Press Release: EU film support programme’s first global steps trigger interest in Asia and South America

Cooperation with the European film industry was in strong demand around the globe. The results of the first call for projects of a new EU initiative, the MEDIA International Preparatory Action, showed a lot of interest from audiovisual professionals around the world in working with Europe's film and audiovisual sector. The EU is to provide nearly €2 million of funding for 18 projects involving partners from Canada, Latin America, India, China, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Bosnia, Turkey and Georgia. The projects included joint training of film professionals, reciprocal promotion of films and cooperation between cinema networks. The hope was that this could set the stage for a broader EU film cooperation programme called MEDIA MUNDUS, coming in 2011.