Russia and France will create the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
 

Russia and France will create a Film Academy

Paris. November 16. INTERFAX.RU - Minister of Culture of France Frederic Mitterrand, inspired by the idea of creating a Russian-French Film Academy.

At the meeting of a joint Franco-Russian Organizational Committee of the Year of Russia in France and the Year of France in Russia Mitterrand said that the goal of the Academy - "to facilitate joint French-Russian production, promotion of Russian cinema in France and in Europe, and French - in Russia."

He also said that Russia and France will cooperate in the establishment of the Byzantine Museum in the Louvre.

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