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BRUSSELS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen European Union (EU)-funded films are being screened at the ongoing 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 26 in Spain, according to the press release of the European Commission on Friday.
The EU has invested more than 1.2 million euros (1.37 million U.S. dollars) through the Creative Europe MEDIA program to support the development and distribution of these films, said the press release.
In particular, six EU-funded films have been selected to compete for the prestigious Golden Shell award.
Moreover, San Sebastian is also going to host the fifth event of the European Film Forum, in a workshop which explores the current and future role played by cinema audiences, said the press release.
Each year, the EU's media program supports around 2,000 European film and television projects, including series and other audio-visual works, which are distributed in cinemas, on television, and through video-on-demand.
Overall, the Commission will invest more than 100 million euros in European cinema and audio-visual industries during 2015. (1 euro = 1.15 U.S. dollars)
