Creative Europe Funding to Launch in January

With all the talk about Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020, it is easy to forget that the European Commission is also launching the Creative Europe Programme this January. Creative Europe will provide €1.46 billion over seven years to strengthen Europe’s cultural and creative sectors

What does it support?

Cross-border cooperation projects between cultural and creative organisations within the EU and beyond.
Networks helping the cultural and creative sectors to operate transnationally and to strengthen their competitiveness.
Translation and promotion of literary works across EU markets.
Platforms of cultural operators promoting emerging artists and stimulating a truly European programming of cultural and artistic works.
Capacity building and professional training for audiovisual professionals.
Development of fiction, animations, creative documentaries and video games for European cinema, television markets and other platforms.
Distribution and sales of audiovisual works in and outside Europe.
Film festivals that promote European films.
Funds for the international co-production of films.
Audience development to foster film literacy and to raise interest in Europe’s films through a wide range of events