# European Film Distribution
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**topic id:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST
**call id:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST
**title:** European Film Distribution
**programme:** Creative Europe
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-04-23T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-12-04T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST
**description:** Objective:
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.
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:
- the co-production of eligible non-national European films;
- the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of eligible non-national European films;
- promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European films both for theatrical and online releases.
**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
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are 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: 4 December 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 23 April 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: May - September 2026.
Information to applicants: October 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: January 2027.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.

Call document and annexes:
 Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Certified admissions (CREA MEDIA FILMDIST)
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
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CREA MGA

Additional documents:
 CREA Annual Work Programmes
CREA Regulation 2021/818 
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
**action type:** CREA Project Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **112525:** 
      -         **action:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST - CREA-PJG CREA Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 34000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-04-23
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-04
**keywords:** CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST, CREA-MEDIA-2026-FILMDIST, Creative Europe, Distribution - Media, Distribution automatic support, Film distribution, Online distribution
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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