BRUSSELS: Initial estimates of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) for 2021 show the return of audiences and recovery of cinemas across Europe, with an estimated 3.7 blillion EUR in BO, an increase of 42% compared to 2020.
CINEMA-GOING IN EUROPE IN 2021 - RECOVERING EUROPEAN CINEMAS SEE 42 PER CENT BOX OFFICE GROWTH IN 2021
Press releases 07-02-2022Brussels: 7 February 2022 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the body representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary 2021 box office and admissions estimates for the territories covered by the organisation.
FNE spoke with Alexander Gabelia, a Georgian film critic and cultural researcher, about the challenges and problems of Georgian film criticism, as well as the activities and tasks of the Georgian cinema platform CinExpress. Alexander is one of the editors and authors of CinExpress, an association of film researchers, that has recently published an electronic cinema magazine, already available to a mass audience free of charge, with the financial support of the GNFC.
WIESBADEN: The 22nd edition of the Festival of Central and Eastern European Film will take place in person from 19 to 25 April 2022 with film screenings, film talks and meetings with filmmakers, as well as a range of online programming.
BUCHAREST: Applications are now open for the 8th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, with the deadline on 6 March 2022. The programme is planned to run in mid-September 2022 in Cultural Port Cetate, on the banks of the Danube.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
Digital Services Act
Film/AV sector DSA Trilogue statement – UNIC
The undersigned organisations representing the creative and business communities of the film and audiovisual sector in Europe regret that the European Parliament plenary vote on the Digital Services Act failed to achieve the stated goal of making internet intermediaries more accountable and creating a safer, better-functioning online environment for everyone.
Digital Services Act: regulating platforms for a safer online space for users – European Parliament
MEPs agreed a draft set of measures to tackle illegal content, to ensure platforms are held accountable for their algorithms, and improve content moderation.
Christel Schaldemose tells the Parliament Magazine, in an exclusive interview, about her hopes for the EU’s groundbreaking Digital Services Act – The Parliament Magazine
European Parliament’s lead rapporteur says EU policymakers have an obligation to ‘take back control’ of the internet.
Competition
Antitrust: Commission publishes final report on consumer Internet of Things sector inquiry – European Commission
The European Commission has published today the findings of its competition sector inquiry into the consumer Internet of Things (IoT). The final report and its accompanying staff working document identify potential competition concerns in the rapidly growing markets for IoT related products and services in the European Union.
French Presidency of the Council
French Presidency briefs the European Parliament’s committees on its priorities – European Parliament
Ministers outlined the priorities of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.
Events:
3 February - Second Trilogue Digital Markets Act
10-20 February - Berlinale
14 February - European Film Forum at Berlinale on sustainability in the cinema industry
28/29 March - UNIC Cinema Days 2022
25-28 April - CinemaCon 2022
20-23 June - CineEurope 2022
The following grants were announced by the Georgian National Film Center on 17 January 2022.
“Petty Thieves” wins the 2022 edition of When East Meets West
The North Macedonia Film Agency distributed 821,950 EUR / 50.5 m MKD for production grants for feature, short, and documentary films within the second grant call of 2021.
