We, Europa Distribution, Europa International, Europa Cinemas, European organizations and L’ARP, last year initiator of movie-makers petition to protect the MEDIA Programme independence, representing together an important European audiovisual and cinematographic chain, would like to support the multi-annual budget increase for the cultural and creative sectors proposed by Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on November 23, 2011, and underline the importance of the MEDIA Programme within Creative Europe, and more specifically the necessity for distribution (local distributors and international sales agents) and exhibition to remain at the heart of the future MEDIA Programme.