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The Declaration of Malaga signed

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The first gathering of the European Film Commissions has ended with the signing of the Declaration of Malaga. The 125 representatives of the Film Commissions in France, Germany, Ireland, Britain, Italy, Malta, Spain and America were holding discussions in the Spanish city of Malaga yesterday. The new agreement promotes the collaboration between the European Film Commissions, with the aim of harmonising their development and increasing the potential of the European network on the world stage.
The debate stressed the complexity of the European network, which has developed into a total of 170 offices over the last five years, covering 17 European countries (in comparison, the American Association of Film Commissioners International - AFCI - unites a total of 187 offices). The aim is to give Europe the same go-getting dynamism as America.

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The Declaration covers three main areas: to start discussions on the possible creation of a linking organisation for the Film Commissions operating in Europe, without affecting the autonomy of the various offices; to stablise methods the Film Commissions can use to take part in EU debates on the audiovisual industry and finally to promote the 1st European Film Commission Conference, which should be taking place in October 2004.

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(Translated from Italian)

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