Eurocinema, Europacinema, EuropaDistribution, Europa International, FIAD, SAA and UNIC declare their support for a petition launched by European film-makers. The petition aims to exclude audiovisual and cinematographic services from the negotiation mandate of the European Commission for the trade negotiations between the USA and Europe. These organisations, standing alongside the film-makers who have already signed…
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2013 LUX Prize – chronicle #1 | “No matter the topic, as long as the film is good, it will create dialogue” by Claire La Combe
The 2013 edition of the LUX Prize has officially started. A month ago, the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament has endorsed the 2013 Selection panel [a 17 person panel], but it is last Thursday, on March 21st, that the first panel meeting took place. Kick off meeting oblige and because film…
Day & Date article 3: 5 Challenges for a fruitful Day-and-Date Experience by Sarah Calderon
“People don’t go into a store because they need one of our drills. They go because they need a hole in the wall.” Black and Decker CEO. I was recently invited by our partner Europa Distribution to moderate a workshop about Day-and-Date, particularly focusing on new compromises and mutual benefits between simultaneous VOD and…
Day & Date article 2: Where there’s an advantage there’s a disadvantage too by Birgit Heidsiek
Feedback from Distributors and Exhibitors “I am interested in experimenting and gathering date from day-and-date experiments to see if VoD release affects theatrical releases at all”, says Jakub Duszyński, artistic director of Gutek Film that participates in the MEDIA-supported initiative EDAD (European Day-and-Date). “We are waiting for a first film to agree on.” According to…
Day & Date article 1: Audience demand in a digital world by Birgit Heidsiek
The Tide Experiment, Speedbunch, EDAD “Audiences are living in a world where everything is available now and everywhere. The major challenge for audiences is just how they work their way through everything“, stresses Madleine Probst, programme developer at the cultural cinema and digital creativity centre Watershed in Bristol. “It’s also worth noting that despite the…
