A welcome in France “for six months” for directors foreign to muzzled freedom of expression: this is the heart of “Free Cameras”, the support project announced by the Minister of Culture on August 29.
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Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak announced on August 29 the creation of “Free Cameras”, a French program to support film directors deprived of freedom of expression in their country of origin. The program will make it possible to welcome these directors in France “for at least six months”according to the indications provided by the minister on Europe 1.
“An agreement will be concluded between the Cité internationale des arts and the CNC (national cinema center, editor’s note) at the end of the month so that we can launch this project, and so that France continues to be this land of welcome for artists who need to express themselves freely and create freely”she said at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.
According to information provided by his office, the program is intended “to filmmakers who are developing a feature film project (documentary, fiction or animation) with an international vocation”. “It offers them a six-month stay in a residence in France, with full support for travel, accommodation and educational costs of the residence”we added from the same source.
The program will benefit from a “envelope of 200,000 euros for its first year, which will make it possible to accommodate a dozen residents”. French cinema is cinema “the most open to the world”welcomed Rima Abdul Malak, mentioning in particular the “60 co-production agreements via the CNC with other countries”.