By Jesús Silva While the number of animation titles has increased within the catalogues of independent distributors in recent years, finding the right target audience and appropriate tools when promoting these kinds of films remains one of the greatest challenges for publishers, considering we are dealing with cultural products which are still widely regarded as…
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Interview with Oscar Eriksson, Head of Film Acquisitions of Folkets Bio, Sweden
By Joachim Soudan We spoke to Folkets Bio’s Head of Acquisitions, Oscar Eriksson about the Swedish cinema market and its reaction to the pandemic, and his point of view over the importance of theatres and the curator’s work distributors do with their specific audience. What is Folkets Bio’s editorial policy? We are currently…
Animation films for adults: Challenges and Opportunities – Cartoon Movie 2019
Europa Distribution Workshop at Cartoon by Isabella Weber Over the past few years « A List » International Film Festivals such as Cannes have been opening their selections to filmmakers working with animation (Red Turtle, Zombillennium, Mirai…), offering a new visibilty to those animation films that do not directly address children. But what happens to such…
European Distribution : Focus on Scandinavia
by Birgit Heidsiek Spotlight on Scandinavia: All about audience access for arthouse films Since decades, the Scandinavian countries have had the highest number of average admissions in Europe. Although the Icelanders don’t go thirteen times per year anymore to the cinema as they used to do it in the early 1980’s, the insular…
Europa Distribution on the VoD Gold Rush in San Sebastian
by Isabella Weber Celebrating the 10th edition of its San Sebastian workshop in partnership with the San Sebastian Film Festival, Europa Distribution proposed this year a panel on the promotion of independent films on VoD, open to all Industry accredited of the festival. Is VoD the new Gold Rush? How can independent films hope to…
