i.e. next Thursday 24 April 2025 17.00.00 CET.

Further information can be found in the call document and the slides presented at the info session.

24 March 2025

The list of national correspondents who may sign the annex Certification of Admissions by the Designated National Authority has been updated for BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA and MONTENEGRO.

24 January 2025

There will be an online information session on the call European Film Distribution 2025 on Tuesday, 11 March at 3 pm CET.

The session can be accessed here https://ecconf.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/ecconf/meeting/download/f29b32fc723046ac80d432738f292bda?siteurl=ecconf&MTID=m26159986154312aa52f05e580b69e291

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!

20 December 2024

Here is the updated 2025 list of national correspondents to certify admissions for the territory/ies declared in your MEDIA database admissions dossier.

Reminder: you should have your admissions certified and signed for each territory declared, using the ‘Certified admissions’ template (also available on the call page and under “Download Part B template” when creating a draft proposal).

Please clearly indicate ‘Creative Europe MEDIA European Film Distribution 2025 call for proposals- Request for certification of admissions’ in your email/communication to the national authorities.

Once admissions have been certified, upload the document as a .pdf file in the draft Proposals area https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/funding-tenders-opportunities/display/IT/Proposal+forms

Do not add a password protection, as this will be refused in the submission system.

European Film Distribution

TOPIC ID: CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)

Call: European Film Distribution (CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST)

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: 05 December 2024

Deadline dates: 24 April 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Objective:

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.

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:

- the co-production of eligible non-national European films;

- the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of eligible non-national European films;

- promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films both for theatrical and online releases.

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:

1. your local Creative Europe desk, or
2. 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.