# Creative Europe slate call closes 1 December with guidance on AI-drafted bids

Production companies can request €90,000 to €510,000 for three to five works and must disclose any AI tools used.

Published 12 November 2026 by EuGFA in The Briefing. Interests: Practice and learning.

## What happened

The Creative Europe MEDIA slate development call, CREA-MEDIA-2027-DEVSLATE, run by the EU agency EACEA, opened on 30 September 2026 and closes on 1 December 2026 at 17:00 CET (Brussels). Its estimated budget is €22,374,320. Independent European production companies can request €90,000 to €510,000 as a lump sum for a slate of three to five works in animation, creative documentary or fiction, plus an optional short film of up to 20 minutes by an emerging talent.

The call document carries guidance on generative AI tools used to prepare a proposal. Applicants are fully responsible for the content, including any part an AI tool produced. They must disclose which tools they used and how, verify the content, list their sources, check citations, watch for plagiarism and acknowledge the tool's limitations.

## Why it matters

Producers who use an AI tool on any part of a slate application now have a disclosure to make. Individuals are excluded, except sole traders, and applicants must have produced two works since 2020, each at least 24 minutes long and released commercially in at least three countries other than their own. Festival screenings do not count, and the deadline cannot be extended.

## Still open

As of 12 November, version 1.0 of the document, dated 30 September, makes the call subject to final adoption of the 2027 EU budget. The document does not say how evaluators treat disclosed AI use, and its four award criteria make no mention of AI.

## Read further

- [Call document, CREA-MEDIA-2027-DEVSLATE](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/crea/wp-call/2027/call-fiche_crea-media-2027-devslate_en.pdf)