This grant funds training and innovation for audiovisual professionals to advance digital, creative, and sustainable practices in Europe’s audiovisual industry.
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Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: April 16, 2026 (17:00 Brussels time)
Funding Amounts: €9,500,000 total budget for 2026; CREA Lump Sum Grants; typical duration and individual award sizes vary by project
Summary: Supports audiovisual professionals with training in digital innovation, creative collaboration, and sustainability to boost the European industry's competitiveness.
This grant, under the Creative Europe Programme, aims to enhance the capacity of audiovisual professionals to adapt to evolving creative processes, market developments, and digital technologies across the entire value chain. The initiative focuses on fostering innovative creative processes (including cross-disciplinary collaboration and storytelling blending creative and digital skills), harnessing digital innovation in audiovisual production and distribution, supporting the uptake of digital tools for videogame production, and promoting sustainable, environmentally respectful practices throughout the audiovisual industry. Funded activities include training on digital transformation, adaptation to market trends, use of AI-powered technologies in videogames, and implementing sustainability plans and tools to measure CO2 emissions.