Who decides who is eligible to participate on the stand?
The MEDIA programme based on pre-defined criteria.
What are the criteria?
They are based on the independent nature of the producers or distributors, and are conditional on them
EUROPEAN CONTENT
Any work of fiction [including an animated film] or documentary, be it a completed production, a project or a format, complying with the following conditions:
the majority of the work has been or is to be produced by companies established in one or more countries participating in the MEDIA Programme, and there is a significant involvement of professionals who are citizens or residents of the countries participating in the MEDIA Programme.
Significant participation is defined as 10 or more points from the following:
| Fiction/Documentary | Points | Animation | points |
| Director Scriptwriter Composer Actor 1/voice over artist Actor 2/voice-over artist Actor 3/voice-over artist Artistic Director Director of Photography Editor Sound Shooting location Laboratory |
3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Director Scriptwriter Composer Storyboard artist Character Designer Animation Supervisor Artistic Director Technical Director Editor Sound Studio Location Laboratory |
3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
| Total | 19 | Total | 19 |
The following programming is not eligible:
- live recordings, TV games, talk shows, reality shows or educational, teaching and ‘how-to’ programmes;
- documentaries promoting tourism, "making-of" reports, animal reportages, news programmes and "docu-soaps";
- projects promoting, directly or indirectly, messages that are at odds with the policies of the European Union - for example, projects that may be contrary to the interests of public health (alcohol, tobacco, drugs), respect for human rights, people's security, freedom of expression etc.;
projects promoting violence and/or racism and/or with a pornographic content; - works of a promotional nature;
- institutional productions to promote a specific organisation or its activities.