On Friday 21st, the European Producers’ Club will hold several working sessions. Similarly, on the same day, the nTrade Meeting entitled “Love across the Borders” will promote the broadcasting of community productions on European TV.

On Saturday 22nd, MEDIA Antena Euskal Herria will hold an information session on MEDIA Programme aid for independent European producers.

Sunday 23rd will see the presentation of EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs). Moreover, the agenda for the same day will be rounded off with presentation of the recently created LUX Prize – the European Parliament Film Prize. This prize is granted by the European Parliament in celebration of the 50th anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Rome giving rise to the birth of the European Union.

On Monday 24th the Media Programme has scheduled a meeting with European distributors. 

On Tuesday 25th, the Commission du Film d’Île-de-France and the Madrid Film Commission will hold their now traditional French-Spanish co-production lunch.

The programme for Thursday 27th will include the III Trans-Pyrenean Co-production Forum, organised by IBAIA (Association of Independent Audiovisual Production Companies of the Basque Country) in coordination with the Sales Office. The meeting will endeavour to foster the making of projects in the Working Community of the Pyrenees (Aquitaine, Andorra, Aragon, Catalonia, Euskadi, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi Pyrenees and Navarre).

Later, also on Thursday 27th, Simon Perry (Chief Executive Officer of The Irish Film Board) will explain the “Irish” case, preceded by talk on the European Audiovisual Observatory given by Susan Newman-Baudais focussing on small countries and European regions. This will be followed by a dialogue between Simon Perry and representatives of the Pyrenean institutions dedicated to culture and cinema. 

Finally, on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th, the Sales Office will host a Europa Distribution meeting.

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