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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

A Cannes-do attitude to Europe’s film fund

Cannes film festival Opening Ceremony and The second act premiereCANNES, FRANCE - MAY 14: (L to R) Members of the Jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, French actor Omar Sy, US director and president of the Jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival Greta Gerwig, US actress Lily Gladstone, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, Turkish writer and photographer Ebru Ceylan, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Spanish director, producer and writer Juan Antonio Bayona, French actress Eva Green and Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino arrive for the Opening Ceremony and the screening of the film 'Le Deuxieme Acte' (The second act) at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Members of the jury for the Cannes film festival at the screening of Le Deuxieme Acte, 14 May 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Perhaps the first week of the Cannes film festival would be a good time for Labour to announce its intention to rejoin Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s film and television funding institution. The UK’s withdrawal from this and other European cultural institutions has served no purpose other than to place British creators at a disadvantage compared with their European counterparts.
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Pantin, France

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