This conference, taking place at Marché du Film – Cannes Film Festival on Monday 23 May at 14.00-16.00, is co-developed by the European Audiovisual Production Association (CEPI); Eurocinema; Europa Distribution; Europa International; the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF); the International Federation of Film Distributors’ and Publishers’ Association (FIAD); the Federation of European Screen…
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The Marché du Film and the European independent distributors
By Davide Abbatescianni Cannes’ Marché du Film has always been an event of crucial importance for the whole international film industry. After the cancellation of the 2020 festival and the huge disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the world’s largest film market is a much-anticipated opportunity for distributors, sales agents,…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Distribution But Were Afraid to Ask
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Distribution But Were Afraid to Ask Risks or Opportunities? A look to Film Distribution today by Isabella Weber Outside of the cinema industry there is not much awareness about the existence of a special bridge that takes a film from being made to being seen, and that…
Diverge by James Morrison, award of the 4th edition of US in Progress in Paris
by Claire La Combe DIVERGE, first feature film by the American James Morrison, has just won the prize of the 4th edition of US in progress Paris. The jury, composed by ten different professionals, including Christelle Oscar (Haut et Court, France) as member of Europa Distribution, elected this project among four other works-in-progress presented during…
Open panel in Rome – New patterns of film marketing and distribution
The whole film industry knows it well : the digital era has brought many changes in the daily work of its stakeholders but also in the audience’s habits and expectations. In order to keep up, you have to adapt and think about new strategies. In Rome, Europa Distribution in partnership with The Business Street organised an…
The fight against piracy: response and responsibility
“The film industry has to come up with new strategies to fight piracy“, says Torsten Frehse, CEO of Berlin-based distribution company Neue Visionen. Since films can be reproduced digitally, piracy is no longer an issue that only affects the major studios. Independent European distributors report growing damages because their art house titles are pirated.…
“What kids want” by Birgit Heidsiek
The future audience of art house films is determined by our children. Film education is an essential element for audience building. But it is not easy to get the young audience interested in animated art house films as distributors from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, and Switzerland reported at the annual conference of Europa Distribution…
Press Conference – June 11 at 5pm : Creators go to Strasbourg to defend the cultural exception!
A delegation of creators, artists, performers and directors members of the coalition of the 6200 creators who have submitted a petition to the European Parliament will be in Strasbourg next Tuesday June 11, to defend the massive European Parliament vote in favor of the exclusion of cultural and audiovisual services, including online services, from the…
