FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy. This month…
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Summary of our conference in Annecy 2014 – Connecting with the Public from the Production Phase: Keys to Success for a Brilliant Distribution
From June 10-12, Europa Distribution was in Annecy for a workshop on animation with its members. We also organised in partnership with Mifa, an open panel : Connecting with the Public from the Production Phase: Keys to Success for a Brilliant Distribution. To know more about what was discussed and what were the conclusions, click…
Panel in Karlovy Vary – July 7 2014
This year, Europa Distribution was present in Karlovy Vary for an open panel organised in cooperation with Karlovy Vary IFF and the LUX Prize of European Parliament. It took place on Monday 07/07/2014, from 10:00 to 12:00 at Barrandov Studios’ Villa (Becher´s Villa), Krále Jiřího 9. « Supporting ‘fragile’ films – a realistic dream ? » Arthouse films…
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…
Ciné en Construccion: ED&CICAE award goes to…
From March 27 to 28 Ciné en Construccion Toulouse presented six Latin-American movies looking to be completed with post-production. Europa Distribution, along with the CICAE awarded one of these works-in progress with the Distributors and Exhibitors prize. This year, the jury was composed of two ED members, Carlo Dias (Amstel Film, Netherlands) and Harald Baur…
ED partners with the RVCQ
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…
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…