EURA-FILM
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EURA-FILM
STAGE: PREPARATION | TIMELINE: M01–M36 | HORIZON EUROPE PROPOSAL

EURA-FILM: THE NEW HUMAN-CENTERED DIGITAL CORNERSTONE FOR EUROPEAN FILM PRODUCTION.

The concept is finalized, and the international development consortium is established. We are not building another isolated AI model, but the shared European infrastructure that safeguards creative sovereignty, cultural diversity, and copyright compliance across everyday production pipelines.

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// FUNDING SCHEME
Horizon Europe Innovation Action
// CONSORTIUM
6 Partners // 5 Countries
// PIPELINE
14 Human Decision Gates (DG1–DG14)
// CHAIN OF TITLE
Tamper-Evident Audit Ledger
STAGE_A // VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
DIGITAL CINEMA RAW 4K
REC ● 00:00:00:00
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AUDIO MASTER:
DG1 · PROPOSAL STAGE (ILLUSTRATIVE)
READY M01
Status & Foundations

Where We Stand Today – Foundations of the Proposal(Ready to Build)

Industrial specification datasheet and interactive telemetry infographic: solid laboratory foundations, rigorous European standards, and an operational consortium.

SYSTEM TELEMETRY // TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7 TRANSITION FLOW
SPEC-V4.5 // CONSTELLATION: OPERATIONAL // M01–M36
01 // TRL 4 BASELINE AVA Prototype (2026) Model-agnostic laboratory core API MIGRATION 02 // DETERMINISTIC CORE 14 Decision Gates & Audit Ledger Human oversight (Propose-Review-Lock) 28 VALIDATION PROJECTS 03 // TRL 7 DEMO Operational Industrial System Day-1 B2B SaaS & CaaS Services
// TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP
TRL 4 ➔ 7

From laboratory prototype to an operational system validated in live film and media production environments.

// INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM
6 PARTNERS

Creative studios, cloud architects, university researchers, and EU policy partners across HU, IE, RO, ES, UK.

// HORIZON TIMEFRAME
36 MONTHS

Four execution phases, 7 critical milestones, and a strict M24 Go/No-Go decision gate.

// COMMITTED EFFORT
627.7 PM

627.7 person-months of dedicated European engineering, cinematic, and scientific R&D effort.

INNOVATION ACTION WORK PLAN (M01–M36) // CLICK TO ENTER ➔

SOVEREIGN EUROPEAN PRODUCTION TIMELINE 36 MONTHS//14 DECISION GATES//TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7 WORK PLAN

OPEN INTERACTIVE PARALLAX TIMELINE ➔
FUTURE M36
Commercial & Industry Value

Future Ecosystem & Services (Our Vision)

What will the platform deliver following the 36-month Horizon Europe implementation?

Media Agency DCO Studio
SECTOR 01 DCO WORKFLOW

For Media Enterprises & Ad Agencies

B2B collaborative platform for secure, high-speed, dynamic multi-version campaign production (DCO).

  • ✔ 100+ automated variations generated daily under direct human control
  • ✔ Structured rights- and provenance documentation for every regional version, supporting external clearance reviews
  • ✔ Real-time localization and cultural adaptation audit
European Cinema & Film Festival
SECTOR 02 CaaS EVIDENCE DOSSIER

For Filmmakers & International Distributors

Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) export packages supporting Chain of Title and completion-bond due diligence with reconstructable evidence dossiers.

  • ✔ Tamper-evident Audit Ledger and Chain of Title provenance documentation
  • ✔ Evidence packages supporting EU AI Act Article 50 transparency and synthetic-content disclosure obligations
  • ✔ Delivery dossiers designed for distributor, broadcaster and festival due-diligence workflows
Film Academy Media Lab
SECTOR 03 200+ STUDENTS

For Universities & Independent Studios

Educational sandboxes, structured curriculum, and adoption frameworks for next-generation creators.

  • ✔ Dedicated sandbox environment for academic film workshops
  • ✔ 200+ learners trained through the Ethical AI-Assisted Creative Production curriculum
  • ✔ Creators' Micro-Grant funding for experimental productions by independent creators and micro-companies
SOVEREIGNTY
Philosophy & Regulatory Foundation

The Project: European Creative Sovereignty

We do not reject artificial intelligence; we harness it under the discipline of European law and creative values.

