What are the benefits of coproducing outside Europe and how do the European international co-production funds work and operate? What’s in it from a European producer’s perspective and what are the lessons to be learnt from their experience? Six European co-production funds active on the international scene and supported by the MEDIA programme will present their work, role and vision. A representative of each fund together with a beneficiary (producer or distributor) will share their experience in this panel.
SPEAKERS
Daniele Segre, Production and Distribution advisor, TorinoFilmLab
Isabel Arrate Fernandez, Managing Director, IDFA Bertha Fund
Joséphine Vinet, Coordinator for Distribution and International Co-production CNC – ACM Distribution
Per Eirik Gilsvik, Project Manager, Sørfond for Films from the South Festival
Fay Breeman, Fund Manager, Hubert Bals Fund
Vincenzo Bugno, Project Manager, World Cinema
Fund Moderator: Catherine Buresi
“The Cannes Festival is dedicated to freedom of artistic expression, which is at the heart of our democracy. I am very proud to be presenting the priorities of the MEDIA programme. Since 1991, it has supported the creation and distribution of European films. I am coming to Cannes to present a strong message from a Commission that has proposed to take even more action in future in support of a European model for cinema founded on freedom, diversity and cross-border collaborations that serve citizens.”
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
