The 13th annual Conference of Europa Cinemas will be held in Paris, from Thursday 13 November at 2 p.m. to Sunday 16 November 2008 at 2 p.m.
(See the news in Screen International)

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Conference and accommodation address:
Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse
19 Rue du Commandant Mouchotte
Paris 75014 France
Telephone: +33 (0)1 44 36 44 36

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

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PROGRAMME 

English - French - German - Italian - Spanish

European Film Previews


Thursday 13 November 2008

2:00-9:00 pm
PREVIEWS OF 10 EUROPEAN FILMS
(Original Version with English Subtitles)
(Cinéma L'Entrepôt - 7/9 rue Francis de Pressensé - 75014 Paris)

Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) by Robert Lakatos (Hungary) - Europa Cinemas Label Karlovy Vary 2008
Hooked (Pescuit Sportiv) by Adrian Sitaru (Romania)
Bullet in The Head (Tiro en la cabeza) by Jaime Rosales (Spain)
Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) by Ruben Östlund (Sweden)
Louise Michel by Gustave de Kervern & Benoît Delepine (France)
Machan by Uberto Pasolini (Italy / UK) - Europa Cinemas Label Venice Days 2008
No Pop-corn on The Floor (Une saison sans pop corn) by Gaël Mocaër (France)
Jerichow by Christian Petzold (Germany)
Revanche by Götz Spielmann (Austria) – Europa Cinemas Label Berlin Panorama 2008
Pranzo di Ferragosto by Gianni Di Gregorio (Italy)
Programme of the screenings


Friday 14 November 2008

10:30-11:30am
LAUNCH OF THE EUROPA CINEMAS CONFERENCE (HOTEL MERIDIEN MONTPARNASSE)

Claude Miller (Director, Europa Cinemas’ President)
Véronique Cayla (General Director, National Film Centre, France)
Christophe Forax (Member of the Cabinet of Mrs Viviane Reding, European Commission)
Peter Dinges (General Director, Filmförderungsanstalt, Germany)
Claude-Eric Poiroux (Europa Cinemas’ General Director)

11:30am-1:00pm
KEYNOTE SPEECH BY GILLES LIPOVETSKY (PHILOSOPHER, FRANCE) :
"CINEMA FACES THE NEW CULTURE OF IMAGES AND SCREENS"

12:30-1:00pm
SPEECH OF MRS CHRISTINE ALBANEL (MINISTER OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION, FRANCE)

2:30-6:00pm
SESSION 1 – WHAT ARE THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PUBLIC POLICIES TOWARD CINEMA VENUES?
• An overview of local and regional public funding policies towards cinemas across Europe.
• How can local and regional policies guarantee the diversity of cinemas and films?
• Transition to digital technology: what are the local and regional measures in place to support cinema investments?
• Developing new audiences: a matter for both exhibitors and the public sector?

Led by Michael Gubbins (Chief Editor, Screen International, UK)

Susan Newman-Baudais (Analyst, Information on Markets & Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory)
Paolo A. Rebaudengo (Deputy President, Education/Training/Employment, Province of Bologna, Italy)
Sylvie Robert (President of the Commission for Culture, Association of French Regions, France)
Calle Nathanson (Officer at the Growth and Community Development Division, Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Sweden)
Martin Soukup (Deputy Mayor for Culture, Education, Healthcare and Social Affairs, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Claudia Droste-Deselaers (Deputy Director, Filmstiftung NRW, Germany)
Jean-Marie Hermand (Exhibitor, Churchill – Le Parc – Sauvenière, Liège, Belgium)
Dr. Elisabeth Vitouch (Coordinator, EDUC Commission for Culture, Education and Research, Committee of the Regions, Austria)
Pierre Godin (Policies Analyst, DG REGIO, European Commission)
Lene Løken (General Director, Film & Kino, Norway)
Jacek Wilczyński (General Secretary, the Polish Audiovisual Chamber of Commerce, Poland)
Roger Tropéano (Chairman, Les Rencontres – Association of European cities and regions for Culture)
Ignasi Guardans (Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Culture, Spain)

7:00pm
RECEPTION-DINNER (HOTEL MERIDIEN MONTPARNASSE) (By Invitation)

9:00pm
AWARD CEREMONY OF THE EUROPA CINEMAS PRIZES (Best Exhibitors of the Year)
PREVIEW OF THE FILM Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle - United Kingdom / USA - 120' (English and French Subtitles)
(Publicis Cinémas - 129 avenue des Champs-Elysées - 75 008 Paris)
(By Invitation)


Saturday 15 November 2008

9:30am-5:00pm

SESSION 2 – CHOICE OF 2 WORKSHOPS:

KEYNOTE SPEECH BY LAURENT CRETON (PROFESSOR OF CINEMA ECONOMICS, FRANCE) :
"HOW ARE CINEMAS RESPONDING TO CURRENT CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY?"

