The Minister of Culture salutes “good films, producers, directors and directors” in France
“I was very impressed by the courage and resilience of the Ukrainians, reports Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak on the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. About two hundred and fifty cultural sites have been destroyed in Ukraine, it is also a cultural war. » an emergency fund, “at the initiative of France”, was set up to support Ukrainian filmmakers, according to the minister. Thursday, M.me Abdul Malak traveled to Ukraine to announce its creation, as well as the translation of two hundred French works.
Asked regarding the health of French cinema, an industry shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister of Culture is delighted with the 15 million admissions recorded in January, “+ 10% compared to January 2020”. It shows “the appetite of the French for emotions on a large scale”and it is a result of “good films, producers, directors and directors”.
Rima Abdul Malak’s favourites: The worstdirected by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, a film ” full of tenderness “et Saint-Omerdirected by Alice Diop, who will represent France at the Oscars ceremony in the United States.