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Audience Development & Film Education aims to promote European audiovisual works, including heritage works, and support the engagement and development of audiences of all ages, in particular young audiences, across Europe and beyond.
The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read the Audience Development & Film Education 2027 call document to carefully check eligibility and requirements.
- Call Number
- CREA-MEDIA-2027-AUDFILMEDU
- Publish Date
- Sub-Programme
- MEDIA
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- Stimulate interest and increase knowledge of audiences in European films, including specific programmes on film heritage, and other audiovisual works including videogames and immersive content.
- Strengthen pan-European cooperation for innovative audience development and film education projects especially using new digital tools.
- Increase pan-European impact and audience outreach.
- Develop film education projects across European and non-European territories.
- 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). - Applications by single applicants (single beneficiaries) as well as proposals submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) are allowed.
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read the Audience Development & Film Education 2027 call document to carefully check eligibility and requirements.
- Initiatives promoting audience development and engagement, including film
education activities, addressing in particular young audiences. - Projects ensuring pan-European cooperation and innovation, based on a robust needs’ analysis of audiences, especially targeting young audiences, using evidence-based strategies.
- Projects should:
- increase interest in, knowledge of and access to audiences, in particular young ones, to European films including dedicated programmes on film heritage and other audiovisual works
- enhance pan-European impact and audience outreach
- promote and increase the contribution of existing European films and audiovisual works, towards audience development, film education and film literacy.
- Activities should include audience-oriented events and innovative or cross-border film education initiatives. Cooperation between film institutions and existing online platforms is encouraged.
- Applications should present a thorough analysis of audiences’ and/or markets’ needs, supported by solid evidence. The expected impacts on European audiences and the added value of the proposal’s activities must be clearly outlined, including quantifiable targets.
- Strategies must be presented to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally respectful industry along with ensuing gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
- Projects are encouraged to engage audiences in areas where cinema infrastructures are poorly developed.
- Films and audiovisual works of the project must be at least 50% from a country participating in the MEDIA strand.
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read the Audience Development & Film Education 2027 call document to carefully check eligibility and requirements.
- Project budget (requested grant amount): No limit.
- The grant will be 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.The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (70%).
- 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, it will be deducted it from the final grant amount
- The information on this page is for general information purposes only. Please read the Audience Development & Film Education 2027 call document to carefully check eligibility and requirements.
- Please read the Audience Development & Film Education 2027 call document to carefully check eligibility and requirements.
- Applications for this call will be processed through the European Commission's Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (F&TP). Please ensure that you follow the guidelines on the funding and tenders portal when making your funding applications.
- There is detailed information on how to access the F&T Portal here on the EACEA website.
- See here for a video with further information on how to apply on the Funding & Tenders portal.
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