The MEDIA Program guarantees its support for the independent audiovisual sector until 2020

In parallel with the negotiation of a new program called Creative Europe, the MEDIA Program continues to call for its different aid in the fields of Training, Development, Distribution and Promotion.

The European Commission is currently negotiating, together with the rest of the community institutions, a new Program called Creative Europe, which will gather the experience of the previous MEDIA, MEDIA MUNDUS and CULTURA Programs to achieve a model, if not new, then fundamentally revised, and with the possible appearance of a new financial instrument, complementary to other existing community instruments within the Structural Funds or in the Competitiveness and Innovation Program, and which could have a transversal implementation and a very limited impact on others. activities in sectors in which financial intermediaries have little implementation, as is the case of the cultural and creative sectors.

At the same time, the MEDIA Program continues to call for its different aid in the fields of Training, Development, Distribution and Promotion, thereby covering successive years and not generating a “vacuum” for companies in defining their financing strategies at the community level.

From the MEDIA Desk Spain Office draw attention to new MEDIA Calls that, in their validity period, are already covering subsequent years:

• Convocatoria de propuestas (EACEA/07/13 – MEDIA 2007 ) para Desarrollo, distribución, promoción y formación y Apoyo a la distribución trasnacional de las películas europeas — «Sistema de apoyo a los agentes de ventas» 2013. Esta Convocatoria, se articula en dos fases: creación de un Fondo potencial, que se calculará en función de los resultados de la empresa en el mercado europeo en el período de referencia (2008-2012); y reinversión (el Fondo así generado por cada empresa deberá reinvertirse antes del 2 de marzo de 2015. Las acciones correspondientes a la reinversión del Fondo potencial generado con arreglo a la presente convocatoria de propuestas deberán respetar los plazos siguientes: El contrato o acuerdo comercial internacional con el productor deberá firmarse después del 18 de junio de 2013 (La duración máxima de las acciones será de 18 meses a contar desde la firma del contrato de venta internacional) y las solicitudes de reinversión deberán presentarse a la Agencia dentro de los 6 meses siguientes a la firma del contrato o acuerdo comercial internacional con el productor, y no más tarde del 2 de marzo de 2015.
• Call for proposals (EACEA/25/12 – MEDIA 2007) for Development, distribution, promotion and training — Support for transnational distribution of European films — “Automatic” support system 2013. Again, in this line of support for independent film distributors, dates after 2013 are included. This “automatic” support system works in two phases: creation of a potential fund, proportional to the number of tickets sold for non-national European films in the States participating in the program during the reference year (2012), up to a fixed maximum limit per film, which will be adjusted for each country, and reinvestment (the fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested no later than October 1, 2014 in 3 modules: co-production, acquisition of distribution rights and publishing expenses.
• Call for proposals (EACEA/39/12 – MEDIA 2007) for Development, distribution, promotion and training — Support for the digitalization of European cinemas. In this case, in which the indirect costs related to the acquisition of digital projectors in accordance with the applicable international standards can be financed, which are going to be installed in theaters that meet all the eligibility criteria, and the subsidy can be requested for a single projector per screen and a maximum of three screens per cinema room, there is also a clear time reference, stating that the projector must be acquired between the date of submission of the application and December 31, 2014.

From the MEDIA Desk Office in Spain, they insist on sending a message of calm regarding the future and continuity of MEDIA aid to European professionals and companies in the audiovisual sector.