by Davide Abbatescianni On Sunday 16 February, Berlin’s Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation hosted the European Film Market (EFM) panel “Lost in Translation? Independent Cinema Can Speak to Youth!”. The session brought together distributors, researchers and marketing experts to explore innovative ways of engaging viewers aged 15-25. Moderated by Michael Gubbins, the event saw…
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European distributors discuss strategic uses of AI and TikTok and meet sales agents in San Sebastián
As part of their longstanding collaboration with the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Europa Distribution hosted from 23 to 25 September a three-day series of working sessions, bringing together around 40 distributors, members of the association, alongside 20 sales agents from the Europa International network, to explore effective ways to enhance collaboration between the two sectors. While the focus of…
EUROPA DISTRIBUTION CONNECTS SCRIPT ANALYSIS AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AT SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
By Sarah Quinless As part of their longstanding and fruitful partnership with the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Europa Distribution gathered 35 distributors for a 3-day long workshop on script analysis in the scope of the festival from 24-28 of September 2023. The main goal of this workshop was to give distributors a greater…
Europa Distribution discussed building new audiences in Berlin
By Jesús Silva Launching a new partnership with the European Film Market, Europa Distribution held its 16th Annual Conference at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. The event gathered around sixty members of the association, coming from 25 different countries —from all over Europe and beyond—, who attended the various activities organised by the European…
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…
