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Audience Development and Film Education

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The EU's Creative Europe Programme programme expects to make awards, from a total budget of €7 million. Applications close on 2 Mar 2027 (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).

Deadline: 2 Mar 2027 (in 107 days)
Grant amount: €7 million total budget
Funding rate: Varies by programme — see the call conditions
Total budget: €7 million
Type of action: CREA Project Grants · CREA Action Grant Budget-Based
Likely applicant types: Non-profits, Public bodies, Companies, SMEs / start-ups, Universities & research From source categories or programme rules; the call decides.
Funder: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)
Reference: CREA-MEDIA-2027-AUDFILMEDU
Call: CREA-MEDIA-2027-AUDFILMEDU
Last checked: 14 Nov 2026

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Scope

Projects ensuring pan-European cooperation and innovation, based on a robust needs’ analysis of audiences, especially targeting young audiences, using evidence-based strategies, aiming to:

- increase interest in, knowledge of and access to audiences, in particular young ones, to European films including dedicated programmes on film heritage and other audiovisual works,

- enhance pan-European impact and audience outreach,

- promote and increase the contribution of existing European films and audiovisual works, towards audience development, film education and film literacy.

Activities should include audience-oriented events and innovative or cross-border film education initiatives. Cooperation between film institutions and existing online platforms is encouraged.

Applications should present a thorough analysis of audiences’ and/or markets’ needs, supported by solid evidence. The expected impacts on European audiences and the added value of the proposal’s activities must be clearly outlined, including quantifiable targets.

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Strategies must be presented to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally respectful industry along with ensuing gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness.

Projects are also encouraged to engage audiences in areas where cinema infrastructures are poorly developed (cinema deserts).

Topics

Audience development Film Education Audience Development

Timing

Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-03-02. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).

How to apply

Read the full topic on the Funding & Tenders Portal: expected outcome, scope, type of action and the topic conditions, including any country restrictions.
Register each participating organisation in the Funding & Tenders Portal to get a PIC.
Check the topic conditions for the minimum number of partners.
Prepare Part A (administrative forms and budget, completed in the portal) and Part B (the technical description on the official template for this type of action).
Submit in the portal before the cut-off time on the deadline day. Late submissions are not accepted.

From the call text

Who can apply: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Company stage: Not stated in the call text we hold — check the official page
Single applicant or consortium: Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
Where applicants must be based: Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.
Where to apply: Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.

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Where these facts come from

Fact	Value	How we know	Taken from the source
Deadline	2 March 2027 “Single-stage call. Next deadline 2027-03-02. The portal states the exact cut-off time (EU calls usually close at 17:00 Brussels time).”	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Amount per applicant	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—
Total budget	€7 million	official data field	15 Nov 2026
Funding rate	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—
Who can apply	Unknown — not stated in the source we hold	unknown	—
Where to apply	Read the topic conditions on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for eligible countries, consortium requirements, budget and the application route.	read from the official text	15 Nov 2026

Official sources

Official call page

Facts on this page come from the funder’s official data, taken on 14 Nov 2026. The funder's own documents, including later amendments, always take precedence.