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MEDIA
European Commission publishes audiovisual action plan

Last week the European Commission adopted an Action Plan to support the recovery and transformation of the media and audiovisual sector.
10 Dec 2020
2020 round-up: Creative Europe video game releases

Creative Europe supports the development of prototypes for narrative-led video games that demonstrate a high level of ambition in terms of innovation, cultural diversity, gameplay, user experience and artistic expression. The aim of the support is to improve the competitiveness of the European video games industry by increasing its capacity to develop works with a high circulation potential, both in the EU and beyond.
10 Dec 2020
Second round of Single Project results announced

The latest results for the Call for Proposals EACEA 17/2019 – 2nd deadline, Development of Audiovisual Content – Single Project, have been published with 71 projects awarded grants totalling €2,925,000.
In total, 487 applications from 34 countries were submitted with 71 funded, making an overall success rate of 15%. France received the highest overall amount of funding totalling €525,000 distributed over 14 projects. In total, 12 animation projects, 21 documentaries and 38 fiction projects have been selected.
13 Nov 2020
Two UK companies TV Programming grants

The latest results from the second round of the 2020 TV Programming scheme (Call EACEA/20/2019) have been published and include two awards for UK production companies Eye Present and Brook Lapping Productions. The objective of the scheme is to support the production of European television programmes with the potential to circulate within the European Union and beyond.
13 Nov 2020
Creative Europe Desk - Northern Ireland is proud to be supporting a session with Production Designer and Art Director Szymon Biernacki who will discuss his award winning film Klaus, Netflix's first feature animation.
Two UK films receive Selective Scheme support
Four film festival networks supported by MEDIA
UK Producers selected for IDFA Forum

The MEDIA-funded IDFA Forum has announced their selection with 63 projects from all over the world. The event, which will take place online 16-20 November 2020, will comprehend a series of events including the Doc Lab Forum, a live online project presentation, one-to-one meetings, expert meetings for observers and other social events yet to be announced.
Documentary filmmakers will have the opportunity to expand their international networks and meet key decisions makers, producers and doc stakeholders from around the world.
15 Oct 2020
Part of a series of online case study sessions on film co-production held throughout the autumn that are free and open to all.

