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MEDIA awarded €9 million in 2012

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- Further €7.6 million invested in the distribution of 50 British films in other European countries

The MEDIA Desk UK’s annual report reveals that the agency awarded more than 100 British companies over €9 million in MEDIA funding awards in 2012 – €1.6 million more than in 2011. In addition, a further €7.6 million was invested in the distribution of over 50 British films in other European countries. 

Several projects funded by the MEDIA development scheme completed production in 2012, including Mike Newell’s Great Expectations [+see also:
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, Jeremy Thomas-produced Kon-Tiki [+see also:
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and Neil Jordan’s Byzantium [+see also:
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The MEDIA Programme supported cinema releases of British films on the continent with the largest amount of nearly €1 million going to Quartet [+see also:
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, followed by over €800,000 for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [+see also:
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 and €600,000 for Working Title’s I Give It A Year [+see also:
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.  In the UK, distributors released 20 European films with MEDIA-support including Amour [+see also:
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interview: Michael Haneke
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, A Royal Affair [+see also:
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interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
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, The Hunt [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Vinterberg
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 and Love Is All you Need [+see also:
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With MEDIA due to expire at the end of the year, 2012 was a year of negotiations on the successor programme, Creative Europe. The final shape and budget of the new programme is still subject to negotiations.  The latest proposal, which now reflects the EU budget cuts agreed in February, includes 9% increase on current funding levels, which will allow for the launch of the new financing facility to encourage commercial lending to the creative industries.

Amanda Nevill, CEO of the BFI said, “The MEDIA Programme’s work in supporting British talent and helping to enrich the choice of films available to UK audiences provides a vital complement to our own work in these areas.”

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