Creative Europe Desk Munich

Creative Europe, the European Commission’s funding program, combines the MEDIA (support for the European audiovisual industry), Culture (support for culture and the creative industries) and the “cross-sector” area (with offers for the target groups of both programs). Creative Europe has a budget of around 2.4 billion euros for the years 2021 to 2027.

MEDIA aims to improve cross-border cooperation, competitiveness, sustainability and diversity/representation/inclusion/gender equality in the European film and games industry. MEDIA has a budget of around 1.4 billion euros for the years 2021 to 2027.

The program presents itself in a new cluster structure: “Content” is aimed at producers of films, series, video games and immersive projects, “Business” includes support for distributors and world sales companies, as well as training, markets and the promotion of innovative tools and business models, and the “Audience” cluster is all about the distribution and visibility of European works, including support for film festivals, cinemas and release campaigns for European films.

Creative Europe MEDIA supports the European audiovisual industry in the following funding areas:

EUROPEAN CO-DEVELOPMENT (Expected submission date 26.02.2025)

EUROPEAN SLATE DEVELOPMENT (submission date: 05.12.2024)

TV AND ONLINE CONTENT (submission dates: 05.12.2024 and 14.05.2025)

VIDEO GAMES AND IMMERSIVE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT (submission date: 12.02.2025)

INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND BUSINESS MODELS (submission date 16.01.2025)

EUROPEAN FILM DISTRIBUTION (submission date: 24.05.2025)

EUROPEAN FILM SALES (submission date: 19.06.2025)

FILMS ON THE MOVE (former SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION) (submission date: 20.03.2025 and 17.07.2025)

EUROPEAN FESTIVALS (submission date: 11.03.2025)

SKILLS AND TALENTS DEVELOPMENT (former TRAINING) (submission date: 24.04.2025)

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND FILM EDUCATION (submission date: 27.03.2025)

MEDIA 360° (submission date: 09.01.2025)

EUROPEAN FESTIVAL NETWORKS (2025 kein neuer Aufruf)

MARKETS AND NETWORKING (2025 kein neuer Aufruf)

EUROPEAN VOD NETWORKS AND OPERATORS (2025 kein neuer Aufruf)

In the cross-sector area, Creative Europe supports innovative projects that strengthen both the cultural sector and the audiovisual industry and, for the first time, offers support for European news media. The following calls for funding are available in 2025:

(CREATIVE) INNOVATION LAB (submission date: 24.04.2025)

JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS (submission date: 27.02.2025)

JOURNALISM PARTNERSHIPS PLURALISM (submission date: 27.02.2025)

MEDIA LITERACY (submission date: 07.03.2024)

MEDIA FREEDOM RAPID RESPONSE MECHANISM (submission date: 15.01.2025)

The funding results of the current Creative Europe MEDIA program (2021-27) can be found HERE; the results of previous funding years HERE. An overview of the funding amounts that went to projects and organizations in Bavaria in 2023 can be found here HERE.

The Creative Europe Desk Munich is an information office of the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe and a point of contact for the film and games industry in Southern Germany. We inform and advise about the MEDIA funding schemes in regular information sessions and one-to-one meetings.

The Creative Europe Desk Munich is a 100% subsidiary of the FilmFernsehfonds Bayern (Bavarian Film and Television Fund) and is being financed by the European Commission and the Free State of Bavaria.

CREATIVE EUROPE DESK MÜNCHEN
Sonnenstraße 21
80331 München
Tel. 089 – 544 603 – 30
Fax 089 – 544 603 – 40

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