“Artificial intelligence cannot replace human intent, cultural sensitivity, or creative accountability. EURA-FILM's mission is to keep technology as an advisor, ensuring that ultimate decision and locking authority remains irrevocably in the hands of the director, editor, and creator.”
// EURA-FILM CONSORTIUM PRINCIPLE
Industry Paradigm Shift

Market Problem vs. EURA-FILM Solution

[ CURRENT INDUSTRY RISKS ] ✕ Non-Compliant
  • Black-box AI models: Unknown training dataset provenance; unpredictable legal and copyright liability.
  • Copyright uncertainty: Distributors and completion guarantors refuse to insure films containing untraceable AI assets.
  • Creative lock-in: Confines studio screenplays, rushes, and intellectual property into proprietary closed clouds of US tech giants.
  • Retroactive accessibility: Subtitles and audio descriptions remain an expensive afterthought, often distorting original cinematic intent.
[ EURA-FILM EUROPEAN STANDARD ] ✔ EURA-FILM Target Standard
  • Audited open-weight models: European infrastructure linkages (EuroHPC, ALT-EDIC, EDIH) with model-agnostic deployment and verified cultural datasets.
  • Reconstructable Chain of Title: Append-only, hash-chained event logs record every prompt, model operation, and human approval, providing a reconstructable, tamper-evident record for legal and insurance review.
  • Human primacy (Propose-Review-Lock): Autonomous publishing is strictly prohibited: every decision gate requires verifiable human sign-off.
  • Timeline-native accessibility: Audio Description and SDH tracks are authored simultaneously alongside offline picture editing.
TOPIC
Work Programme Alignment

Pertinence to the Work Programme Topic

Call: HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-03 — Horizon Europe, Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society), HERITAGE destination. Type of action: Innovation Action. Duration: 36 months (M01–M36).

EURA-FILM addresses the topic by moving AI from isolated experimentation into day-to-day CCSI work practice, and by treating creative organisations as active designers of ethical and competitive technology. The proposal directly addresses both Topic Implementation Areas:

Scalable Sectoral Value-Chain Pilots & Sustainable Business Models
Implementation Area 1 // WP6 & WP11+12

Scalable Sectoral Value-Chain Pilots & Sustainable Business Models

IMPLEMENTATION AREA 1 WP6 & WP11+12

Scalable Sectoral Value-Chain Pilots & Sustainable Business Models

18 operational pilots across two verticals — Film/Narrative (8) and Marketing/Media (10) — resolving fragmented workflows, targeting 30–40% reductions in defined coordination, localisation, rework and administrative/handover scopes, and validating four scalable commercial models:

  • • B2B SaaS: Multi-user collaborative orchestration subscriptions for independent creative studios.
  • • Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS): Verifiable, tamper-evident audit dossiers for completion bonders, streamers and festivals.
  • • Studio Onboarding: Tailored enterprise migration connecting custom studio checkpoints and proprietary archives.
  • • Academy Licensing: Structured educational sandbox licenses for film universities and vocational institutes.
Inclusive, Ethical & Transparent AI for Diversity and Accessibility
Implementation Area 2 // WP7 & WP8

Inclusive, Ethical & Transparent AI for Diversity and Accessibility

IMPLEMENTATION AREA 2 WP7 & WP8

Inclusive, Ethical & Transparent AI for Diversity and Accessibility

Human authority and oversight by design anchored across four foundational pillars:

  • • Human Authority by Design: Strict Propose-Review-Lock state machine where AI proposals cannot alter project state without explicit human creator approval.
  • • Linguistic & Cultural Plurality: Multilingual metadata schemas, RAG cultural repositories, and European infrastructure linkages (ALT-EDIC, EuroHPC, EDIH, ECCCH).
  • • Integrated Native Accessibility: Audio Description (AD) and SDH subtitle authoring co-designed with disabled professionals and validated by lived-experience communities.
  • • Funded Grassroots Access (FSTP): Dedicated micro-grants for 10 third-party creator teams, guaranteeing 100% intellectual property retention.
Horizon Europe Impact

Direct Contribution to the Four Expected Outcomes

How EURA-FILM systematically addresses each expected outcome of call HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-03:

Insights, Recommendations, Strategies, Guidelines, Methods & Tools
Expected Outcome 1 // Methods & Tools

Insights, Recommendations, Strategies, Guidelines, Methods & Tools

EXPECTED OUTCOME 1 METHODS & TOOLS

Insights, Recommendations, Strategies, Guidelines, Methods & Tools

Delivery of the CCSI AI Integration Playbook, 3 EC policy briefs, hands-on masterclasses across 10+ EDIHs, 3 open-access scientific publications, and the open-core release of the TRL 7 platform with 14 human decision gates (DG1–DG14).

Scenarios for Co-Created Solutions & Federated Digital Infrastructures
Expected Outcome 2 // Federated Infrastructure

Scenarios for Co-Created Solutions & Federated Digital Infrastructures

EXPECTED OUTCOME 2 FEDERATED INFRASTRUCTURE

Scenarios for Co-Created Solutions & Federated Digital Infrastructures

18 co-created real-world validation pilots (8 film, 10 marketing) and 10 external FSTP creator projects (28 validation projects total), utilizing RAG-grounded cultural datasets, versioned dependency logic, and model-agnostic cloud infrastructures connected to European compute environments (EuroHPC, ALT-EDIC).

Generally Available Ethical AI Tools, Accessibility & Diversified Business Models
Expected Outcome 3 // Ethical Tools & Models

Generally Available Ethical AI Tools, Accessibility & Diversified Business Models

EXPECTED OUTCOME 3 ETHICAL TOOLS & MODELS

Generally Available Ethical AI Tools, Accessibility & Diversified Business Models

Human-governed AI architectures, RAG-enabled cultural and linguistic diversity protection, native Audio Description and SDH accessibility tools co-designed with disabled professionals, and four sustainable commercial pathways.

Empowering CCSI as Drivers of Culture, Competitiveness & Wellbeing
Expected Outcome 4 // CCSI Empowerment

Empowering CCSI as Drivers of Culture, Competitiveness & Wellbeing

EXPECTED OUTCOME 4 CCSI EMPOWERMENT

Empowering CCSI as Drivers of Culture, Competitiveness & Wellbeing

Creative sovereignty hardcoded into system rules — AI proposals cannot alter project state without human approval — targeting 30–40% operational efficiency gains and upskilling 200+ learners and independent professionals to lead ethical AI adoption across Europe.

Measurable Ambition

Project Objectives (O1–O5)

Five core measurable objectives governing the EURA-FILM Innovation Action:

Scale AVA from TRL 4 to TRL 7
Objective O1 // TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7

Scale AVA from TRL 4 to TRL 7

OBJECTIVE O1 // TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7

Scale AVA from TRL 4 to TRL 7

Advance the AVA prototype to an open-core TRL 7 platform orchestrating 50+ narrow-task AI agents across 14 human decision gates (DG1–DG14).

Verification: M24 Readiness Gate (MS4), D3.4, D5.1, MS7
Integrate AI into Daily CCSI Workflows
Objective O2 // 30–40% Efficiency

Integrate AI into Daily CCSI Workflows

OBJECTIVE O2 // 30–40% EFFICIENCY

Integrate AI into Daily CCSI Workflows

Integrate governed AI tooling into daily creative workflows across film, broadcast, and advertising, delivering measurable 30–40% efficiency gains while safeguarding creative control.

Verification: D6.1–D6.4, Scientific Evaluation Dossiers
Make Human Authority and Provenance Verifiable
Objective O3 // Audit Ledger & Provenance

Make Human Authority and Provenance Verifiable

OBJECTIVE O3 // AUDIT LEDGER & PROVENANCE

Make Human Authority and Provenance Verifiable

Deploy a tamper-evident, append-only hash-chained Audit Ledger and structured provenance model supporting EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations and verifiable human editorial decisions.

