The New Cinema Communication: All’s Well that Ends Well? European Audiovisual Observatory publishes new IRIS plus report

The European Commission adopted its much disputed new-look Cinema Communication in November 2013. This re-vamped legal instrument lays down the rules by which the EU judges whether or not European film funds comply with EU state aid rules. It finally saw the light of day following an uphill consultation process with the industry and decision-makers, many of whom feared that new rules on territorial spending and the so-called subsidy race would scupper public film funding schemes. In its brand new IRIS plus report, the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, looks at the contents of this new 2013 Cinema Communication while re-treading the road which led to its latest re-write.