CineEurope 2017 
CineEurope 2017, UNIC’s official annual convention and Europe’s biggest cinema exhibitors’ gathering, will take place from 19 - 22 June in Barcelona, Spain - UNIC

Creative Europe MEDIA
2/03: S&Ds call on the Commission to increase funding for European creative, cultural and audiovisual sectors – S&D website
“We believe, that the integration of funds is indispensable. It could enable the European Union to not only value its cultural and linguistic diversity, but also strengthen the culture and creativity sectors, which are currently supporting growth” stated MEP Silvia Costa.
6/03: Deadline for the Open Public Consultation in relation with the evaluation of the Creative Europe programme is April 16 – Creative Europe Media
The consultation aims to gather comments and perspectives on the relevance of the Creative Europe programme's objectives, the effectiveness of the measures taken to achieve them and the efficiency of their implementation.

Copyright
8/03: Politico publishes (part of) draft copyright report by MEP Comodini Cachia – The IPKat & here
Politico Europe (PRO version) has just published part of the text of the draft report that MEP Comodini Cachia is preparing on the European Commission's copyright package - including the proposal for a directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market - at the request of the European Parliament.

Czech Republic
10/03: Czech Film Center and Czech Film Commission Became Part of the State Cinematography Fund – FNE
The Czech Film Center together with the Czech Film Commission became part of the State Cinematography Fund, an institution that plays a key role in shaping the filmmaking environment in the Czech Republic.

Events:
21/05: European Audiovisual Observatory Conference, Cannes 
22/05: European Film Forum, Cannes
15-16/06: Digital Assembly, Malta – more information here