By Jesús Silva We caught up with Laurent Dutoit, CEO of Agora Films, to discuss the main challenges of the Swiss market for independent film distribution, such as the multilingual nature of the territory and the fundamental collaboration with the neighbouring countries. Switzerland decided to open cinemas on June 8, after three months of…
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Interview with Aistė Račaitytė, Head of Sales and Acquisitions at Kino Pavasaris Distribution, Lithuania
By Frances Harvey Vilnius International Film Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, but due to COVID-19, their extensive schedule of celebratory events had to be cancelled. At very short notice, they managed to move the Festival online, giving a boost to local VOD platforms. After the close of the festival, we talked to…
Where’s my film? Availability and visibility of European films on VoD platforms
by Isabella Weber Over the past six years the expansion in Europe of big international VoD players such as Netflix and Amazon has started an irreversible process that is changing – and, according to some, disrupting – the whole film market. While it is true that those consumers who know what they want can…
The Act of Releasing: How to bring documentaries to theatres successfully.
by Isabella Weber Landing for the first time at the IDFA, Europa Distribution on November 19th made full house organizing -in partnership with the Festival’s Industry Talk programme- a public panel dedicated to the potential of documentaries when it comes to theatrical release. The panel of experts involved to explore the theme included independent distributors members of the Europa…
MEDIA Success Stories, Volume II: Scope100, European Film Challenge and Europa Distribution
by Isabella Weber After analysing the role that the MEDIA programme has had in the support of European film distribution through its schemes directly dedicated to distributors over the past years (read here the article), we explore here the goals and the achievements of two projects (Scope100 and The European Film Challenge) and of one sector’s association (Europa…
Cine en Construcción Toulouse: Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl! awarded by distributors and exhibitors
Last week, Europa Distribution was in Toulouse to award along with the CICAE the European Distributors and Exhibitors Prize for the 29th edition of Cine en Construcción, an event organized jointly by Toulouse and San Sebastian whose aim is to present top Latin-American films in post-production phase. The jury was composed of two ED members,…
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…
