Early-stage Impact. Introducing Eurimages’ New Film Marketing & Audience Development Support

During this event, Thierry Hugot will introduce a new Eurimages support programme dedicated to film marketing and audience development. This programme, which is intended for the producers who received the Eurimages co-production support, aims to elevate their film's visibility and expand its reach and audience beyond the co-production countries through innovative marketing solutions. This new support opportunity will encourage producers of a selection of film projects to develop and implement marketing and audience development strategies at an early stage of production, in association with marketing professionals (sales agents, distributors, marketing and communication agencies), to maximise audience and distribution potential.

MODERATOR

Enrico Vannucci (Deputy Executive Director, Eurimages)

SPEAKERS

Thierry Hugot (Programme Manager & Financial Controller, Eurimages)

Thierry Hugot is Programme Manager and Financial Controller at Eurimages. He is currently in charge of the Sustainability Study Group, which is developing Eurimages' activities in this field, and the Distribution Study Group, which is working on the relaunch of a support programme to increase the circulation of Eurimages' supported films. He also supervises the financial control of the supported projects and the evaluation of Eurimages' activities. Before joining Eurimages in 2006, Thierry worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the French Cultural Centres in Budapest and Istanbul. Thierry also worked as a freelancer in Budapest, assisting Hungarian and European producers with their projects.

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Eurimages is the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe, which promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length films, animation and documentary films in its 39 member States (38 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, as well as Canada). Over its 35 years of existence, Eurimages has supported nearly 2,500 feature length international co-productions. Eurimages supports the co-production and exhibition of feature films, as well as the promotion of international co-productions through different prizes and sponsorships. It also implemented active strategies to redress gender inequalities and to support environmental sustainability in the film industry. The Fund’s activities are mainly financed by contributions from its member states and policy decisions are taken by the representatives of these states sitting on the Eurimages Board of Management. An Executive Committee, comprising one third of the Board members, ensures continuity of management between Board meetings. Day-to-day activities are managed by a Secretariat based in Strasbourg, France. More information can be found at www.coe.int/eurimages.
Recent films supported by Eurimages include amongst many others "Grand Tour" by Miguel Gomes, "All we imagine as Light" by Payal Kapadia, "The Shrouds" by David Cronenberg, "About Dry Grasses" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, "Titane" by Julia Ducournau, "The Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund or "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" by Pierre Földes. The full list of supported projects is available on the Eurimages website.