W1: DISTRIBUTOR – EXHIBITOR: WORKING TOGETHER IN THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
• Towards which economic models is the cinema sector orienting itself? A European review.
• What are the solutions being developed by the independent sector?
• What initiatives should producers take in the transition to digital technology?
• How can digital projection facilitate the distribution of European films in small markets?

Led by David Hancock (Head of Film and Cinema, Screen Digest, UK)

Peter Dinges (General Director, Filmförderungsanstalt, Germany)
Rolv Gjestland (Technical Director, Film&Kino, Norway)
Patrick Brouiller (President of the French Association of Arthouse Cinemas, France)
Phil Clapp (Chief Executive, Cinema Exhibitors' Association, UK)
Harri Ahokas (Head of Domestic Distribution, The Finnish Film Foundation, Finland)
Fiona Deans (Head of Digital Cinema, Arts Alliance Media, UK)
Serge Plasch (CEO and Managing Director, XDC, Belgium)
Jean Mizrahi (President Chief Executive Officer, Ymagis, France)
Patrick Vanhoudt (Economist, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg)
Gerald Miersch (Acting Head of Unit Antitrust & Medias, DG COMP, European Commission)
Thierry Delpit (Head of Development, CN Films, France)
Christine Eloy (Distributor, Cinéart, Belgium)
Carole Scotta (Producer, Distributor, Haut et Court, France)
Rita Linda Potyondi (Coordinator, Proton Cinema Ltd, Hungary)
Roberto Bassano (General Director, Microcinema SpA, Italy)
Antoine Virenque (General Secretary of the FIAD and President of the European Digital Cinema Forum, France)

W2: THE PLACE OF EUROPEAN CINEMA IN THE ERA OF IMAGE-FLOOD AND INTERACTIVITY
• How to modernise the image of our cinemas? New concepts and identities.
• Are audience choices conditioned by market saturation and the shortage of films?
• How can cinemas join forces to better promote and tour European films?
• Developing young audiences' "taste for cinema": the role of theatres, film libraries, festivals and DVD editions.

Led by Michael Gubbins (Chief Editor, Screen International, UK)

Thierry Decuypere (Architect of the Cinema Sauvenière, Liège, Belgium)
Maretta Dillon and Neil Connolly (Exhibitors, Lighthouse Cinema Smithfield, Dublin, Ireland)
Rickard Gramfors (Project Manager, Digital Cinemas, Folkets Hus & Parker, Sweden)                               
Ted Chiaradia (Exhibition Consultant, Netherlands Film Fund, The Netherlands)
Andre Ceuterick (Exhibitor, Cinema Plaza Art, Mons, Belgium)
Barbara de Wijn and Dagan Cohen (Project managers, Upload Cinema, The Netherlands)
Eric Vicente (Exhibitor, Distributor, Sophie Dulac Distribution, France)
Andrea Occhipinti (Producer, Distributor, Exhibitor, Lucky Red Distribuzione, Italy)
Thomas Matlok (Distributor, Pandora Filmverleih, Germany)
Rob Kenny (Operations Director, Curzon Artifical Eye Cinemas, UK)
Jean-Yves Bloch (General Director, Universciné, France)
Ian Christie (Film Historian, Europa Cinemas’ Vice-President, UK)
Mark Higham (Chief Executive, Filmclub, UK)

5:15-6:30pm
SCREENING OF TRAILERS OF EUROPEAN FILMS


Sunday 16 November 2008

10:00-11:00am
WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS BY DAVID HANCOCK AND MICHAEL GUBBINS

11:00am-1:30pm
SESSION 3 – EUROPA CINEMAS:  PERSPECTIVES AND KEY DATES IN 2009

• MEDIA Programme: Network evolution and perspectives for the Guidelines, Joint Activities and support 2009/2013
• MEDIA MUNDUS / MEDIA International: Opening to outside MEDIA countries, including Asia and Latin America / support to distribution and exhibition.
• Eurimages - Euromed Audiovisual II: Results of the support activities in Eastern and Central Europe and in the Mediterranean area.
• Miscellaneous and debate.

1:30-2:30pm
CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE BY CLAUDE MILLER

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REGISTRATION

● If you are a member of the network, you will find the Conference registration form in the "Member Zone" of our website. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation by email at the address submitted on the form.

● If you are not a member of the network, please register with the code previously sent to you) here.

EUROPA CINEMAS will carry out reservations at the hotel.

For any further information, please email us at info@europa-cinemas.org
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 71 53 70

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