Call for proposals � EACEA/33/12: MEDIA 2007 � Development, distribution, promotion and training: Support for television broadcasting of European audiovisual works

MEDIA 2007 is a programme of support for the European audiovisual sector. One of the objectives of the programme is to promote the transnational broadcasting of European audiovisual works produced by independent production companies by encouraging cooperation between broadcasters on one hand, and independent producers and distributors on the other.

This notice is aimed at European companies whose activities contribute to the attainment of those objectives, and in particular to independent TV production companies.

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

The audiovisual work proposed must be an independent European television production (fiction, animation or creative documentary) involving the participation of at least three broadcasting companies from several Member States of the European Union or countries participating in the MEDIA 2007 programme.

The application must be submitted at the latest on the first day of principal photography.

The maximum duration of the projects is 30 months or in the case of series 42 months.

The total budget available is €10.8 million. The financial contribution awarded is a subsidy. The maximum financial contribution which may be awarded is €500,000 per work for fiction and animation projects and €300,000 per work for documentary projects. The financial contribution awarded will in no event exceed 12.5% of the eligible costs submitted by the producer for fiction and animated films and 20% of the eligible costs for documentary films.

The deadlines for applications are 10 December 2012 and 3 June 2013.

Further details are available on the MEDIA website

Reference: 2012/C 300/10

(Added 2012-10-05)