New and old challenges for the release of documentary films: Europa Distribution’s Case Studies at IDFA 2022

By Jesús Silva The substantial decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic, the overall challenges of releasing independent documentaries, the limited availability of titles for some territories or the effects of the war in Ukraine were among the many topics discussed by independent film distributors in the last workshop hosted by Europa…

The techniques for engaging audiences are already there, say speakers at the Europa Distribution’s panel in San Sebastián

by Elena Lazic   The last two years have proven challenging for theatres, many of which closed down during the height of the pandemic, but also for European films and the distributors releasing them. The myriad challenges they are currently facing — the accelerated rise of streamers during successive lockdowns, cinemagoing habits broken and difficult…