• FSS Classic
  FSS Classic provides financial support for the physical and digital promotion of films at selected non-European film festivals and markets.
  
• FSS Digital
  FSS Digital provides financial support for the digital promotion of films at selected hybrid film festivals and markets outside Europe, as well at the online versions of Berlin‘s European Film Market and Cannes‘ Marché du Film.
• NEW FSS Top Up Grant Inclusion
  EFP aims to encourage sales companies to invest more in the promotion of films depicting gender balance, equity and inclusion. For these campaigns, the maximum available grant per campaign can be topped up by €500 (calculated in proportion to the total expenses and not exceeding 50% of the total costs incurred by the world sales company on the campaign). Provided that sufficient budget is available, the Top Up Grant is available at ALL selected film festivals and markets. To find out if your film is eligible, please click here: Support Criteria for Top Up Grant Inclusion. The final selection is made by EFP based on the list of criteria in accordance with the respective national film promotion institute.

how to participate

FILM SALES SUPPORT is open to all European world sales companies which

• are legal entities (public or private bodies)
• have their registered office in one of the Creative Europe participating countries or in Switzerland
• are nationally registered sales companies (hold the worldwide rights to the films and act on behalf of the producers, are specialised in the commercial exploitation of a film by marketing and licensing a film to distributors or other purchasers for foreign countries)
• are registered with the Funding & Tender Portal of the European Commission (if they have not yet been validated by the Central Validation Service, they will be asked to submit documents proving their legal status and origin)
• have been approved by the respective national film promotion institute
• represent and promote the respective films at international film festivals and markets

To be eligible for the FSS application process, world sales companies must submit a one-time informal written application to EFP (klimkeit@efp-online.com or haeutle@efp-online.com), 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.

dates and deadlines

• Festivals (non-European festivals with an international reach)
  Application deadline: 2 weeks before the start of the festival
  
  
• Asian Content & Film Market (10 - 13 October 2026), Busan, South Korea - hybrid
  Application deadline: 18 September 2026
• American Film Market (10 - 15 November 2026) Los Angeles USA
  Application deadline: 20 October 2026
• European Film Market (10 - 16 February 2027) Berlin, Germany - online
  Application deadline: 12 January 2027
• Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) (15-18 March 2027)
  Application deadline: 22 February 2027
• Cannes Film Market (Marché du Film) (11 - 19 May 2027) France - online
  Application deadline: 13 April 2027
• TIFF Market (September 2027) Toronto, Canada
  Application deadline: August 2027 tbc