European Cinema-Made for You - 2009

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Apr 19, 2010

We Love European Film! European films reflect our cultural diversity, our reality and our dreams. This is why the EU funds and supports European audiovisual production and distribution through the MEDIA programme. This support has contributed to successful productions such as The Lives of the Others, Amélie and Volver. The main aims of the MEDIA programme are: to strengthen the competitiveness of the Europeanfilm, TV and new media industries to increase international circulation of European audiovisual products to preserve and enhance European cultural diversity. To achieve these aims MEDIA support is targeted at five priority areas: training, development, distribution, promotion and digital technologies. The result: Outstanding European films for everyone and a stronger European film industry! MEDIA 2007, the fourth round of the MEDIA Programme, began in January 2007 and will run up to December 2013. It has a budget of 755 million €.

Christiane Gehb

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Christiane Gehb

Scriptwriter

Christiane Gehb

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Country of origin: Belgium
Categories: Experimental
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