Open letter and petition - Europe needs cinema. Cinema needs Europe.
Thousands of cinema professionals, including prominent directors, authors, actors and industry leaders from across Europe and beyond have come together around this simple but urgent message: Europe needs cinema. Cinema needs Europe. They have signed an Open Letter calling on the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to preserve and reinforce the MEDIA programme as a major instrument of support for European independent cinema. For more than 35 years,
Joint Statement - Safeguarding Fair and Predictable Funding within AgoraEU
We, representatives of the European film and audiovisual sector and the press sector, welcome the European Commission’s ambition to strengthen support for culture, audiovisual, media and democratic values under the future AgoraEU programme. However, we express strong concerns regarding the proposed grouping of the audiovisual and news within a single “MEDIA+” strand. Together, we wish to strongly underline that the film and audiovisual sector and the media and press sectors o
European Film and Audiovisual Sector Joint Statement Regarding the Proposed AgoraEU - MEDIA+ Programme
Brussels, 20th April 2026 We, the European organisations representing the entire European film and audiovisual sector, would like to highlight the pivotal role played by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. This milestone demonstrates the programme’s value and impact and makes it a true European success story. Over the past decades, MEDIA has supported and promoted Europe's culture on a global scale, encouraging cultural