EUFCN General Assembly in Brussels 2010 with training sessions on "3D" and "Film Tourism"
Brussels - The European Film Commissions Network association's yearly general assembly took place on December 4, 2010 in the city hall of Brussels. It included the 3rd elections of the board of directors. The EUFCN board has been reelected with great majority. The President of the association, Arie Bohrer (Austria) as well as the General Secretary of the board, Patrick Lamassoure (France) were confirmed in their office. Giuliana Tessera (Italy) was reelected. Elsa Martinez, the head of Spain Film Commission was elected as a new board member. Christiane Scholz (Germany) and Anja Metzger (Germany) stay for another term in office, as well as the Treasurer Truls Kontny (Norway).
For the first time the association's annual general assembly was embedded in two blocks of seminars. The agenda included a detailed training session on the specifics of 3D filmmaking. French 3D specialist Philippe Delbary explained the technological aspects of 3D and how it is used globally. Sebastian Cramer of Screen Plane GmbH, Germany described the work flow of 3D projects.
The second day was dedicated to sharing experiences with film tourism. Stefan Roesch, author of the book "The Experiences of Film Location Tourists", spoke about cooperating with the tourism industry, designing tourism marketing campaigns, and developing tourism products. Thomas Fuchs of CineTirol presented a case study on film tourism in Tirol, and Piluca Querol of the Andalucia Film Commission introduced her book "Movie Tourism: A New Promotional Strategy".
EUFCN President Arie Bohrer states: "To my great pleasure the EUFCN board has been reelected with great majority. This proves that our members are entirely satisfied with the new policy the Board of Directors has adopted. Our first training sessions "3D" and "Film Tourism" had been very useful to our members. This confirms our strategy to continue these training efforts in the future. We are convinced that all members belonging to the EUFCN, will be highly respected and most reliable partners for the national and international film industry. Providing those continuous training sessions, we guarantee that our film commissioners will be always on top of the latest technical and practical developments of the industry."
The umbrella association EUFCN representing film commissions in Europe was founded in 2007 to consolidate the evergrowing number of film and location offices all over Europe into one network. The EUFCN, which today already encompasses 78 Film Commissions in 24 European countries, is a non-profit association which supports and promotes the European film industry and culture. The constant growing of the network shows how important this association is for Europe.
