Call for Proposals - EACEA/39/12: MEDIA 2007 � Development, distribution, promotion and training: Support for the digitisation of European cinemas

The global objectives of the MEDIA 2007 programme are to:
(a) preserve and enhance European cultural and linguistic diversity and its cinematographic and audiovisual heritage, guarantee its accessibility to the public and promote intercultural dialogue;
(b) increase the circulation and viewership of European audiovisual works inside and outside the European Union, including through greater cooperation between players;
(c) strengthen the competitiveness of the European audiovisual sector in the framework of an open and competitive European market favourable to employment, including by promoting links between audiovisual professionals.

The aim of the digitisation of cinemas scheme is to encourage cinemas showing a significant percentage of non-national European works to exploit the possibilities offered by digital.

This call for proposals aims to facilitate the digital transition of cinemas screening European films by supporting the side costs linked to the purchase of a digital projector.

Funding is available to support the side costs linked to the purchase of digital projectors meeting the applicable international standards, to be installed in a cinema complying with all the eligibility criteria.
Support can be requested for only one projector per screen and for a maximum of three screens per cinema.
The projector must be bought between the date of submission and 31 December 2014.

The deadline for applications is 31 January 2013.

Further details are available on the MEDIA website

Reference: 2012/C 377/07

(Added 2012-12-07)