European Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen on Film Funding Overhaul and Paramount-WBD Merger: It ‘Might Have to Be Reviewed Under Several EU Regulatory Frameworks’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Andreea Neblea

Henna Virkkunen, EVP of the European Commission responsible for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, made the trek to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday for the first time, just as Europe’s film community is up in arms over plans for major changes to the EU’s Creative Europe funding program. On the eve of the fest’s opening, thousands of European film personalities, including Pawel Pawlikowski, Lukas Dhont and Rodrigo Sorogoyen, fired off an open letter claiming that the current plan to