Program

Accommodation: Hotel Condesa – Avda. Veracruz 102, Col. Condesa / 06700 México D.F

Conference Centre: Centro Cultural Tlatelolco - Av. Ricardo Flores Magón No. 1, Col. Nonoalco-Tlatelolco / 06995 Del.Cuauhtémoc México D.F.

Screenings: Cinemex Real - Av. Colón 17 esq. Balderas Col. Centro. / 06000 México D.F.

DAY 1: Monday 23 February 2009

How to improve the situation of European movies in Latin-America?

Morning - 9:30–12:00 - General overview

  • Eva PIWOWARSKI, RECAM (audiovisual section of the Mercosur) / INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales) - Argentine.  
  • Nouredine ESSADI, French Embassy – Mexico / French Film Festival - Cuba
  • Christian POCCARD, Eurochannel – USA / download the presentation

12:00-13:30 Lunch

Afternoon - 13:30-17:00 - The work of sales agents, distributors, and exhibitors

Moderator: Eva PIWOWARSKI, RECAM / INCAA – Argentine

  • Nicholas KAISER, Memento - France
  • Mauricio KATZ, Tarantula Films – Mexico
  • Laurent BAUDENS, Borsalino Films - France
  • Francisco EGUREN, Cinemex – Mexico / download the presentation
  • Bernardo ROTUNDO, Circuito Gran Cine – Venezuela

Evening - 17:00-19:45 - Screening and debate

The class (Entre les murs), Laurent CANTET, France, 2008, 120’

20:00-21:30 Dinner

DAY 2 : Tuesday 24 February 2009

Is networking one of the solutions ? To what extent can European actions be adapted to the Latin-American situation ?

Morning – 9:30-13:30 - Presentation of European and Latin-American political and cultural networks

Moderator: Raquel CAJIGA, FICCO - Mexico

13:30-15:00 Lunch

Afternoon & Evening - 15:00-20:00 - Screenings and debates

Rumba, Dominique Abel / Fiona Gordon / Bruno Romy, Belgium, 2008, 77’

20:00-21:30 Dinner

DAY 3 : Wednesday 25 February 2009

Morning - 9:00-10:15 – Breakfast, Conclusions & Press Conference

  • Press conference
  • Official closure of the México workshop