# EURA-FILM: Complete Factual Knowledge Base (LLMs-Full)
# Innovation Action Work Plan (M01–M36) | Call: HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-03
# Published by EURA-FILM International Consortium | https://eurafilm.eu/

> STATUS: PROPOSAL STAGE — NOT A FUNDED PROJECT.
> EURA-FILM is a collaborative Innovation Action proposal submitted under Horizon Europe (Call: HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-03, Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society — HERITAGE destination). The project has not started. All descriptions and schedules reflect planned work for application-stage evaluation purposes.

## 1. Executive Summary & Vision
EURA-FILM is a Horizon Europe proposal for an open-core, human-governed digital infrastructure with open APIs aimed at reinforcing European cultural and technological sovereignty in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI). Across a 36-month work plan (Months M01–M36), advancing from a TRL 4 baseline to TRL 7 operational demonstration, the consortium builds an open-core, human-governed digital infrastructure connecting day-to-day creative practice to disciplined provenance, ethical AI orchestration, and native accessibility.

### Key Challenges Addressed (Part B Section 1.1)
1. **Fragmented Workflows:** Siloed handoffs, lack of versioned dependency management, and costly rework across script, production, post-production, VFX, audio, and distribution.
2. **Provenance & Chain of Title Due Diligence:** Rising legal uncertainty regarding AI-assisted assets; lack of reconstructable prompt histories, source tracking, and tamper-evident audit ledgers.
3. **Cultural & Linguistic Homogenization:** Over-reliance on dominant non-European commercial AI models lacking regional cultural nuance and multilingual proficiency.
4. **Retrofit Accessibility:** Audio Description (AD) and Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH) treated as an expensive compliance afterthought rather than an integrated creative track.

EURA-FILM addresses these challenges through human authority by design (AI proposals cannot alter project state without explicit human approval across 14 decision gates), an append-only hash-chained Audit Ledger, open Ingest/Egest APIs for professional pipeline interoperability, and participatory co-creation with disabled media professionals.

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## 2. Technical Architecture: The 6 Layers (Part B v4.5)

### Layer 1: AVA Baseline Core & Versioned Object Model
- Evolves the proven TRL 4 AVA software baseline (authored and developed by POMS Cloud, with software rights held by Umbrella) into branchable, dependency-aware creative objects.
- Graph-based dependency tracking ensuring reproducible, non-destructive editing workflows across all media operations.

### Layer 2: Multilingual Project & Identity Management
- Manages sovereign project structures, role-based access control (RBAC), and team collaboration.
- Multilingual project metadata preservation, supporting linguistic plurality and cross-border European co-productions.

### Layer 3: AI Agent Orchestration Framework
- Centralized governance for 50+ narrow-task AI agents across a dual-vertical, four-phase / fourteen human decision gate lifecycle (DG1–DG14).
- Enforces human-in-the-loop validation: AI agents generate proposals, while only authorized human creatives can review and lock decisions.

### Layer 4: IP, Provenance & Audit Ledger
- Append-only, hash-chained recording of sources, prompts, model operations, human edits, and gate locks.
- Cryptographically signed event history providing reconstructable, tamper-evident evidence dossiers for external legal and insurance due diligence.
- Supports EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations and synthetic-content disclosure requirements.

### Layer 5: Interoperability & Model-Agnostic Gateway
- Open Ingest/Egest APIs and ecosystem adapters for seamless integration with established professional suites (e.g. DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Avid, design tools).
- Vendor-neutral, model-agnostic gateway enabling local, cloud, or hybrid deployment and integration with European infrastructure (EuroHPC, ALT-EDIC).

### Layer 6: Multi-user UI & Collaboration
- Producer Cockpits, role-specific human review views, and gate approval interfaces.
- Enforces operational separation of duties between creators, supervisors, and compliance officers.

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## 3. Consortium Governance & Work Packages (WP1 – WP12)

The consortium comprises 6 beneficiaries across 5 European countries (Total effort: 627.7 Person-Months):

- **WP1 + WP2: Project Management, Coordination & Quality Assurance 1 / 2 (M01–M18 / M19–M36)**
  - Lead: Umbrella Kreatív Műhely Kft. (Budapest, Hungary)
  - Scope: Overall project governance, consortium coordination, claim governance, and legal/financial management.
- **WP3: Core Platform, AI Orchestration & Product Architecture (M01–M18)**
  - Lead: POMS Cloud Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)
  - Scope: TRL 4 baseline evolution, 14-gate creative state machine, AI orchestration framework, and model-agnostic gateway.
- **WP4 + WP5: Provenance, Ledger, Interoperability & Tech. Compliance 1 / 2 (M07–M18 / M19–M24)**
  - Lead: POMS Cloud Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)
  - Scope: Audit Ledger, provenance model, open Ingest/Egest APIs, and EU AI Act Article 50 compliance evidence exports.
- **WP6: Industry Pilots & Multidisciplinary Validation (M12–M36)**
  - Lead: Umbrella Kreatív Műhely Kft. (Budapest, Hungary)
  - Scope: 18 operational pilots across Film/Narrative (8) and Marketing/Media (10) verticals, KPI and scientific evaluation.
- **WP7: Accessibility, HCD, Culture & Socio-Cultural Impact (M06–M36)**
  - Lead: Sherpa Communications Kft. (Budapest, Hungary)
  - Scope: Human-Centered Design, native AD/SDH accessibility tools, lived-experience human validation, and SSH/RRI evaluation.
- **WP8: Management of FSTP – Creators' Micro-Grant Scheme (M16–M36)**
  - Lead: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  - Scope: Open call design, competitive selection, mentoring, and monitoring of 10 external creator projects.
- **WP9 + WP10: Communication & Dissemination 1 / 2 (M01–M18 / M19–M36)**
  - Lead: Strata Innovation & Growth S.L.U. (Madrid, Spain)
  - Scope: Communication strategy, digital hub, CCSI AI Integration Playbook, policy briefs, and EDIH masterclasses.
- **WP11 + WP12: Exploitation & Scale-up 1 / 2 (M01–M18 / M19–M36)**
  - Lead: POD LDN Ltd. (London, United Kingdom)
  - Scope: Four commercial pathways (B2B SaaS, CaaS, Studio Onboarding, Academy Licensing), standardization, and post-project scale-up.

