New Cinema Fund head Paul Trijbits was quoted at the Babelsberg 2001 conference last week as saying, "at the moment there is plenty of money (for production) but what isn't there is a cohesive plan of how to build a better, more interesting and sustainable European film industry."

He suggested an annual meeting between European funding bodies to discuss development issues. He continued, "In the area of development there needs to be a much better exchange across Europe" he noted, "there is still a huge gap between local writers writing in the local language and then being able to deliver an English screenplay for the international market".

Trijbits stated that the New Cinema Fund is currently working with the Danish Film Institute and Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg "to see whether we can combine resources because we see the exchange of techniques as being key".