Networks of European Cinemas
Summary
The MEDIA subprogramme is under the Creative Europe programme and is supporting and promoting Europe’s audiovisual sector.
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.
Call
Detailed Call Description
Enable the following activities:
- Networking activities: information, animation and communication in view of increasing the audience reach and implementing innovative and collaborative actions.
- Provide financial support to participating cinemas implementing eligible activities listed below:
- Actions aiming at promoting and screening European films and increasing the audience for non-national European films and contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally-respectful industry.
- Innovative activities aiming at reaching new audiences and raising interest among young cinema-goers for European films by renewing and enriching the cinema experience.
- Harnessing the digital transition, including online tools and data applications
- Adjusting the business practices of European cinema theatres in terms of sustainability, inclusion and accessibility.
- Promotion and marketing activities in cooperation with other distribution platforms (e.g. TV broadcasters, VOD platforms).
The action will support a network of European cinema operators screening a significant proportion of non-national European films for an increased audience and a renewed cinema going experience.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
95%
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries).
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
The action is open to European cinema networks. A cinema network is a group of European independent cinemas developing, through the medium of a legally constituted co-ordination entity, joint activities in the area of screening and promoting European films.
To be eligible, the cinema network must represent at least 400 cinemas situated in at least 20 countries participating in the MEDIA strand.
A European independent cinema is a company, association or organisation with a single or several screens based in countries participating in the MEDIA strand. The screening of films should be the principal activity of the participant or division of the participant’s organisation.
The participating cinemas must be registered in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA strand.
Consortium composition – Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries).
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€15 500 000Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Culture
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
06/06/2023Call Closing Date
20/07/2023National Contact Point(s)
Organization of European Programs & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy
EU Contact Point
Contact
Name: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11 (Commission switchboard)
Address: Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium