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Notiziario Marketpress di
Lunedì 13 Dicembre 2004
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BARCELONA HOSTS THE FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN CINEMA, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MEDIA PROGRAMME |
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Brussels, 13 December 2004 - This weekend, Barcelona will host the 17th European Film Awards 2004, a major festival of European cinema that recognises individual achievements. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for information society and media, will take part in the various activities organised by the European Film Academy this weekend. “It’s a pleasure to be back in Barcelona,” the Commissioner said. “Barcelona is the birthplace of Spanish cinema, the city where Fructuós Gelabert made films on the streets of Sants; back in the 1960s, the Barcelona film school represented a ray of hope and a breath of fresh air in what were difficult times. I’m hoping to have time to rediscover European cinema, to talk about new initiatives and examine how the Media programme - which invested over 100 million euros in European cinema in 2004 – together with other European projects can help relaunch this industry which indeed contributes so much to what we know today as intercultural dialogue." By attending the festival, Viviane Reding wants to demonstrate her support for the European Film Academy. Founded in 1989, the Academy is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. “An appropriate moment,” the Commissioner added, “to take stock of how far we have come and to explore new avenues which will allow European cinema to preserve its identity.” The European Film Awards are for best film, best director, best actor, best actress and so on, and there are seventeen categories in all. Many of the films nominated received financial backing from the Media programme. During their creation, seven of the nominees were subsidised, receiving a combined total of almost 300 million euros. Aid totalling just over 7 million euros was also granted for the distribution of 11 films. Spanish cinema is particularly strongly represented, with some of this year’s most prominent works nominated in various categories: Alejandro Amenábar, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are all on the list. As well as presenting awards, the European Academy is also organising workshops, providing a forum for debate on the main issues of concern for the European film industry. “Four centuries ago,” Viviane Reding concluded, “Cervantes encouraged us to dream through his book Don Quixote, in which he described Barcelona as ‘the treasure-house of courtesy.’ I hope this festival will mean that European cinema, which is not up against windmills but real giants, will continue to make us dream for a long time to come.”
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