24 May 2015
24 May 2015,
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24. 5. 2015. – Between 16 and 18 September 2015, Rijeka is hosting a Film Market and Croatian Independent Cinemas Network Assembly, jointly organised by Cinema Network and Croatian Audiovisual Centre.

The Film Market will gather near 100 professionals, mostly cinema exibitors, but also other film professionals like distributers, producers, state and local government representatives, media, international guests, and broad cultural public.

Even though the independent cinema digitisation project in Croatia created the fundamental prerequisites for programme development, we believe there is still much left to do to get this infrastructure going to the benefit of cinema and local communities, all the more important since we act in an extremely dynamic cultural and economic environment.

During the three intense days in Rijeka, through panel discussions, workshops, debates and demonstrations of good practice examples and successful business models, we will try to create an open and vibrant meeting point and place for an exchange of ideas, information and knowledge, as well as find strategies to successfully tackle all the challenges ahead.

On day one, the Film Market will present almost all the key Croatian distributers and film titles planned for the upcoming cinema season, as well as announce possible joint programme activities of the Network and HAVC. Also, we will consider a possible collaboration between the cinema and distribution sectors, their potential development, new challenges and trends in the cinema sector. With the aim of better and more dynamic communication, we have planned short meetings, once a day, of cinema managers and distributers.

Day two will focus on the transfer of specific knowledge and skills to the independent cinema representatives, and encompass a broad range of topics like understanding and building an audience, changes in the entire sector due to new methods of production, distribution and reception of audiovisual contents, independent cinema programming, project writing and submitting workshops, presentations of national and international project co-funding open calls, joint project and distribution development opportunities, film literacy and film culture school syllabuses, marketing and promotion workshops. Use of digital channels and social networks in promotion etc.

On the last day, 18 September, a Network Assembly session will take place as a follow-up on what has already been done and what lies ahead in the year to come.

Also, the Market will screen premieres of film titles which will be released late in 2015 and in 2016, with visiting filmmakers.

The objective of this event is primarily to provide information, but also transfer of specific knowledge and skills to independent cinema representatives in order to stimulate stability and development of the independent cinemas network, as well as to promote independent cinemas as vibrant and dynamic points of social and cultural life in their respective communities.

See you in Rijeka!

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