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CEPI, the European Audiovisual Production association, is embracing every day a changing audiovisual landscape and its new digital opportunities.

Our members produce a wide and diverse range of high level content that our audience like to watch at the cinema and on TV.

National associations of Independent Producers and pan-European associations such as Animation Europe have joined CEPI and committed to strengthen and promote a healthy and competitive European independent audiovisual sector

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CEPI is ready to embrace the changing audiovisual environment, and understands the importance of ensuring all relevant stakeholders are engaged in and committed to fostering a strong independent film and television production sector.

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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

Belgian court upholds the legal foundation of investment obligations under the AVMS Directive

CEPI, the European Audiovisual Production Association, welcomes the ruling of the Belgian Constitutional Court upholding the investment obligations imposed by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles on audiovisual media service providers, including streaming platforms. This ruling confirms that the investment obligations imposed by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles are constitutionally valid, and rejects the majority of Netflix's claims against it. This decision confirms that the l

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