EU fact of the week
date: 17/05/2019
EU-funded UK movies at Cannes film festival
UK production Sorry we missed you by Ken Loach and co-production (Austria, UK, Germany) Little Joe by Jessica Hausner are among some 20 EU-funded films which will compete for the Cannes festival Palme d'Or this year. Other EU-funded movies in the main selection are Pain and Glory by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), The Traitorby Marco Bellocchio (Italy), Le Jeune Ahmed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium), and The Whistlers by Corneliu Porumboiu (Roumania, France, Germany). Fourteen other EU-funded movies will be presented in other parts of the festival. These films have been supported through the development, co-production and distribution schemes of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, for a total amount of €1.5 million (£1.3 million).