Objectives and Priorities
Within the specific objective of reinforcing the European audiovisual sector's capacity to operate transnationally and internationally one of the priorities of the MEDIA Sub-programme shall be to: increase the capacity of audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with a potential to circulate in the Union and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-production,including with television broadcasters. The MEDIA Sub-programme shall provide support for the following measure: the development of European audiovisual works in particular films and television works such as fiction, documentaries, children’s and animated films, as well as interactive works such as videogames and multimedia with enhanced cross-border circulation potential.
Size of grants
The total budget available for the co-financing of concept and project development of video games is estimated at EUR 2.5 M.
The contribution under these Guidelines is:
- between EUR 10.000 and EUR 150.000 for concept and project development of a video game (activities to the point that the concept leads
to a playable game concept is realised)
Eligible countries
Applications from legal entities established in one of the following countries are eligible as long as all conditions referred to in Article 6b of the Regulation No xy/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme are met and the Commission has entered into negotiations with the country:
- EU Member States
- Acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general
principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective
Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements
- EFTA countries which are members of the EEA, in accordance with the provisions of the EEA Agreement
- The Swiss Confederation, on the basis of a bilateral agreement to be concluded with that country
- Countries of the European neighbourhood area in accordance with the procedures defined with those countries following the framework
agreements providing for their participation in European Union programmes.
Deadline: 02 March 2017
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