Overview
Overview
Over the past 16 years, MEDIA, the EU's support programme for the European audiovisual industry, has supported the development and distribution of thousands of films as well as training activities, festivals and promotion projects throughout the continent. From 2001-2006, more than half a billion euros were injected into 8.000 projects from over 30 countries.
The new MEDIA 2007 programme (2007-2013) is the fourth multi-annual programme since 1991 (previous programmes) and has a budget of € 755 million. It simplifies the programme's administration but certainly not its objectives:
- to strive for a stronger European audiovisual sector, reflecting and respecting Europe’s cultural identity and heritage
- to increase the circulation of European audiovisual works inside and outside the European Union
- to strengthen the competitiveness of the European audiovisual sector by facilitating access to financing and promoting use of digital technologies
The MEDIA programme is implemented via annual work programme.
Annual work programme 2010 (C/2009/6670)
Summary of the work programme for
2010
Annual work programme
2009 (C/2008/4247)
Amendment to the
Work Programme for the financial year 2009
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Annual work programme 2008 (C/2008/0038)
Summary of the work programme for
2008
MEDIA 2007 is divided into five action lines:
- training of professionals
- development of production projects and companies
- distribution of cinematographic works and audiovisual programmes
- promotion of cinematographic works and audiovisual programmes, including the support for film festivals
- horizontal actions/pilot projects