Description
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 EU and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-production, including with television broadcasters.
Targeted projects
The targeted operators are international co-production funds based in a country participating in the MEDIA Sub-programme, having as their main activity the support of international co-productions and having been active in the field for at least 12 months so that they can demonstrate a track record of successful co-productions.
Those funds will support activities aiming at
- facilitating international co-production and
- strengthening circulation and distribution of audiovisual works supported at the production stage.
Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of actions under this scheme is estimated at EUR 1.5M for 2015.
The amount of the financial contribution to be awarded will be determined within the limits of the available budgetary resources and with regards to the cost and nature of each proposed action.
The financial contribution of the Union cannot exceed 80% of the total eligible costs of the action.
The maximum contribution per selected applicant under these guidelines is EUR 400.000.
Eligibility
Applications from legal entities established in one of the following countries are eligible as long as all conditions referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation establishing the Creative Europe Programme are met:
- 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 covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy in accordance with the procedures established with those countries following
the framework agreements providing for their participation in Union programmes.
Deadline: 28 May 2015
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