Over the past years several MEDIA-funded films produced in Europe have proven the investment worth winning prestigious awards including, at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or ( Entre Les Murs, France ), the Grand Prix du Jury ( Gomorra, Italy ) (  IP/08/8  00 ) as well as Oscars for The Counterfeiters ( Die Fälscher/Austria-Germany ), La Vie en Rose ( La Môme/France ) (  IP/08/298  ) and most recently Slumdog Millionaire (UK) (  IP/09/284  ).
Näiteks võitis „Klass” („Entre les Murs”, Prant susmaa) Cannes'i filmifestivalil kuldse palmioksa ja „Gomorra”(Itaalia) festivali Grand Prix (  IP/08/8  00 ) ning Oscar on antud filmidele „Valerahategijad” („Die Fälscher”, Austria-Saksamaa), „Edith Piaf – elusse armunud” („La Môme”, Prantsusmaa) (  IP/08/298  ) ja „Rentslimiljonär” („Slumdog Millionaire”, Ühendkuningriik).