CANNES: The European Film Agency Directors, EFADs, has issued a statement calling on the European Commission, Parliament and Council to promote and preserve cultural diversity and territoriality.

Preserving territoriality to improve the circulation of European films and access to European culture

The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) have published a declaration outlining their concerns about the actions being taken at the European Union level which will undermine cultural diversity, contractual freedom, and territorial exclusivity. The declaration was adopted at our plenary meeting at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday 21st May 2017 and has been published online.

CANNES: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar has been appointed the new Head of Studies at MIDPOINT Feature Launch. The appointment was announced by Prague-based MIDPOINT in Cannes.

PRAGUE: The Shanghai Media Group and Medea Group from the Czech Republic have signed an agreement to cooperate on film and TV production.

CANNES: The Cannes edition of the European Film Forum kicks off at 14:30 on Monday 22 May in Cannes at the Salan Des Ambassadeurs in the Festival Palais.