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…

How to give old films a new life? Europa Distribution Panel in San Sebastian brings you Back to the Future

by Isabella Weber In a cinematic era dominated by nostalgia, representatives of the film industry too have sometimes the tendency of looking behind thinking “those were the days”… The golden days when independent films could count on a long theatrical exploitation, when free TVs were still buying quality content and a DVD was considered a…

The Bigger Picture on Public Film Funding – Europa Distribution in San Sebastian

by Isabella Weber   Absorbed in the small, time-consuming everyday tasks, sometimes professionals find it it hard to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. This is especially true for distributors when it comes to scouting for public film funds, which are essential in supporting the releases of many European titles. Up…

Sailing on legal offer streams

By Eva Morsch Kihn   In the framework of the 63rd edition of the International Film Festival of San Sebastián (Spain), Europa Distribution in cooperation with the Industry Club organised a workshop on the theme « Pushing legal offer and fighting piracy ».   “The basic pillars for films to exist online: new perspectives on discoverability, an eye-catching legal offer…