20/12/2018 - Montenegro is to become the newest member of Eurimages on 1 January 2019

At its 153^rd meeting, held from 10 to 13 December in Tbilisi, the Council of Europe's Eurimages Board of Management announced that it is happy to welcome its new member state, Montenegro.

From 1 January 2019, co-production projects involving a producer from Montenegro can be submitted to Eurimages for examination at forthcoming Board of Management fund meetings.

"Eurimages has been a long-term goal for Montenegrin cinema," says Sehad Cekić, head of Montenegro Film Centre. "It is important as both a financing opportunity and a mechanism of furthering international co-operation, but also as a proof of the quality of our film productions and the industry as a whole. This membership is happening at the moment when both our film community and the government are excited to improve this field, which is especially significant for a small European country. Collaboration, exchange and co-production are at the core of Montenegrin cinema, and in this respect, it is identical to the Eurimages’ mission and vision. I expect that the first Montenegrin projects will soon apply for Eurimages support, especially feature-length fiction films."

Montenegro is already a member of Creative Europe's MEDIA subprogramme, the European Visual Observatory, and the European Film Promotion.