For the second year in a row, Europa Distribtion is partner of the “Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québecois” in Montréal. This 3 days professional event will showcase the best of Canadian movies and will allow participants to take part in talks and conferences on the hot matters in the industry today. Among the questions that will…
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Europa Distribution supports Lord Smith’s position on VPF
We welcome the publication this January of the Review of Progress on the Film Policy Review, report on the UK film industry achieved 2 years ago by an independent panel led by Lord Smith. We especially support the panel’s position on the VPF issue in the UK. In particular, it is to be noted that the panel…
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…
FNE Distributor of the Month: Tommi Salmelainen, Scanbox, Finland
FNE together with Europa Distribution continues its Distributor of the Month series in recognition of the hard work and excellence of European distributors and the common problems they face – especially in the transition to digitalisation. We choose a distributor from each country covered by FNE each month. We look at the challenges and the…
TV Sales in Europe : the end of film exploitation as we know it by Birgit Heidsiek
Due to the acquisition stop of various European TV stations, even very successful European art house distributors are facing a difficult situation. The circumstances are quite similar in the different parts of Europe. „We still try to sell our films to the national television and if I make a statement about how impossible it is,…
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for EAVE Film Marketing Workshop
EAVE is launching its call for applications for the Film Marketing Workshop! Discount of the workshop fee is offered to graduates of EAVE European Producers Workshop as well as to members of the EAVE partners Europa International and Europa Distribution. Application deadline: October 14, 2013 EXTENDED Deadline : October 21, 2013 ! 20th…
Europa distribution’s new manager
At the beginning of September, Christine Eloy (right) has taken over the position as the new manager of Europa Distribution. Christine Eloy, formerly head of sales at the Belgian distributor Cinéart, joined Europa Distribution already as an early member. The network of independent film distributors was created in 2006. The organization represents more than130…
“The VPF System – Distributors’ Feedback – Will the VPF ever vanish?” by Birgit Heidsiek
Due to the digitization of the cinemas and the consequent introduction of the VPF system the whole business model for distributors and exhibitors has changed tremendously. That is the bottom line which is experienced all over Europe. In some countries where industry representatives created their own VPF system that is supported by independent distributors, the…
“The VPF System – Exhibitors’ Feedback – The terms of transparency” by Birgit Heidsiek
The financing of the digital equipment is a matter of survival for the exhibitors. While some industry representatives in countries such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland figured out VPF systems for the independents, many theatres in Europe had to close deals with third parties in order to secure their existence. Due to their lack of…