Short film production support institutions in Europe
- Organised by the company Sauve Qui Peut le Court Métrage in Clemont-Ferrand in February 2009, Euro Connection is the first European short film co-production forum. The forum played a unique role by providing detailed information about film productions, institutions and financial opportunities as well as general statistics of 10 partner countries.
Short films are a fertile ground for renewed creativity, visual experimentation and
emerging talents. They stand for the future of cinematographic and audiovisual
creation in Europe. Making short films is also a training ground for directors
and producers who will go on making feature films or television productions.
Responding to contemporary challenges for producing short films in Europe, the
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market is proud to launch Euro Connection, the
first European short film co-production forum.
For this occasion, a survey has been made to list the different short film production
support institutions in Europe. For this first edition, the 10 partner countries of
Euro Connection (Belgium, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland, Romania and Switzerland) were studied as well as the Netherlands –
2009 Festival guest of honor.
For each country the national context of short film production and national and
local financial opportunities have been set out. General information concerning the
population, linguistic characteristics and also data on the national cinematographic
business come from national institutions or European Audiovisual Observatory.
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