The European Commission has adopted a new MEDIA MUNDUS programme, a broad international cooperation programme for the audiovisual industry, aiming to strengthen cultural and commercial relations between Europe’s film industry and film-makers of third countries. The EU will provide €15 million of funding from 2011-2013 for projects submitted by audiovisual professionals from the EU and third countries.
Viviane Reding, EU Media Commissioner, described MEDIA MUNDUS as “the right cultural answer to this global technological challenge. The successes of the current MEDIA programme and MEDIA International have shown the need for a sequel: It’s time to go global. I expect EU citizens to see the results of our new efforts very quickly in a cinema nearby!”
EuropeAid’s Regional Programme has already supported cooperation with the Mediterranean Partner Countries in this field through the Audiovisual Programme, the second of which ended in December.
For more info on Media Mundus, go to: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/mundus/index_en.htm
