By Francesca Marchesini   From April 26 to 29, seventeen members of Europa Distribution attended the latest edition of Focus Asia, the industry program organised in the scope of the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. The industry section’s activities included a panel on the release of Asian films in different territories hosted…

  By Francesca Marchesini   On April 16, Europa Distribution organised the fifth edition of the online Green Distribution Lab, a workshop dedicated to sustainable practices in film distribution. The session creates a space to share tools and recommendations, to brainstorm about possible concrete actions to improve the sustainability of the sector, and to exchange…

By Francesca Marchesini On April 10 in Brussels, Europa Distribution held the closing session of the sixth edition of its all-female mentorship programme, EDMentorShe. The initiative was launched in 2019, in response to the gender imbalance within the independent distribution sector. A study conducted the year before showed that, while women were well represented among…

By Valentina Serra   2026 marked the 30th edition of Sofia International Film Festival and the 23rd Sofia Meetings, reaffirming once again its importance as an international co-production market. From March 18 to 22, Europa Distribution was back in Sofia for their ongoing partnership with the Bulgarian festival, organizing its well-established workshop focused on the…

By Marie-Line Lormans   Europa Distribution organized their workshop for film publishers and distributors of the association for the second time in scope of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival from March 15–18, 2026. Twenty independent distributors from across the world came together for a closed case study workshop focused on the release and…

By Valentina Serra This March, Europa Distribution reaffirmed its collaboration with Cartoon Movie, a partnership that has been ongoing for over fifteen years. They hosted the recurring case study workshop on animation distribution at the 28th edition of the European animation co-production and pitching event, which took place in Bordeaux between 3 and 6 March…

by Davide Abbatescianni 17/02/2026 – BERLINALE 2026: The event examined practical ways to strengthen ties between production, sales, distribution and exhibition, as industry professionals shared examples of collaboration across Europe On 15 February, Berlin’s European Film Market (12-18 February) hosted a panel organised by Europa Distribution head Christine Eloy, examining how stronger collaboration across the audiovisual value chain might help European films…

By Jesús Silva Vilas On 20–21 November, Europa Distribution held its 18th Network Conference in Brussels. The international association of independent film publishers and distributors, which will soon turn 20 years old, hosted this gathering for the first time outside the context of a film festival or market, allowing for a more customised and autonomous…