Presentation document

Coaching, networking, buying, marketing

CINE SIN FRONTERAS WORKSHOPS

Workshops for European and Latin-American Distribution Professionals
Sales agents, theatrical and DVD distributors, exhibitors, festival managers, VOD platforms managers...
Mexico-City / Mexico / FICCO : February 22-25 2009
Toulouse / France / RCALT : March 22-26 2009

General Objectives :

  • to encourage and facilitate the two-way flow of cinematographic works in commercial and non commercial circuits.
  • to strengthen the cooperation and solidarity between cultural entities and between the audiovisual industries of EU Member States and those of Latin-America
  • to work on the marketing and promotion of European films in Latin-America and Latin-American films in Europe

An initiative of Europa Distribution, ARCALT, FICCO and CICAE

  • Europa Distribution, European network that gathers sixty independent distributors coming from 19 European countries.
  • The Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse, Festival focused on Latin-American movies and organizing Cine en Construccion and feature films in development.
  • FICCO, Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival.
  • The CICAE, International Confederation of Art Cinemas, which gathers 2000 members in 28 countries.

Information:

Europa Distribution – Adeline MONZIER
adeline.monzier@europa-distribution.org

2 WORKSHOPS
(Mexico-City/Mexico & Toulouse/France) / 12 Participants / 30 Professionals

The 1st Cine Sin Fronteras Edition for the Latin-American and European Distribution Professionals

LECTURES

  • Market analysis
  • Public Policies
  • Digital Projection
  • VOD
  • Political and commercial networks

WORKSHOPS & DISCUSSION FORUMS

  • Buying a European and Latin-American movie
  • Seeking new tracks to improve the two-way flow of cinematographic works
  • Communicating & Marketing
  • Networking

CASE STUDIES ON RELEASED & UPCOMING MOVIES

  • European and Latin-American Success Stories
  • Working with Kids & Schools
  • Promoting a European film in Latin-America and vice-versa
  • Festivals
  • Network for Action

SCREENINGS & MARKET

  • Screenings of unreleased European and Latin-American movies presented by their director and the sales agent
  • Presentation of sales agents’ line ups with a focus on European and Latin-American movies

Objectives:

  • Give a large and concrete overview on classical distribution and exhibition in the 2 continents
  • Analyze the impact of new technologies on the circulation of Latin American movies in Europe and reciprocally (risks and opportunities)
  • Analyze the successes or failures of already released movies (promotion strategy, role of the press,…) so that participants can optimize their distribution strategies.
  • Concretize the collaboration between buyers regarding the release strategy of upcoming movies. The participants can share information, experiences and even costs. This is the first step before a closer cooperation of Latin-American distributors for the distribution of European movies and of European distributors for the distribution of Latin-American movies.
  • Encourage the acquisition of Latin-American movies in Europe and of European movies in Latin-America thanks to the organization of a small and focused distribution market whose objective is to stimulate the conclusion of agreements between buyers and exporters of EU countries and buyers/exporters of Latin-American countries.

APPLICATION : ONLINE ONLY
Deadline: November 20 2008 // Details and conditions by October 20 2008
on www.cinesinfronteras.org
CSF will cover the travel and subsistence costs for the selected participants.

The CSF workshops are held in 2 languages: English and Spanish.
Nevertheless, the workshops and the communication with professionals of many different countries require a fair knowledge of conversational English.

Organized within the framework of the Media Programme of the European Union.