8 Amendments of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2010/2306(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas culture forms a fundamental basis for European identities and shared values,is at the heart of contemporary debates on identity, social cohesion, and the development of a knowledge-based economy, as is stated in the 2001 UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas culture should integrate and unite European citizens particularly everyone has the right to participate in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts and whereas cinema art, moreover, helps people to acknowledge one another, sharing times of crisis,he same human experience, helping to create a European identity;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas local and regional authorities play an important social and cultural role in municipalities and rural areas where they are often the only source of access to culture for the local community;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the EC to support the full digitisation of EU cinemas and to establish European and national programmes to support the transition to digital technologies and encourage the circulation of European films within an audiovisual sector that is globally very competitive;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that cinemas are places where people meet and exchange views and stresses that the disappearance of small and independent cinemas, in particular in small towns and less developed regions may limit access to European cinemassmall and independent cinemas and art house cinemas play their part in balancing and enriching the cinema mix and providing diversity, as well as helping to develop social ties, in particular in small towns and less developed regions; calls therefore for a solution to be found in which urban and rural areas work together to preserve them in Europe;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that film education constitutes an important element in developing positive personality traits, which represent common values recognised by societies and across generationhelps develop an analytical mind and train young people generally, as it enables learning about heritage to be combined with becoming aware of the complexity of the universe of images and sounds;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that new initiatives must be introduced as part of the next generation of the MEDIA programme to improve and promote translation, dubbing, subtitling and surtitling; recalls that the investment in new cinema technology and the transition to digital should improve accessibility for disabled people, particularly through the introduction of audio description;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Recommends that the MEDIA programme invest in VOD as part of its efforts to support pan-European distribution, promote transnational collaboration between platforms and reward initiatives involving cross-border collaboration;