FOCUS 2012 WORLD FILM MARKET TRENDS WORLDFILMTENDANCES DU MARCHÉ MONDIAL DU FILM MARKETTRE NDSTENDAN CESDUMARCE HÉMONDIAL DUFILMWO LDFILMMAR ETTRENDSTE focus 2012 World Film Market Trends Tendances du marché mondial du film Pages Pub int Focus 2010:Pub Focus 29/04/10 10:54 Page 1 Lay-out: Acom*Europe | Printed: Global Rouge, Les Deux-Ponts © 2012, Marché du Film ISSN: 1962-4530 Imprimé sur papier labelisé issu de forêts gérées durablement. Printed on paper from sustainably managed forests. 2 Editorial While the European Audiovisual Observatory Alors que l’Observatoire européen de l’audio- is in Cannes celebrating its 20th anniversary, the visuel fête cette année à Cannes son 20ème anni- FOCUS is celebrating its own 15th edition! versaire, le FOCUS célèbre déjà sa 15ème édition ! Having already traveled a long road together, Déjà un long chemin ensemble, et une colla- an exemplary collaboration has enabled our two boration exemplaire qui a permis à nos deux ins- institutions to provide, year after year, the global titutions de fournir à l’industrie mondiale, année industry with an essential source of streamlined après année, une source d’information synthé- information. tique devenue indispensable. See you in another five years for our next mile- Rendez-vous dans 5 ans pour un nouvel anni- stone birthday! versaire ! Jérôme Paillard Jérôme Paillard Executive Director Directeur Délégué FOCUS 2012 World Film Market Trends, appears FOCUS 2012, Tendances du marché mon- for the fifteenth consecutive year. We are pleased dial du film, paraît pour la quinzième année to collaborate once again with the Marché du Film consécutive. Nous nous réjouissons de cette colla- and value highly our work together. boration avec le Marché du Film, à laquelle nous portons toute l’estime qu’elle mérite. Wolfgang CLOSS Executive Director Wolfgang CLOSS European Audiovisual Observatory Directeur exécutif Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel The European Audiovisual Observatory was set Créé en décembre 1992, l’Observatoire euro- up in December 1992. It is a public-service body péen de l’audiovisuel est un organisme de service whose mission is to gather and distribute information public consacré à la collecte et à la diffusion de on the audiovisual industry (film, television, video l’information sur l’industrie audiovisuelle (cinéma, and multimedia) in Europe. 38 European states are télévision, vidéo et multimédia) en Europe. 38 Etats members, along with the European Community repre- européens en sont membres ainsi que la Communauté sented by the European Commission. The Observatory européenne représentée par la Commission euro- operates within the framework of an extended par- péenne. L’Observatoire fonctionne dans le cadre tial Agreement of the Council of Europe. It carries d’un Accord partiel élargi du Conseil de l’Europe et out its mission with the help of a network of part- remplit sa mission avec un réseau de partenaires, ners, correspondents and professional organisations. de correspondants et d’organismes professionnels. The Observatory provides information on markets, L’Observatoire fournit des services d’informations sur financing and legal aspects of the audiovisual sector. les marchés, les financements et le cadre juridique ➦ Internet site (http://www.obs.coe.int) du secteur audiovisuel. ➦ Site Internet (http://www.obs.coe.int) Editor: Martin Kanzler [email protected] Analyst, Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory Additional contributions by Lionel Breugnon and Susan Newman-Baudais 3 If you like this FOCUS… …why not check out these other publications? 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