European mini-slate development
European mini-slate development · CREA-LS
What this call funds
This call gives money to independent European film and TV production companies to develop a small slate of 2-3 projects (fiction, animation or creative documentary) so they're ready for cinema, broadcast or streaming release. Companies can also add a short film by a new director to the slate. The goal is to help these companies build stronger, more investable projects that can travel across European and international markets.
media journalism · creative cultural
Who wins this
An independent European audiovisual production company looking to develop a slate of 2-3 fiction, animation or documentary projects with strong cross-border and market potential.
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- CREA-AG-LS
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- CREA Lump Sum Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Eligible applicants
- independent production company
- Also required
- Applicants must develop a slate of 2 to 3 audiovisual works, with an optional additional short film by emerging talent; detailed eligibility, financial and evaluation conditions are only described in the separate call document.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in the call document. 3. Other Eligible Conditions described in the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described in the call document. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in the call document. Publication of the call: 4 December 2025. Deadline for submitting applications: 17 September 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time). Evaluation period: September 2026 - February 2027. Information to applicants: March 2027. Signature of grant agreement: June 2027. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in the call document. Call document and annexes: call document.
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