02. October 2014

Best Wishes Sebastian Kurz

Sebastian Kurz
Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs:

I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations on the well-proven organisation and the, albeit expectable, success of the LET’S CEE Film Festival. Your project - also sponsored by the cultural politics section of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs - brings a large number of people together and inspires with a great selection of films that transport values and are essential for a peaceful co-existence, far from prejudice and intolerance. Your work and commitment are a significant contribution to diversity becoming not only accepted, but appreciated in European society. Multilingualism is an integral part of our living reality and a key component of Europe’s cultural diversity. This is also evident in your project. Art is a precious good that connects cultures and helps people better understand, tolerate and mutually enrich one another. This makes art a key to integration and a guiding light towards tolerance and mutual understanding. Art is of immeasurable importance to a society that is free of prejudice. This is shown again this year in the institution of the LET’S CEE Film Festival, which reaches a large number of people with its selection of films from Central and Eastern Europe, providing food for thought and giving opportunities for discourse. A mutual interest connects these different cultures, one for dialogue and cooperation on a national and international level. Your project helps support international dialogue and influences it in a very positive and delightful way.

With this in mind, I wish you the very best and continued success for the future!

In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Ihnen alles Gute und weiterhin viel Erfolg für die Zukunft.