Films on the Move
Support for pan-European theatrical and online distribution of recent non-national European films to expand audience reach.
This call funds campaigns to promote and distribute recent European films across Europe. It targets sales agents and distributors to develop strategies for wider theatrical and online reach. The goal is to increase investment and improve the global competitiveness of European films.
Likely relevant for
- European film sales agents
- Theatrical distributors
- Online film distributors
- Film promotion professionals
- European film producers
Project signals
What it funds
- Campaigns for pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films
- Coordination by sales agents of the films
- Development of distribution and promotion strategies
- Activities ensuring sustainability, gender balance, inclusion, diversity, and representativeness
Expected outcomes
- Increased investment in promotion and distribution of non-national European films
- Expanded audience reach across Europe
- Improved competitive position of European films globally
- Stronger links between production and distribution sectors
Who can apply / participate
- Sales agents
- Theatrical distributors
- Online distributors
- Coordination by sales agent required
- Check call document for consortium rules
- Eligible countries described in call document
- Applicants must meet financial and operational capacity requirements
- Must comply with call-specific eligibility conditions
- Exact list of eligible countries
- Consortium size and composition requirements
Must check before shortlisting
- eligibility of applicant countries
- specific eligibility criteria in call document
- requirements for consortium composition
Money
Total budget of EUR 21,000,000 for 2026 with two cut-off dates. Funding rate and maximum grant amounts not explicitly stated.
- Total budget for 2026 — 21000000EURSplit 40% for first cut-off, 60% for second cut-off
Application notes
- Multiple cut-off submission model with deadlines on 19 March 2026 and 16 July 2026.
- Proposal page limits and layout described in call document and application form
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions detailed in call document
- Evaluation criteria, scoring, and thresholds described in call document
- Legal and financial set-up described in call document
- Prepare proposal according to call document and application form guidelines
- Submit by cut-off deadlines
- Evaluation results communicated after each cut-off
- Selected applicants sign grant agreements
- Check eligibility of countries and applicants carefully
- Ensure compliance with sustainability and diversity requirements
- Resubmission allowed for second cut-off if first proposal not selected
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 7 Jul 2026, 12:09 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
Official source text
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Topic description
Objective: The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films. Expected Results: Development of pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films. Increased investment in theatrical and/or online promotion and distribution of non-national European films in view of expanding audience reach. Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films on a global market Description of the activities to be funded under the call for proposals: The activities to be funded are campaigns for the pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution of eligible European films, coordinated by the sales agent of the film. Applications should present adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry and to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.
Conditions and documents
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: September, 30 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications:
1st cut-off date: March, 19 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
2nd cut-off date: July, 16 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period:
1st cut-off date: March - June 2026
2nd cut-off date: July - October 2026
Information to applicants:
1st cut-off date: September 2026
2nd cut-off date: January 2027
Signature of grant agreement:
1st cut-off date: December 2026
2nd cut-off date: April 2027
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA MEDIA)
Information on independence and ownership (CREA MEDIA)
International film sales agreement
PDF with film(s)/work(s) information generated from the Creative Europe MEDIA Database
Letters of intent of distributors having acquired the theatrical rights from the sales agent detailing Promotion and Advertisement (P&A) costs
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact: · your local Creative Europe desk · or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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