Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, gave a speech this week at the Berlin Film Festival about the future of making movies in Europe. As befits someone so young (a full Commissioner at 37) her aims are noble and altruistic, if somewhat protectionist, but the law of unintended consequences is almost certain to show its hand. Her rambling reverential speech about the beauty of film, touched on the cold war (she was in Berlin after all) and then on she went to the current economic climate (positive) – focusing on media’s role in strengthening competition and its openness shining a light on intolerance, inequality and racism – which was high praise indeed for an industry currently…