Berlin hosts first Euromed Audiovisual II Regional Conference
by Cineuropa
The first Regional Conference of the Euromed Audiovisual II Programme will be held in the Germany capital on February 10-11, alongside the Berlinale.
Festival Director Dieter Kosslick and Carla Montesi, head of Unit for the South Mediterranean/ Near and Middle East of the European Commission’s EuropeAid Cooperation Office, will open the sessions.
The two days of the conference will provide an opportunity to also discuss topics such as "Financing and markets: Can southern films be financed on the market?" and "Creating a market in the South", with representatives from the San Sebastian, Dubai, Thessalonica, Istanbul and Damascus international film Festivals and others in attendance; as well as to focus on "The film industry in the South of the Mediterranean" and analyse different production and co-production support systems with representatives from Eurimages, the Israel Film Fund, the French CNC and the Moroccan Film Centre.
Leading figures from Northern and Southern Mediterranean cinema have been invited to attend the conference, including Karl Baumgartner (founder of German production/distribution company Pandora), Belgian producer Hubert Toint, filmmakers Amos Gitai (Israel), Michel Khleifi (Palestine) and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia), and Luciana Castellina, honorary president of Cineuropa.
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