European Festivals

European festivals shall aim at increasing audiences' interest in non-national European audiovisual content and promoting the circulation and visibility of non-national European audiovisual content.

Expected results:

• Support the recovery of festivals screening a significant proportion of non-national European films and audiovisual works, which have been particularly affected by the pandemic crisis;
• Increase the impact of European audio-visual festivals aiming to reinforce promotion, distribution and circulation of non-national European films and audiovisual works to growing audiences across Europe;
• Foster exchange of knowledge and best-practice models for cooperation among festivals through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences;
• Harness the digital transition.

Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals

European festivals programming a significant proportion of non-national European works and aiming at activities targeted to expand and renew audiences.

Special attention will be given to applications presenting adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.