by Isabella Weber Gone are the days when the word “documentary” would only evoke tiny lions and gazelles running on your TV screens. Over the past years, documentary films have been knocking at bigger and bigger doors and gained access to “class A” film festivals, getting at the core of their official competitions and…
Workshops
Joining resources to grow stronger together : Europa Distribution’s workshop in Sofia
by Isabella Weber Far from being prerogative of do-gooders dictionaries, expressions such as “sharing economy,” “co-creation,” “open data” define today very concrete business models. So when it comes to indie film distribution, what can be shared? 20 distributors, 1 transmedia architect, 1 cultural centre manager and 1 representative of the Lux Film Prize…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Distribution But Were Afraid to Ask
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Distribution But Were Afraid to Ask Risks or Opportunities? A look to Film Distribution today by Isabella Weber Outside of the cinema industry there is not much awareness about the existence of a special bridge that takes a film from being made to being seen, and that…
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…
9th annual conference at Karlovy Vary IFF 2015
by Eva Morsch Kihn The 9th Europa Distribution annual conference, organized with the support of Creative Europe, took place from July the 5th to the 8th in the scope of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic. This event is part of a cycle of workshops organized by Europa Distribution all year round…
Step In roundtables in Locarno 2015
Europa Distribution was present in Locarno on August 9 for Step In roundtables, the festival’s initiative during which once a year, several professionals from all the value chain dedicate a full day to reflect together on problematics related to the film industry. Christine Eloy, General Manager of Europa Distribution, was moderating the table focusing on…
Discussing animation in Annecy
by Isabella Weber In the lively framework of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Europa Distribution gathered some of its members to discuss about animation on two separate occasions. In the morning of June the 17th, an internal workshop conceived for a small group of distributors of the network took place. Later, on the…
Audience… Where are you? – ED workshop in Sofia 2015
by Isabella Weber The ability to target and reach the right audience for a film can make the difference between a successful release and a flop. The Europa Distribution workshop, which took place on 13th and 14th of March within the framework of the “Sofia Meetings”, gathered 21 European distributors eager to share their experiences…
