Films on the Move supports 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.
The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read the Films on the Move 2027 call document to check all eligibility and requirements.
What is the purpose of the funding?
- 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.
Who can apply?
- Be established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and be owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality.
- Be a European Sales agent. A European sales agent is the company acting as an intermediary agent for the producer, who specialises in the commercial exploitation of a film by marketing and licensing a film to distributors or other purchasers for foreign countries.
- The applicant must be directly appointed by the producer of the submitted film by way of an international sales agreement providing for the right to sell the film in at least 15 countries participating in the MEDIA strand.
Support available for
- 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.
- A minimum of 7 different distributors must be attached to the project out of which at least 2 must originate from lower audiovisual capacity countries Group A or Group B.
- The majority of the national distribution campaigns should focus on theatrical releases.
The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read Films on the Move 2027 call document to check all requirements
How much can you apply for?
Project budget (requested grant amount): No limit.
The grant will be a budget-based (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs).
For unit costs and flat-rates, you can charge the amounts calculated as explained in the Grant Agreement (see art 6 and Annex 2 and 2a).
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (90%).
Grants may NOT produce a profit (i.e. surplus of revenues + EU grant over costs).For-profit organisations must declare their revenues and, if there is a profit, we will deduct it from the final grant amount.
The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read Films on the Move 2027 call document to check all details.
How can you apply?
- Rad and download the Films on the Move 2027 call document in order to check eligibility and requirements.
- Applications are processed through the European Commission's Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (F&TP).
- Detailed information on how to access the F&T Portal.
