Brussels, 27/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - 12 films supported by the MEDIA Programme are included in the various Cannes selections for this year's 58th festival on 11 May. Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, welcomed the “creative flowering of European film-making and the strong showing of MEDIA supported films” at this prestigious event. The 12 EU feature films are: Lemming, by Dominik Moll, which received 125.000€; Caché, by Michael Haneke (which received 326,371€), Manderlay by Lars von Trier (which received 255,822€), and L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (which received 84.009€); Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion (which received 100.000€), C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé by Michel Picoli (which received 10.000€); Un certain regard: Le temps qui reste by François Ozon (which received 55.600€) and Habana Blues by Benito Zembrano (which received 168.000€); L'orrizonte degli eventi by Daniele Vicari (which received 83,750€); La petite Jérusalem by Karin Albou (which received 30,745€) and Vento di Terra by Vincenzo Marra (which received 32,439€) and Cache Cache by Yves Caumon (which received 77. 000€). The European Commission is also organising for the third time with the Cannes Festival organisers, a Europe Day on the theme of "European films and the Information Society". Viviane Reding will present for the second time at Cannes, the European Union "New Talents” Prize.
In 2004, MEDIA invested 110 million € in European cinema, in the fields of training, of development, of distribution and of promotion. It also financed more than 500 distribution campaigns, enabling 52 films to be seen outside their territory of origin.