In the framework of the European Film Forum, the European Commission will organise two workshops on :
- access to finance on 3 September from 15.00 to 17.15 at Sala Stucchi
- the future of cinemas on 4 September from 10.00 to 13.00 at Spazio Incontri, Hotel Excelsior, Lungomare Marconi, 41, Lido di Venezia.
Both panels will be streamed live on the Facebook page of Creative Europe.
The first event will be the occasion to discuss the new guarantee facility for the cultural and creative sector recently launched with the European Investment Fund, as well as new modes of investments. The second event, which will be opened by European Commissioner Oettinger, in charge of the Digital Economy and Society, will focus on how cinemas can fully reap the benefits of digital technologies.
The Venice International Film Festival is also an opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme and to discuss the recent update of EU audiovisual rules as well as the upcoming proposals on the modernisation of EU copyright rules to be presented in the autumn. Next initiatives will aim at further increasing the circulation of European works across borders and supporting the audiovisual sector.
In Venice, 8 films supported by the MEDIA subprogramme will be screened, and some will compete, in the Festival's selections:
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Official Selection - Venezia 73
- Une Vie, by Stéphane Brizé, supported at the development and distribution stages
- Frantz, by François Ozon, supported the distribution stage
- Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez, by Wim Wenders, supported at the distribution stage
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Official Selection - Out of Competition
- The Journey, by Nick Hamm, supported at the distribution stage
- Safari, y Ulrich Seidl, supported at the distribution stage
- Planetarium, by Rebecca Zlotowski, supported at the distribution stage
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Official Selection - Orizzonti
- King of the Belgians, by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, supported at the development stage
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International Critics' Week
- Le Ultime Cose, by Irene Dionisio, supported at the distribution stage