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## 4. Key Milestones (MS1 – MS7)
- **MS1 (M06):** Governance, baseline architecture & DEC strategy operational (WP1+2, WP3, WP9; D1.1, D1.2, D3.1, D9.1, D9.2).
- **MS2 (M12):** Versioned core engine and accessibility requirements operational (WP3, WP7; D3.2, D7.1).
- **MS3 (M18):** Provenance, multi-user collaboration and pilot protocol validated (WP3, WP4, WP6; D3.3, D4.1, D4.2, D6.1).
- **MS4 (M24):** Operational Validation Readiness Gate (WP3, WP5, WP7; D3.4, D5.1, D7.2). Note: Confirms readiness for full operational validation without constituting TRL 7 achievement.
- **MS5 (M24):** FSTP open call completed and third-party recipients onboarded (WP8; D8.1, D8.2).
- **MS6 (M34):** Core professional pilot portfolio & educational target achieved (WP6, WP8).
- **MS7 (M36):** TRL 7 Operational Demonstration Completed and Evidenced (WP6, WP7, WP8, WP10, WP12; D6.4, D10.1, D8.3, D12.1, D12.2).

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## 5. Key Deliverables (D1.1 – D12.2)
- **D1.1 (M03):** Project Management, Governance & Quality Manual (Umbrella)
- **D1.2 (M06):** Data Management, Ethics & Claim-Control Framework (Umbrella)
- **D1.3 (M18):** Mid-project Project Management & Quality Report (Umbrella)
- **D2.1 (M36):** Final Project Management & Quality Report (Umbrella)
- **D3.1 (M06):** AVA TRL4 Baseline & EURA-FILM Target Architecture (POMS)
- **D3.2 (M12):** Versioned Workflow & AI Orchestration Beta (POMS)
- **D3.3 (M18):** Multi-User Collaboration & Model Gateway Release (POMS)
- **D3.4 (M18):** Integrated Pilot-Ready Platform Release (POMS)
- **D4.1 (M12):** Provenance & Production-Evidence Protocol (POMS)
- **D4.2 (M18):** Audit Ledger & Interoperability Beta (POMS)
- **D5.1 (M24):** Security, Interoperability & Operational Readiness Validation (POMS)
- **D6.1 (M18):** Pilot Protocol & KPI Baseline Framework (Umbrella)
- **D6.2 (M28):** Film & Campaign Pilot Interim Evidence Report (Umbrella)
- **D6.3 (M34):** Educational Curriculum & Implementation Report (Sapientia)
- **D6.4 (M36):** Final Operational Pilot & KPI Validation Report (Umbrella)
- **D7.1 (M12):** Accessibility, HCD & Cultural Requirements Specification (Sherpa)
- **D7.2 (M24):** Technical Accessibility Agent & Review Interface Beta (POMS)
- **D7.3 (M36):** Socio-Cultural, Accessibility & HCD Impact Assessment (Sherpa)
- **D8.1 (M20):** FSTP Open Call & Evaluation Framework (Sapientia)
- **D8.2 (M24):** FSTP Selection, Award & Onboarding Report (Sapientia)
- **D8.3 (M36):** FSTP Grantee Outcomes & Programme Evaluation Report (Sapientia)
- **D9.1 (M03):** Plan for Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation (Strata)
- **D9.2 (M06):** EURA-FILM Central Digital Hub & Branding (Strata)
- **D10.1 (M33):** CCSI AI Integration Playbook & EC Policy Briefs (Strata)
- **D10.2 (M36):** Final report for Dissemination and Communication activities (Strata)
- **D11.1 (M12):** Exploitation Strategy & Initial Business Plan (POD LDN)
- **D12.1 (M30):** Joint Commercialization Framework & Standardization Package (Umbrella)
- **D12.2 (M36):** Final Exploitation Report & Post-Project Scale-up Roadmap (POD LDN)

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## 6. Validation Portfolio: 28 Projects
- **18 Industry Pilots (WP6):** 8 Film/Narrative validation pilots (narrative, short-form, or experimental) and 10 Marketing/Media campaign pilots.
- **10 External Creator Projects (WP8):** Selected through an open call (M20–M22) under the Creators' Micro-Grant Scheme (FSTP).
- **Evaluation Criteria:** 30–40% targeted operational efficiency improvements in defined coordination, rework, and localization scopes; verifiable Chain of Title evidence; and qualitative human creative agency.