FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS) is a programme for European world sales companies. It is designed to help promote and sell European films outside Europe. FSS offers grants up to €5,000 or €5,500 (including the Inclusion Top Up Grant) to European sales companies for international promotion campaigns. FSS grants may not exceed 50% of the total costs incurred by the world sales company on each campaign.
The FILM SALES SUPPORT programme includes several sub-programmes:
FILM SALES SUPPORT is open to all European world sales companies which
To be eligible for the FSS application process, world sales companies must submit a one-time informal written application to EFP (Mail-Adresse), describing their company and work for European films at international film festivals and markets. Once approved by EFP, world sales companies are invited to apply for FSS online via EFP‘s digital application system. The application deadline is two weeks before the start of the event for festivals and three weeks for markets. Calls for applications are published two months before the deadline. Applications are evaluated and selected by EFP and the respective national film funding institute.
°efp also offers FSS for the promotion of films from Switzerland outside of Europe thanks to the international measures by the Federal Office of Culture, Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS.