MEDIA Mundus - Call for proposals 2012

The aims of the MEDIA Mundus 2011-2013 programme are to increase the competitiveness of the EU audiovisual industry, to enable Europe to play its cultural and political role in the world more effectively, and to increase consumer choice and cultural diversity. The programme seeks to improve access to third-country markets and to build trust and long-term working relationships.

The programme supports cooperation projects between European professionals and professionals from third countries.

The following actions are eligible:
Action 1: Support for training: aims to strengthen the skills of European and third- country professionals:
- Option 1 supports the inclusion of students/professionals and teachers from non-EU countries in initial or continuous training schemes supported by the MEDIA 2007 programme,
- Option 2 supports the creation of a continuous training scheme specific to MEDIA Mundus.
Action 2: Support for market access: supports projects to promote access to international markets for audiovisual works. These projects concern the development and/or pre-production phases (for example international co-production markets) and activities downstream (events facilitating international sales of the works).
Action 3: Support for distribution and circulation: aims to encourage distribution, promotion, screening and diffusion of European works in third-country markets and of audiovisual works from third countries in Europe under optimum conditions.
Action 4: Cross-over activities: aims to support projects of a cross-cutting nature, e.g. training with subsequent pitching events at co- production meetings.

This call covers projects starting between 1 February 2012 and 31 December 2012. Projects must be completed by 31 March 2013. Preparatory costs are eligible from 1 January 2012.

Projects to be funded under MEDIA Mundus must: be proposed and implemented jointly by European and third-country professionals in order to qualify for funding under the programme; and seek to promote international networking.

To this end, except for projects submitted under Action 1, Option 1, each project must be driven and implemented by a group meeting three criteria:
1. the group shall have a minimum of three partners (including the coordinator). However, projects with only two partners may be admitted where the necessary networking is guaranteed. The networking is guaranteed if the coordinator of the project is a European network of audiovisual professionals/companies covering more than 10 European Member States;
2. the coordinator of the group must have its registered office in a Member State of the European Union or of Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway;
3. the group must include at least one co-beneficiary linked to the audiovisual sector which has its registered office in a non-EU country (other than Croatia and Switzerland).

The budget for this call is €5,042,215. Financial support from the Commission will not exceed 50%, 60% or 70% of total eligible costs, depending on the nature of the activity. Funding will be awarded in the form of a grant.

The deadline for applications is 23 September 2011.

Further information is available on the MEDIA website

Reference: 2011/C 176/04

(Added 2011-06-16)