Verification: D4.1, D4.2, D5.1, Technical Compliance Audits
Preserve Diversity and Embed Accessibility by Design
Objective O4 // Accessibility & Diversity

Preserve Diversity and Embed Accessibility by Design

OBJECTIVE O4 // ACCESSIBILITY & DIVERSITY

Preserve Diversity and Embed Accessibility by Design

Embed native Audio Description (AD) and SDH authoring co-designed with disabled professionals, validating 9 full accessibility packages across pilots and safeguarding linguistic pluralism.

Verification: D7.1, D7.2, D7.3, Lived-Experience Validation
Validate Adoption, Education, Inclusion and Sustainable Use
Objective O5 // 28 Validation Projects

Validate Adoption, Education, Inclusion and Sustainable Use

OBJECTIVE O5 // 28 VALIDATION PROJECTS

Validate Adoption, Education, Inclusion and Sustainable Use

Validate adoption across 28 projects (18 industry pilots: 8 Film/Narrative, 10 Marketing/Media, plus 10 FSTP creator projects), train 200+ learners via dedicated curricula, and activate 4 viable commercial pathways (B2B SaaS, CaaS, Studio Onboarding, Academy Licensing).

Verification: D6.3, D8.3, D12.1, D12.2, 10+ EDIH Workshops
6-LAYERS
System Architecture

What We Build: 6-Layer Sovereign Technology Stack

Click below to expand the 6-layer sovereign technology stack and functional specifications:

LIVE INSPECTOR SPEC_REV // 2026-Q3
Workstation Experience

NLE & DAW Integration Suite: The Editor's Natural Habitat

EURA-FILM does not replace established creative software. Instead, it connects to professional production pipelines — including DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Avid and design tools — via open bi-directional APIs, allowing structured project data, AI decision gates and provenance metadata to enter and leave your existing workflow without disruption.

STUDIO SUITE PRO // API-CONNECTED PANEL (ILLUSTRATIVE) | PROJECT: EUROPA_FEATURE_PILOT_01
COLOR PIPELINE // VERIFIED API LINKED (MOCKUP)
CAMERA A // DIGITAL CINEMA RAW // 4K DCI
DG1–DG14 ACTIVE // AUDIT LEDGER LOGGED
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MASTER TIMELINE TRACKS
V1
SCENE_04_TK2_RAW
SCENE_04_TK4_RAW
A1/2
BOOM_MASTER_96K_24B
SDH
EURA_SDH_SUBTITLE_DG14_SYNCED
AD
EURA_AUDIONARRATION_STEM
EURA-FILM API PANEL (CONCEPT)
● DG14: REVIEW
CURRENT DECISION GATE: DG14
Versioning & Delivery — AD/SDH localisation package

Audio description track timecode alignment is 100%. Subtitle sync, multi-language localization and WCAG contrast verified.

// AUDIT LEDGER STATUS:
HASH: 0x932b...f82a
AUTHOR: Sherpa Accessibility Lead
STATUS: READY_FOR_LOCK
[ Illustrative concept — not a released commercial product ]
HORIZON EUROPE // 36-MONTH WORK PLAN
TC: M01 // M01 LAUNCH
STAGE 1: FOUNDATION & CORE ARCHITECTURE
M01 — M36 // 627.7 PM // HORIZON EUROPE // TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7 // 28 VALIDATION PROJECTS // AUDIT LEDGER //
◆ MILESTONES: MS1 (M6) • MS2 (M12) • MS3 (M18) • MS4 GO/NO-GO (M24) • MS5 (M24) • MS6 (M34) • MS7 TRL7 (M36)
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Validation Portfolio & Dual Vertical

Validation Portfolio: 18 Industry Pilots + 10 FSTP Creator Projects

8 Film/Narrative validation pilots (narrative, short-form, or experimental) alongside 10 Marketing/Media campaign pilots, tested across 14 human decision gates (DG1–DG14).

INDUSTRIAL LIVE TESTING (WP6) M12–M36 EXECUTION // 18 STRUCTURED TEST ENVIRONMENTS
PROVENANCE & AUDIT LEDGER VALIDATION
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FILM / NARRATIVE

Film/Narrative Vertical

European film and narrative productions (features, animations, festival documentaries, and experimental works) where director's intent and verifiable production evidence are paramount.

