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The future role of the European Unions MEDIA programme in the continents film industry remains unclear following plans to restructure arts spending in Europe. Martin Blaney reportsThe invitations had been sent out and the champagne put on ice to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European Unions MEDIA programme. Then, just 24 hours before the Valentines Day party during this years Berlinale, the news broke that, given the economic climate, the present MEDIA 2007 programme could b
stanley kubek e the last edition.The prospect of the end of MEDIA proved the main talking point for the rest of the festival and concentrated the minds of the assembled European film community to rally forces in support of the EU programme which has a budget of $1.12bn 鈧?75m over seven years from 2007-13. Letters were sent by the European Film Agency Directors EFADs , the Federation of European Film Directors FERA and a group of 12 industry associations to the European Commission EC president Jose Manuel Barroso calling on him to maintain MEDIA in its present form after 2013.In addition, more than 10,000 signatures have been gathered from all over Europe by the French producers association LARP, along with CARTOON and the Eu
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stanley cup DIA, we would not be able today to even talk about a European audiovisual industry because this industry would not have been able to offer the non-national European cinema and TV contents in the various audiovisual marketplaces of the EU
