MEDIA 2007 � Development, distribution, promotion and training: Call for proposals � EACEA/7/12: Support for the transnational distribution of European films � The �automatic� scheme 2012

One of the objectives of the MEDIA 2007 programme is to encourage and support the wider transnational distribution of recent European films by providing funds to distributors, based upon their performance on the market, for further reinvestment in new non-national European films.

The scheme also aims to encourage the development of links between the production and distribution sectors thus improving the market share of European films and the competitiveness of European companies.

This notice is aimed at European companies specialised in the theatrical distribution of European works and whose activities contribute to the attainment of those objectives.

Applicants must be established in one of the following countries: the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Switzerland, or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The ‘automatic’ support scheme works in two phases:

— Generation of a potential fund, proportional to the number of paying admission tickets sold for non- domestic European films in States participating in the programme during the reference year (2011), up to a fixed ceiling per film and adjusted for each country. Group or club screenings where an individual ticket price is not levied will not be eligible. All admissions should be covered by the relevant national reporting and verification systems which enable the national authority to certify them. EACEA reserves the right to reject applications where it is not satisfied that all of the conditions have been met;

— Reinvestment of the potential fund: thus generated by each company, the fund must be reinvested in three modules (three types of action) by 1 October 2013:
1. the co-production of non-national European films;
2. the acquisition of distribution rights, for example by means of minimum guarantees, of non-national European films; and/or in
3. editing costs (prints, dubbing and subtitling), promotion costs and publicity costs for non-national European films.

For the film to be eligible its first copyright must not have been established before 2008.

For Action type 1 and 2, the maximum duration of the actions will be 30 months, from 1 October 2012 until 1 April 2015.

For Action type 3, the maximum duration of the actions will be 42 months, from 1 April 2012 until 1 October 2015.

The total budget available is €18,977,675. The financial contribution awarded is a subsidy. The financial support from the Commission will be 40%, 50% or 60 % of total eligible costs. No maximum amount is stipulated.

The deadline for proposals for the ‘generation’ of a potential fund is 30 April 2012, and for proposals for the ‘reinvestment’ of the potential fund is 1 October 2013 (additional criteria are set out in the call documents).

Further details are available on the MEDIA website

Reference: 2012/C 60/06

(Added 2012-02-29)