North Macedonia Signs Film Coproduction Agreement with France
Bujar Osmani and Jean-Yves Le Drian
SKOPJE: Filmmakers from North Macedonia and France will have increased access to funding and incentives in both countries, following the signing of a coproduction treaty between North Macedonia and France.
The governments have signed a film coproduction agreement to enable films that are made jointly by Macedonian producers and their counterparts in France to qualify as films with national status in both countries, so that they may be eligible for any national incentives. The coproducer’s share can be at least 10 percent of the total film s budget.
Covid-19 sees French cinemas lose 70 percent of their spectators in 2020
By Ollia Horton with RFI LISTEN
REUTERS - GONZALO FUENTES
The number of cinema-goers in France dropped by nearly 70 percent in 2020, according to the latest figures. This due to lengthy closures and restrictions imposed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. For French cinema owners, who don t know whether they will re-open in January, the situation is at breaking point.
In its annual report released on Wednesday, the National Centre for Cinema (CNC) revealed that due to the lockdowns and restrictions brought on by the Covid-19 crisis, the number of people going to the cinema in France dropped by a whopping 69.4 percent in 2020.