Europa Distribution is the international association of independent film publishers and distributors, created in 2006. With around 130 leading independent distributors representing 32 countries in Europe and beyond, it acts as a network, a think tank and serves as the voice of the sector.
For close to 20 years, Europa Distribution has been creating opportunities for its members to share knowledge and pool experience, gather new skills and exchange ideas, views and concerns on both the audio-visual industry and films. Through dedicated panels, round tables, think tanks, labs, training sessions and gatherings, the association works to foster the circulation of inspiring initiatives, fresh ideas and good practices related to the various publishing and distribution strategies needed to connect films to audiences.
Through its public activities, Europa Distribution offers an insight on the world of independent film distribution to a broader audience. This helps professional from the audio-visual, academic or institutional sectors to look at the bigger picture of the constantly evolving film eco-system, focusing on the curation, promotion and distribution of independent films across Europe and beyond.
The association also acts as the voice of the sector in Brussels and regularly participates, in its capacity as a recognised spokesperson for independent film distribution, in round tables and consultations with the main European associations and institutions involved in the audio-visual sector, to ensure that the priorities and concerns of its members are taken into consideration by policy makers.
The Spanish film director Isabel Coixet is the President of Honour of Europa Distribution. The Board of Administration, chaired by Kim Foss (Camera Film, Denmark) and Eduardo Escudero (A ContraCorriente, Spain), is composed of 13 independent film publishers and distributors, representative in terms of regions, gender, type of structure and cultural diversity. Christine Eloy, a former Belgian distributor, is managing the association since 2013.
Eduardo
Sabine
Luis
Marek
Kim
Björn
Jan
Johanna
Anastasia
Kristi
Vincent
Gabrielle
Simon
Christine
Marie-Line
Valentina
Francesca