Audiovisual Festivals

Current call: 29/2011

Deadlines:

31 Oct 2011	expired
30 Apr 2012	expired

Overview
Eligibility
How to apply
More information
Previous awards
UK beneficiaries

This scheme is designed to support film festivals that programme at least 70% European content, and can be used for costs such as subtitling, translation, catalogue printing and travel costs for professionals accompanying a film at the festival.

The first deadline of this Call for Proposals is for festivals taking place between 1 May 2012 and 31 October 2012. Festivals starting between 1 November 2012 and 30 April 2013 should apply for the deadline on 30 April 2012.

The budget for this Call for Proposals is estimated at €1.6 million. The Commission reserves the right not to allocate the entire budget.

Festival eligibility

To be eligible festivals must devote a minimum of 70% of their entire programme to European films from at least ten countries participating in the MEDIA Programme. Festivals focusing on archeology or anthropology, medicine, ornithology, science, environment, tourism, sport, commericals, live-broadcast events, music videos, non-narrative artistic works, mobile phone films and video games are not eligible.

Eligible costs

Grants from €10,000 to €75,000 are available for festival organisers covering up to 50% of the following costs:

Costs related to the presentation of European film:

Print traffic
Subtitling and translation
Screening fees
Professionals accompanying a European film
Travel costs
Accommodation
Development, translation and printing costs for:

- the official printed catalogue

- the printed programme guide.

Please read the Guidelines and key details documents before completing the application documents:

Guidelines (2011-2013)
Adobe Acrobat PDF file (459 KB)
Key details for Call for Proposals 29/2011
Adobe Acrobat PDF file (113 KB)
Application form
Word document (396 KB)
Budget and financing plan
Excel spreadsheet (81 KB)

The eligible applications will be ranked according to the following award criteria:

The European dimension of the programming	15%
Cultural and geographic diversity of the programming	20%
Quality and innovative nature of the programming	10%
Audience impact	30%
Impact on promotion and circulation of films/AV works	15%
Participation of film professionals	10%

Previous calls for this scheme

Call number	Deadlines
09/2007	11 May 2007
18/2007	15 Oct 2007, 30 Apr 2008
18/2008	31 Oct 2008, 30 Apr 2009
23/2009	27 Nov 2009, 30 Apr 2010
31/2010	02 Nov 2010, 30 Apr 2011

Summary information

UK total:	€ 28,500
European total:	€ N/A
UK % of European total:	N/A

Previous recipients for this call

Deadline	Recipient	Film / project title	Amount received (€)
30 Apr 2012	Either the results for this deadline have not been announced or there were no UK beneficiaries.
31 Oct 2011	Encounters Festivals	Bristol Encounters International Film Festival	28,500