Networks Of European Festivals
CREA Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FESTNET
- Programme
- Networks of European Festivals
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- December 4, 2025
- Deadline
- April 14, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €6,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FESTNETCREA-MEDIA-2026-FESTNETAnimationDocumentaryFestival networkFestivalsFictionGeneral festivalShort filmsYouth programming
Description
The Networks of European festivals shall provide support to coordinated/collaborative activities among European audiovisual festivals aiming at increasing audiences' interest in non-national European audiovisual content, including video games and immersive content, and promoting its circulation and visibility.
Expected results:
- Reinforce cooperation among European audiovisual festivals members of a Network screening a significant proportion of non-national European films and audiovisual works through coordinated/collaborative activities targeted to expand and renew audiences.
- Increase the impact of European audiovisual 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 transformation, including developing and updating online tools and applications.
Eligibility & Conditions
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
as described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
as described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
as described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are 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: 04 December, 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 14 April, 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: April - September, 2026.
Information to applicants: October, 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: January, 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
as described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Information on programming (CREA MEDIA FESTNET)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Frequently Asked Questions About Networks Of European Festivals
Support & Resources
For general information on the programme and the Call, please contact your local Creative Europe Desk or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency: [email protected]
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.