The World Cinema Alliance (Europe) is now a member of the Executive Secretariat of the European Union Platform on the Potential of Culture and Creative Industries, supporting the contribution of cinema to the cultural life of Europe and the world.
The steering committee elaborated the principal projects for the Alliance in 2009-10. These will be divided into regional and international representation and training and development in the crafts of cinema. In October, a delegation headed by WCA president Jaçek Bromski and celebrated director Roman Polanski will meet with the China Filmmaker’s Association in order to prepare the First World Congress of the Alliance, 2009.
There were three presentations to the meeting, from Latin America, North America and Korea and a resolution to support the Korean Coalition for Cultural Diversity was passed at the meeting.
The WCA is an alliance of related organisations and individuals world-wide, drawing membership from directors, producers, cinematographers, screen-writers, editors, composers, animators, designers, performers, and all those engaged in the collaborative art and craft of film-making. The overriding objective of the WCA is to cement and celebrate film in the cultural life of all nations.
The next meeting of the WCA will be in Lodz, Poland, November, 2008.
12th September 2008
