“Cinema Needs Europe, Europe Needs Cinema”: 4,700 Film Professionals Call for EU to Protect Film Funding

Pawel Pawlikowski, Lukas Dhont, Rodrigo Sorogoyen Among 4,700 Signatories of Open Letter Sounding Alarm Ahead of Cannes Over Planned EU Film Funding Overhaul

Cannes-bound directors Pawel Pawlikowski (“Fatherland”), Lukas Dhont (“Coward”) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Beloved”) are among the more than 4,700 film personalities who have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to backpedal on its plans to make major changes to its Creative Europe funding program by combining its culture and media strands under […]

“Cinema Needs Europe, Europe Needs Cinema”: 4,700 Film Professionals Call for EU to Protect Film Funding

Francis Ford Coppola, Juliette Binoche, Sandra Hüller among 4,700 film professionals signing open letter calling for protection of EU film funding.

Francis Ford Coppola, Sandra Hüller, Stellan Skarsgård, Juliette Binoche & Joachim Trier Join 4,700 Cinema Professionals In Open Letter Calling For EU To “Future-Proof” MEDIA Program

Juliette Binoche, Francis Ford Coppola Joachim Trier, Ruben Östlund, Stellan Skarsgård, Sandra Hüller and Vicky Krieps have joined calls for the European Union “to future-proof” the bloc’s 35-year MEDIA program which has supported thousands of films over the years. They are among more than 4,700 cinema professionals to have signed an open letter entitled “Europe needs cinema, Cinema needs Europe”. It has been published as EU Member states di…