European Film Sales Agent
CREA Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMSALES
- Programme
- European Film Sales
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Forthcoming (31094501)
- Opening Date
- April 28, 2026
- Deadline
- June 18, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €5,500,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMSALESCREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMSALES
Description
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.
Description of the activities:
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:
-minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on eligible non-national European films;
-the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films.
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
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: DECEMBER, 04 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: JUNE, 18 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: JULY - NOVEMBER 2026.
Information to applicants: DECEMBER 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: MARCH 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) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
List of films (CREA MEDIA FILMSALES)
Information on independence and ownership control (CREA MEDIA)
Other mandatory annex to be attached to the proposal:
PDF with information about film(s)/work(s) generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database
Official box office evidence to be provided as an annex to proposal (in case the eligible film is not available in the Creative Europe Media Database)
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Frequently Asked Questions About European Film Sales Agent
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.
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