European Co-development – Europa Creativa MEDIA

What it is

Support for the co-development of audiovisual content with international potential for cinema, television or digital platforms. The call supports cooperation between European production companies developing projects with strong international potential. Project duration may not exceed 30 months. Eligible projects include fictional feature films, animated films, creative documentaries (minimum 60 minutes for cinema), fiction, animation or creative documentary for television or digital platforms (minimum 90, 24, and 50 minutes respectively), and interactive, non-linear or immersive content of any duration. The project coordinator must demonstrate prior production of at least one work of minimum 24 minutes (except VR) since 2020 that has been commercially released in cinema, broadcast on television, or distributed on digital platforms in at least three countries different from the applicant's country.

Who it is for

European independent audiovisual production companies organized in a consortium of at least two partners from different countries developing an audiovisual project with international potential.

Open to artists in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and others.

The call says: “Source page restricts to European Union”

Where

International

When

March 2, 2027

Programme dates not listed

What you get

Fixed lump sum grant at 70% financing rate: €120,000 for a two-partner consortium, increasing by €60,000 per additional eligible partner (€100,000 and €100,000 increases respectively for TV series with €20+ million budget).

What you need to apply

• Application Part A: administrative information and project budget (completed electronically)
• Application Part B: technical description of the project (downloaded from portal, completed and re-uploaded as PDF)
• Application Part C: additional project information (completed electronically)
• Detailed Budget Table
• Creative Dossier
• Declaration of Ownership
• Declaration of language of submitted materials
• Co-development Agreement signed by all consortium partners specifying division of tasks and creative collaboration
• Evidence of prior production work meeting specified criteria (for project coordinator)
• Proof of majority rights to artistic material of the project (dated and signed contract including concept, treatment, script or bible)
• Dated and signed adaptation rights agreement (if project is an adaptation of existing work)

How long it takes

About 7 hours

Long application. Estimated from the 11 items this application asks for, not from the organisation.

Cost to apply

Free

Apply

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home