By Jesús Silva Vilas In a new effort to foster collaboration within the film industry, Europa Distribution organised the first international working session bringing together distributors and producers. This initiative marked the launch of a new partnership with the Venice Production Bridge in the framework of the 80th Venice International Film Festival. On Sunday, 3…
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New and old challenges for the release of documentary films: Europa Distribution’s Case Studies at IDFA 2022
By Jesús Silva The substantial decline in cinema attendance for arthouse films after the pandemic, the overall challenges of releasing independent documentaries, the limited availability of titles for some territories or the effects of the war in Ukraine were among the many topics discussed by independent film distributors in the last workshop hosted by Europa…
Interview with Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach, CEO and Acquisitions Executive of Madman Entertainment, Australia/New Zealand
By Jesús Silva and Isabella Weber We talked to Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach, CEO and Acquisitions Executive of Madman Entertainment, about the particularities of distributing European and foreign-language films in Australia and New Zealand. Due to the huge volume of films being released every year, it is crucial for independent distributors in these…
