Orange partnering the European Cultural Season

From July 1 to December 31, 2008, in connection with the French Presidency of the European Union, Orange is partnering the European Cultural Season, which will be showcasing the cultures of the European Union’s 27 member states. Several hundred events will be taking place in France and elsewhere around Europe to make this Europe of creation and heritage accessible and attractive to as many people as possible.

Orange, the main partner for the European Cultural Season, wanted, through this commitment, to provide support for European creation, and more specifically the cinema, vocal music and the digital arts, in line with its business and its corporate citizenship policy.

As far as the cinema is concerned, Orange is partnering the projection cycle "One century in Europe, One century of cinema" and the Salon Cinéditions room at the Cinémathèque Française in July, as well as a number of other exceptional events, such as the Tour de France of European film directors from July to December, or the European four screen festival in November 2008.

In line with the Orange Foundation, the Group wanted to support musical projects for the European Cultural Season, such as the “tandem” project co-produced by France and Romania around the “Codex Caioni”, from August to December, the France-Slovakia tandem around Hummel‘s opera “Mathilde de Guise” at the end of 2008, and an exceptional concert to mark the end of the parliamentary session on December 16, 2008, in Strasbourg, directed by Claire Gibault with the Bratislava Orchestra and over 150 children from different countries within the European Community.
Lastly, the Group is supporting the major celebration of digital arts, with the “Images in the Night” exhibition, the closing event for the European Cultural Season, which will be taking place from December 18 to 31, 2008, at the Grand Palais in Paris.


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European Cultural Season
la Cinémathèque Française
Orange Foundation