WORKSHOP 2: HOW TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF EUROPEAN PRODUCTIONS IN THEATRES?

• Increasing the potential of European films: joint distributor-exhibitor strategies (case studies).
• Does the disengagement of television channels impact offer diversity?
• Does the concentration of operators and the media respect the success of independents?
• What's new in the chronology of the release windows?
• The emergence of VOD ("Video on Demand"): Impact on theatre attendance.

Led by Michael Gubbins (Chief Editor, Screen International, United Kingdom)

Stefan de Potter (Distributor, Cinéart/Cinélibre, Belgium)
Isabelle Dubar (Distributor, ID Distribution, France)
Antonio Medici (Distributor, BIM Distribuzione, Italy)
Marcin Piasecki (Distributor, Kino Swiat, Poland)
Linda Pariser (Exhibitor, Corner House, United Kingdom)
Enrique Gonzales Macho (Exhibitor and distributor, Renoir Cinemas and Alta Films, Spain)
Jean-Jacques Varret (Distributor, Films du Paradoxe, France)
Johannes Klingsporn (Head of Verband der Deutschen Filmverleiher, Germany)
Nicole La Bouverie (General Delegate, Procibel, Belgium)
André Lange (Head of Department Markets & Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory)