European directors are uniting to defend "European culture". In the context of the European Film Forum organised by the European Commission on Monday 19 February in a backdrop to the Berlinale Film Festival, they published an open letter that has so far received the support of around 200 signatories from 24 countries (including 21 member states).
The document is co-signed by Ken Loach, the Dardenne brothers and Costa-Gavras and takes a position on the major European reforms currently being...