  • • Strict Decision Gates: Every generative and composite asset passes through human review and lock (DG1–DG14).
  • • Tamper-Evident Audit Ledger: Cryptographically signed event history supporting distributor and festival due diligence.
  • • Native Accessibility: Integrated Audio Description (AD) and SDH subtitling tracks generated in offline production suites.
  • • Tested Environments: Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer via open APIs.
OUTPUT: Festival and theatrical-ready CaaS digital delivery dossiers with reconstructable provenance.
DG1 // [01/14] PHASE 1
DG1: Brief & Foundations
Brief & Foundations
📍 IRELAND
Brief · Format · Language · Scope
PROPOSE ➔ REVIEW ➔ LOCK
14 human decision gates and deterministic propose–review–lock state machine
TRL 4 ➔ TRL 7 TRAJECTORY
EU AI ACT ART. 50 EVIDENCE
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MARKETING / MEDIA

Marketing/Media Vertical

International media agencies and advertisers testing high-volume multi-version campaign execution (DCO) where speed, localization, and brand safety are crucial.

  • • Scaled Versioning: 100+ automated linguistic and aspect-ratio variations generated in minutes (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5).
  • • Brand Safety Gates: Verification checkpoints preventing hallucinations and style drift.
  • • Rights & Brand-Safety Evidence: Automated logging of sources, model operations and human approvals for each campaign variant.
  • • Tested Environments: Cloud render pipelines, dynamic creative delivery APIs, and studio orchestrators.
OUTPUT: Pan-European broadcast-ready omnichannel asset pack with verified provenance and approval records.
FUNDING SCHEME

Creators' Micro-Grant Scheme (FSTP)

FSTP projects form the third validation stream: grantee evidence dossiers feed the same KPI and provenance evaluation as the 18 industry pilots, supporting under-resourced creative micro-entities, independent filmmakers, and early-career creators across Europe.

  • • Validation Scope: 10 external creator projects complementing the 18 industry pilots (28 validation projects in total)
  • • Eligibility: Under-resourced creative micro-entities, independent filmmakers, and early-career creators in EU / Horizon Europe associated countries
  • • Timeline: Open call runs in project months M20–M22 (exact dates published after the Grant Agreement is signed)
  • • Expected Outcome: Four-phase / 14-gate lifecycle evaluation and verifiable delivery evidence dossier

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EUROPE NETWORK
International Weight & Team

Consortium: 6 Renowned European Partners

International synergies and institutional backing: creative studios, cloud architects, academic institutions, and European policy experts.

EUROPEAN NODE NETWORK 6 KEY INSTITUTIONS // 5 CREATIVE HUBS
Interactive Synergy Network

Value Chain & Synergy Cluster

Move your cursor over the nodes to explore the institutional interconnections and 6-layer architecture synergies.

AUDIT & LOGS
Proposal Study Library

Background Research (Prepared for the Proposal)

Pre-project research studies, regulatory analyses, and architectural working papers conducted to establish the empirical and methodological foundation for the EURA-FILM Horizon Europe proposal. [ Proposal background studies — not funded project deliverables ]

ADOPTION
PROPOSAL STUDY // 357 KB 17 PAGES // 2026

GenAI in European Film and Advertising Sectors

Workflow integration, governance deficits, shadow AI risks, and pipeline realities across European production companies.

DIVERSITY
PROPOSAL STUDY // 3.5 MB 20 PAGES // 2026

Cultural Diversity & Generative AI in European Production

Evaluating linguistic asymmetry, epistemic flattening, and localization overhead across 8 European creative hubs.

LEGAL & PROVENANCE
PROPOSAL STUDY // 340 KB 17 PAGES // 2026

Legal & Provenance Landscape of Enterprise AI in Europe

Navigating EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations, copyright liabilities, tamper-evident Audit Ledgers, and provenance records.

LOCALISATION
PROPOSAL STUDY // 319 KB 15 PAGES // 2026

Cross-Border AI Localisation & Cultural Fidelity

A systematic review and methodological framework for high-fidelity multi-language adaptation, voice cloning, and DCO.

Partnership & Inquiries

Structured Institutional Inquiry (B2B & Academic)

Direct inquiries for early industrial partnership, academic integration, or pilot collaboration.