European Film Funder Eurimages to Boost Diversity, Root Out Bias

Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages, has revealed that the Strasbourg-based public funder has hired diversity consultants to help facilitate fairer funding for under-represented filmmakers.Speaking at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this week on a panel titled “Reality Check: Funding Our Inclusive Futures,” Olla said that the co-production funding body, which comprises 41 member states, has commissioned a report, which should lead to a new policy being implemented by next January.He said: “In 2021 we felt the time was right to look at diversity, we are right at the beginning of this process but have confirmed our commitment to supporting under-represented groups.”“Getting over 40 countries to come on board with this is already a great result.

The findings of the report will be presented to the board in June, with a full policy to be approved by November and implemented by next January,” he added.Eurimages – which has funded recent festival hits including “Berlin Alexanderplatz,

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