Six of the films that competed for the golden statuettes at the 98th Academy Awards received support from the EU’s Creative Europe MEDIA programme. Joachim Trier’s ‘Loving Kindness’ is nominated in nine categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, two nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film […]
The European Commission at Berlinale 2025
As in previous years, the European Commission will once again be present both at the festival and at the European Film Market that takes place at the same time. One of the biggest film festivals in the world, the Berlinale is an important annual gathering for the public and film and media industry. Besides being […]
European Parliament calls for new media grants, with focus on combating disinformation
On Thursday 14 November the European Parliament published a new call for proposals for grants for news agencies, TV channels, radio stations, digital media and the written press. Projects submitted must have a twofold objective: 1. To provide regular, reliable, pluralistic and non-partisan information on the political and legislative work of the European Parliament, […]
#EUinMyRegion Media Trips
The #EUinMyRegion Media Trips is a study programme open for local and regional journalists from the European Union. The journalists completing the programme will have a better understanding of EU policies and in particular of Cohesion Policy and connect with fellow journalists from other EU countries and regions. The programme will include an online training (2 hours) two […]
Council reaches agreement on new European Media Freedom Act
EU member state ambassadors have agreed the Council’s position on a new law to safeguard media freedom, pluralism and independence in the EU. The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) will establish a common framework for media services in the EU internal market and introduce measures aimed at protecting journalists and media providers from political interference while also making it easier for […]
CREATIVE EUROPE: CREA-MEDIA Co-development 2023 call
Scope The objective of the support to European co-development is to support the cooperation among European production companies that are developing works with a strong international audience potential. Expected results Increased collaboration at development stage between European production companies from different countries and from different markets and consequently an increased number of co-productions. Increased quality, […]
CREATIVE EUROPE: News – Media Literacy
Scope The objective is to promote media literacy in order to enable citizens to use, and develop a critical understanding of, the media and support knowledge sharing and exchanges on media literacy policies and practices. Support will encourage knowledge sharing and exchanges on media literacy policies and practices to enable the development of innovative cross-border […]
CREATIVE EUROPE: European Film Distribution
Objective Expected results: Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films. Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films. Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films. There are two phases for the funded activities: […]
LUX Audience Award 2023: Hispanic-Italian production among the five finalists announced in Reykyavik
Alcarràs, Burning Days, Close, Triangle of Sadness and Will-o’-the-Wisp will compete for the 2023 LUX Audience Award, as revealed at the European Film Awards on Saturday. The Vice-President of the European Parliament Evelyn Regner (AT, S&D) said: “For the 2023 edition of the LUX Audience Award, five excellent films are waiting for your critical eyes. For […]