Time Thursday August 24th at 13:00 Venue Haugesund Public Library
Europa Distribution at New Nordic Films 2023. Photo: Grethe Nygaard
For this panel, Europa Distribution and New Nordic Films gathered independent distributors from Italy, The Netherlands and the UK to discuss their roles and purpose as local curators and promotors for the films they acquire. As part of this discussion, they spoke about recent Nordic films released to illustrate their role in reaching audiences in their respective markets.
The films discussed was internationally released Sick of Myself (Dir. Kristoffer Borgli, 2022) and Beautiful Beings (Dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2022).
The essential role of film funds in supporting promotion was also discussed with the help of the Norwegian and Finnish film funds.
Moderated by Michael Gubbins
Panellists: Hanne Merethe Okstad (Norwegian Film Institute, Norway), Jenni Domingo (The Finnish Film Foundation, Finland), Beatrice Moia (Wanted Cinema, Italy), Hans Kok (Arti Film, Netherlands), Eva Zvedeniuk (Modern Films, UK)
In collaboration with Europa Distribution.
Europa Distribution is the international association of independent film publishers and distributors, created in 2006. With more than 115 leading independent film distributors representing 31 countries in Europe and beyond, it acts as a network and a think tank, and serves as the voice of the sector. For over 15 years, Europa Distribution has been creating new bridges for its members to share knowledge, experience and ideas.
Europa Distribution at New Nordic Films 2023. Photo: Grethe Nygaard
Through dedicated brainstorming, training sessions and informal gatherings, the Network constantly works to enhance the circulation of information and know-how and to improve the curation, promotion and distribution of independent films. Besides offering an insight on the world of independent film distribution to other sectors of the film industry, through its open panels Europa Distribution also aims at helping its members to take a step back and look at the bigger picture of the constantly evolving Audio-visual sector.
The association also acts as the voice of the sector and regularly exchanges, in its capacity as a recognised spokesperson for independent film distribution, with the main European associations and bodies involved in the audio-visual sector, to ensure that the priorities and concerns of its members are taken into consideration.
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