European cinema organisations call for ‘ambitious’ Creative Europe budget

Statement urges increased support for distribution and development schemes.Leading European cinema organisations have called on the European Commission to provide an ‘ambitious budget’ for the Creative Europe Media Programme.In a letter which reiterates their support for the programme, organisations including Eurocinema, Fiad (International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations) and Unic (International Union of Cinemas) say increased support is needed for both development funding and distribution schemes.This, the letter states, would ”sustain the quality of European film and TV content produced year-on-year’”and result in ”better circulation and promotion of European content”.The letter comes as the European Union

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