MEDIA SUPPORT FOR THE DIGITISATION OF EUROPEAN CINEMAS

MEDIA SUPPORT FOR THE DIGITISATION OF EUROPEAN CINEMAS

Cinema Paradisio

Digitisation Scheme New scheme to support the digitisation of European screens 2.5M have been allocated under the 2011 Call System of forfait: 20,000 per screen The support is for side costs to the digitisation: Financing, equipment, maintenance, Installation The projectors and server are not supported

Cinema Museum Turin

Objectives & Priorities of "digitisation of cinemas scheme" To encourage cinemas showing a significant percentage of non-national European works to exploit the possibilities offered by digital To facilitate the digital transition of cinemas screening European films by supporting the side costs linked to the purchase of a digital projector

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA European company Independent cinema operator Applicant organisations must: o o o o o o be first run cinemas (programming European films in first run, within a maximum period of twelve months after the national release) have been open to the public for a minimum of 3 years possess a ticketing and entry declaration system have at least one screen and 70 seats have presented 520 screening per year for permanent cinemas (i.e. cinemas in operation for a period of at least 6 months per year), 300 screenings per year for single screen theatres (30 screenings per month) and at least 30 screenings per month for summer / open air cinemas (cinemas in operation for less than 6 months per year) have had at least 20.000 cinema admissions where a normal ticket price was actually paid in the previous year.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible countries: EU Member States EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway Switzerland and Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (under the condition of the finalization of the negotiation process and the formalization of the participation of this country to the MEDIA programme)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible action: Support to the side costs linked to the purchase of digital projectors meeting the content security requirements for Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) compliance to be installed in a cinema complying Support can be requested for only 1 projector per screen and for a maximum of 3 screens per cinema. Eligible film programming: To be considered as eligible, the cinemas must have screened in 2011 a minimum of 50% European films of which at least 30% are European non-national.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible proposals: Only proposals submitted using the official application form, completed in full, signed (original signatures required) and received by the specified deadline, will be considered.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Applicants who have or will receive a projector from a 3rd party integrator as a result of signing a VPF deal will not be eligible for support. No invoice = no award!

20.000 per screen, to 3 screens per cinemas Lumpupsum scheme Decision for EU-based beneficiaries No pre-financing payment Award paid upon reception of the invoice for the projector and declaration of its installation (final report)

Anne Breathwick

AWARD CRITERIA Eligible applications/actions will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria: Ø European dimension of the programming -> % of non-national European films Ø Extra points if 2 or 3 screens are eligible for support Ø Extra points if no national support in place

SATURDAY MORNING CINEMA CLUB - UK

160 applications have been received: Submissions in 2011 o o 23 applications ineligible 57 projects have been selected for the support for a total value of 2.500.000, for the digitisation of 125 screens: Ø Ø Ø 17 applications have been selected for 1 screen 12 applications have been selected for 2 screens 28 applications have been selected for 3 screens

160 applications have been received Submissions in 2012 The selection is in process Total request: 5.620.000M for 281 screens Ø Ø Ø Almost 50% of the applications have been made for 1 screen Almost 30% of the applications have been made for 2 screens Almost 20% of the applications have been made for 3 screens

Geographical statistics (2011)

Old Odeon Art Deco Birmingham

Selected Cinemas 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Europa Cinemas members 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

BRUGGES - BELGIUM

Contact If you have any questions, please contact: EACEA-CINEMA-DISTRIBUTION@ec.europa.eu Please find necessary and useful info.& doc. on our website: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/programme/exhibit/schemes/digitisation/index_en.htm To download Legal entites form & financial identification form plese clic on followin links: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/contracts_grants/info_contracts/legal_entities/legal_entities_fr.cfm http://ec.europa.eu/budget/contracts_grants/info_contracts/financial_id/financial_id_fr.cfm Document to save: ü CALL FOR PROPOSALS EACEA/14/2012 - Deadline : 31 July 2012 ü Guidelines ü Application forms (Annexes I and II) ü Frequently asked questions

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