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The evolution of the European film industries since the Second World War goes hand in hand with the gradual set-up of a multi-level film policy framework. At the European level, the MEDIA programmes (now part of Creative Europe) and the Eurimages fund form its most prominent elements. As the film sector in Europe is in the midst of a digital transition, their further articulation will contribute to how future borders in this sector will be shaped. At the same time, the evolution of these policy instruments has to be situated within borders of their own: those between different policy-making levels, as well as those between sometimes conflicting policy objectives.
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De Vinck, S., Pauwels, C. (2015). Beyond Borders and into the Digital Era: Future-proofing European-level Film Support Schemes. In: Bondebjerg, I., Redvall, E.N., Higson, A. (eds) European Cinema and Television. Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356888_6
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