411 exponents of the Film Industry, including an impressive number of Europa Distribution’s members, signed a letter addressed to Presidents Tajani and Tusk to raise the Parliament and Council’s awareness about the need for Territoriality. Absolute territorial exclusivity is the cornerstone of creativity and investment in European audiovisual works and other protected content – Communication…
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Releasing non-European films with ACM Distribution
ACM Distribution is part of World Cinema Support (Aide aux Cinémas du Monde in French, or ACM), a fund founded by the CNC dedicated to the international distribution of the films supported at the production stage. With the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme, this selective support is open to European companies that…
EU struggle on creative rights: in who’s best interest?
EU struggle on creative rights: in who’s best interest? by Claire La Combe Next Monday, April 27th, will be held an “extraordinary meeting” of the EU Parliament Committee on Culture & Education (CULT) in Strasbourg, with Commissioner Andrus Ansip (VP. For DG Connect) on the future strategy for a Digital Single Market…
Lobby March
by Claire La Combe This past month of March was kind of a renaissance of lobbying within the European film industry. Stakeholder organisations might not have been taking that many actions toward the European Commission since Cannes 2013 – when the TTIP[1] negotiations were to include cultural works – and maybe toward the European…
Lord Puttnam (FDA President) on DSM & copyright reform
LORD PUTTNAM OF QUEENSGATE CBE FDA PRESIDENT’S KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2015 AT 8 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON WC2N 5BY On the FDA’s Annual Industry Breakfast launching the FDA 2O15 Yearbook, on March 31st, 2015 Lord Puttnam as FDA President gave the keynote speak during which he addressed a number of key…
The EU institutions’ new groove – the weekly Digital rhyme
by Claire La Combe Last week was a busy week on the topic of “digital”. DG Connect Commissioners went touring on the Digital Market reforms for the EU. Platforms were different, but speeches were the same: “we need to remove barriers on the Digital Market in Europe (DSM)”; “we need to listen more to…
European Film Forum: (re)open(ed) talks on the Film market in the Digital Era
by Claire La Combe Last week at the Berlinale, was the occasion of the first European Film Forum (EFF) session. The keynote speech was given by Günther H. Oettinger, EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, himself. Bases were settled for a dialogue between the Commission and the Film industry stakeholders on the…
The President’s word – Rome, Oct 2014
Our president of honour Ursula Meier delivered a speech during our General Assembly as an opening to her three years presidency for Europa Distribution. I am Swiss, French ; I live in Brussels and deeply feel an European filmmaker. Europe is a mosaic of cultures and this is what makes its great richness and its…
Day and Date : Experiment in Progress
by Birgit Heidsiek Due to the impact of the digitization, cinema is not anymore the cinema as we knew it – this is not only true in terms of technique but also in regards to the choice of content, the concept of programming, the exploitation potential of a film as well as the…
The EU Copyright Consultation: The Nightmare before Christmas
The public consultation on the European copyright framework which was launched by the EU right before Christmas has alarmed authors, producers, distributors, exhibitors all over Europe. The efforts regarding the revision and modernization of the copyright affect the territorial rules in the single market, the harmonization, restrictions and exceptions of the copyright in the digital…