Last week, Warner Bros Pictures announced a simultaneous release of all its 2021 movies in theatres and on its HBO Max streaming platform. While some professionals see this as the end of the movie theatres, Lumière's General Manager, Alexander Vandeputte, believes that VOD platforms will never replace cinemas but could generate new audiences.
"Theatre experience is irreplaceable." Interview with Alexander Vandeputte (Lumière)
Dec 14, 2020 9:49:05 AM / by Hélène Lambert posted in cinema producers, cinema distributor, distribution, VOD, Festivals
"In Norway, the landscape for films is hard"
Aug 17, 2020 9:48:31 AM / by Astrid Jansen posted in Cinema, cinema industry, cinema distributor, international sales, film market, rights management, covid, distribution, shooting, Norway
We spoke to Stig Bech who has been in the audiovisual business since 1992 and is today CEO of Filminvest.
How to bring your cinema & audiovisual projects into Moonday
Jun 10, 2020 10:22:59 AM / by Astrid Jansen posted in Cinema, Audiovisual, cinema producers, audiovisual rights, cinema distributor, international sales, data collection, film market, rights management, Venice Film Festival, Film Festival, Cannes Film festival, distribution, producteurs
Move the follow-up of your projects into Moonday’s Manage Functionalities, and help your team leave heavy tools like email behind.
How are film distributors reacting to the health crisis?
May 12, 2020 3:33:20 PM / by Astrid Jansen posted in Audiovisual, cinema industry, cinema producers, cinema distributor, film market, covid, distributeurs indépendants, salles de cinéma, distribution, VOD, streamers, Amazon, line-up, catalogue de films
Theaters are closed but the cinema continues to exist as we have discussed with cinema professionals. Tinne Bral and Christian Thomas from Imagine film and also Olivier Van den Broeck, who runs The Searchers, are distributors in Belgium. How are they reacting to this unprecedented and, above all, astounding crisis? The screen doesn't seem so black...
Comment les distributeurs de cinéma réagissent-ils à la crise sanitaire ?
May 12, 2020 3:32:15 PM / by Astrid Jansen posted in Audiovisual, cinema industry, cinema producers, cinema distributor, film market, covid, distributeurs indépendants, salles de cinéma, distribution, VOD, streamers, Amazon, line-up, catalogue de films
Les salles sont fermées mais le cinéma continue d’exister comme nous l’ont démontré des professionnels de ce même cinéma et dont nous transmettons les mots dans cet article. Tinne Bral et Christian Thomas de Imagine film mais aussi Olivier Van den Broeck qui dirige The Searchers, sont distributeurs en Belgique. Comment réagissent-ils à cette crise inédite et, surtout, stupéfiante ? L’écran ne semble pas si noir…