Films on the Move
CREA Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMOVE
- Programme
- Films on the Move
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- September 30, 2025
- Deadline
- March 19, 2026
- Deadline Model
- multiple cut-off
- Budget
- €21,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- 0
- Max Grant Amount
- 0
- Expected Number of Grants
- 0
- Keywords
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMOVECREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMOVE
Description
The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films.
Expected Results:
- Development of pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films.
- Increased investment in theatrical and/or online promotion and distribution of non-national European films in view of expanding audience reach.
- Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films on a global market
Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals:
The activities to be funded are campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film.
Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
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
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
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: September, 30 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications:
1st cut-off date: March, 19 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
2nd cut-off date: July, 16 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period:
1st cut-off date: March - June 2026
2nd cut-off date: July - October 2026
Information to applicants:
1st cut-off date: September 2026
2nd cut-off date: January 2027
Signature of grant agreement:
1st cut-off date: December 2026
2nd cut-off date: April 2027
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA)
Information on independence and ownership (CREA MEDIA)
International film sales agreement
PDF with film(s)/work(s) information generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database
Letters of intent of distributors having acquired the theatrical rights from the sales agent detailing Promotion and Advertisement (P&A) costs
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact:
· your local Creative Europe desk
· 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.