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Welcome to Olivier Bronckart and Henk Cluytens from O'Brother (Belgium) in our network. They've just joined the association

Please let us know if you're interested in participating in :
- SAN SEBASTIAN : 5 Europa Distribution members are invited in San Sebastian on September 20-22 to participate in :
* Up Next Meeting (organized by European Film Promotion) on September 20-21
* Cinema in Motion on September 20 (uncompleted Mediterranean works)
* Works in Progress (Cine en Construccion - uncompleted Latin-American works) on September 21-22
3 nights accomodation are covered by Europa Distribution and the Festival.

- ESTORIL : EUROPA DISTRIBUTION 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - November 12-14 2010
For the 4th time in a row, Europa Distribution will hold its annual conference during the last week end of the Estoril Film Festival to tackle the issues of independent distribution today.
Last year, 40 European distributors and 20 panelists attended the conference.
Flight and 2 nights accomodation are covered by the festival and Europa Distribution.

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Interview with Marie Booberg and Katrina Mathsson - Folkets Bio

by Annika Pham - Cineuropa.org

Founded in 1973, Folkets Bio has played a key role in establishing European auteurs in Sweden, including François Truffaut and Federico Fellini, and continues to this day to bring Swedish audiences some of the world's top emerging and established filmmakers, such as Michael Haneke and Aki Kaurismäki. With its arthouse cinema chain, Folkets Bio provides an essential platform for quality films and is at the forefront of digital cinema conversion. In Stockholm, Cineuropa spoke to the company's head of acquisitions, Marie Booberg, and Katrina Mathsson, head of marketing and distribution.

Cineuropa: What is your current position on the arthouse market and how have you been able to stay in business for so long?
Marie Booberg: It's really thanks to our own cinemas. We have 15 venues. The closure of our competitor Triangle Film opened up some space in the market for us, both on the acquisitions and distribution side. Today, we're the biggest of the smallest distributors. Last year was real... >> more