Programme

Wednesday, September 22


Individual arrivals

Check-in at the European Youth Centre Budapest

15.30
Welcome coffee and registration at the European Youth Centre Budapest (participants will be invited to fill in the pre-course questionnaire)

16.30
WELCOME
by Domenico Dinoia, President, MEDIA Salles
by Miklós Taba, Director, National Film Office, Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage
by Sándor Pétróczy, President, Mozisok Országos Szövetsége (the Hungarian exhibitors’ association), Hungary
by Éva Vezér, Magyar Filmunió, Hungary

17.00 – 17.30
COURSE PRESENTATION - GOALS & PROCEDURES
by Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General, MEDIA Salles
by Mads Egmont Christensen, Course Moderator, Mecano Film, Denmark

17.30 – 19.00
THE PRESENT STATE OF EUROPEAN CINEMA EXHIBITION:
Local and international trends in the industry: What can we expect after the multiplexes?
by Ferenc Port, President, Budapest Film, Hungary
by Adnan Akdemir, President, AFM Cinema Group, Turkey

19.00 – 20.15
Participants’ introduction
(participants will be invited to give a short presentation of their company and themselves)

20.45
Dinner
Participants meet in front of the European Youth Centre and go jointly to Margitkert Restaurant on foot (3 minutes)

Margitkert Restaurant
1023 Budapest
Margit u 15

Thursday, September 23


Breakfast at the European Youth Centre available from 8 o’ clock

09.00 – 9.30
MARKET ANALYSIS (Part I)
Presentation of the MEDIA Salles European Cinema Yearbook: statistical indicators as tools for analysis
- Multiplexes in Europe
- Focus on Hungary
by Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General, MEDIA Salles

9.30 – 11.00
EXHIBITION MANAGEMENT (Part I)
Growing Cinema in a New World Order ! – Commercial Realities
by Tony Meehan and Rob Arthur, Raam Management, United Kingdom

11.00 Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30
EXHIBITION MANAGEMENT (Part II)
by Tony Meehan and Rob Arthur, Raam Management, United Kingdom

12.30 – 13.15
INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA VISITS
Art-house cinemas in Budapest

  • Cinema Muvész
    by Ilona Kozma, Head of Distribution, Budapest Film, Hungary
  • Uránia National Cinema Palace
    by Edit Bakos, Vice Director, Uránia National Cinema Palace, Budapest

13.15 Lunch at the European Youth Centre

14.30
Departure from the European Youth Centre to the Cinema Muvész by bus
During the course there will always be 2 buses: one for the Italian speaking and one for the English speaking
VISIT TO CINEMA MUVÉSZ

15.30 Departure from the Cinema Muvész to the Uránia National Cinema Palace by bus

16.00 VISIT TO URÁNIA NATIONAL CINEMA PALACE

16.30 Coffee at Uránia National Cinema Palace

FREE EVENING
No bus service back to the European Youth Centre (Urania is located in the very centre of Pest next to metro station Blaha Lujza Tèr and tramway number 6 which goes directly to the European Youth Centre)

Friday, September 24

Breakfast at the European Youth Centre available from 8 o’ clock

09.00
AUDIENCE-RELATED INITIATIVES - INTRODUCTION
IDEAS & CREATIVE FORMATS IN EUROPEAN CINEMAS
The current state of the art presented by representatives from various European countries.

09.15 – 9.45
AUDIENCE-RELATED INITIATIVES
Growing by numbers: collective promotion organized by French art-house cinemas
by Enrico Chiesa, Vice-Delegate, AFCAE, France

9.45 – 10.30
AUDIENCE-RELATED INITIATIVES
Independent cinema between art-house and up-market cinema
by Kenneth Just Hansen, Cinema Manager, Grand Teatret, Denmark

Art-house cinemas in the heart of London
by Robert Kenny, Cinema Manager, Curzon Cinemas, United Kingdom

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break

10.45 - 11.15
AUDIENCE-RELATED INITIATIVES
The experience of a multiplex
by Lisa McNamara, Cinema Director, Sbc International Cinemas, Portugal

11.15 - 11.45
MARKET ANALYSIS (Part II)
Proposal for a New Market Analysis: Circular integration
by Roman Gutek, Gutek Film, Poland

11.45 – 12.30
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Promotion of European Films
by Enrico Chiesa, Roman Gutek, Kenneth Just Hansen, Robert Kenny, Lisa McNamara

12.30 – 13.15
INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA VISITS
Multiplexes in Budapest

  • Lurdy Ház
    by Csaba Pressing, Chief Exhibition Executive, InterCom, Hungary
  • MOM Park
    by Andrea Lovasz, Cinema Director, MOM, Palace Cinemas, Hungary

13.15 Lunch at the European Youth Centre

14.30
Departure from the European Youth Centre to the Mom Park

14.45
VISIT TO PALACE MOM PARK CINEMA

15.15
SCREENING OF
Kontroll, Hungary (2003), directed by Nimród Antal (English subtitles)

17.30
Departure from the Palace MOM Park Cinema to Hollywood Multiplex Lurdy Ház by bus

17.45 Coffee Break at Hollywood Multiplex Lurdy Ház

VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD MULTIPLEX LURDY HÁZ

18.30
Bus service to the centre of Budapest and to the European Youth Centre
Participants may choose their destination among Deák Tèr (centre of Pest, metro 1 and 2), Szèna Tèr (Mammuth Shopping centre, Mammuth multiplex, centre of Buda, tramway 6 to European Youth Centre) and European Youth Centre

FREE EVENING

Saturday, September 25


Breakfast at the European Youth Centre available from 8 o’ clock

09.00 – 09.15
SPECIAL FOCUS: THE DIGITAL FUTURE (Part I)
General overview on the current state of the art

09.15 – 10.15
Anti-Piracy measures
by Trevor Albery, WarnerBros, United Kingdom

10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break

10.30 – 12.00
SPECIAL FOCUS: THE DIGITAL FUTURE (Part II) - Case histories

Digital advertising: the Norwegian experience
by Rolv Gjestland, Technical Consultant, Film&Kino, Norway

Digital screen network: the UK Film Council’s project
by Steve Perrin, Deputy Head of Distribution and Exhibition, UK Film Council, United Kingdom

12.15 Lunch at the European Youth Centre

13.15 – 13.45
Cinema exhibition and the consumption of entertainment at an international level: which trends for the future?
By Jan van Dommelen, President, Unic

13.45 – 14.15 SUMMING UP

14.45 – 23.00
(Departure from the European Youth Centre and transport by bus)
EXCURSION
Castle Area of Budapest and Puszta

19.00
Gala dinner in a traditional Hungarian restaurant in the Puszta accompanied by Gypsy music

Distribution of certificates of attendance

21.30 Departure to Budapest


Sunday, September 26


10.00 - 12.00

Plenary session at the European Youth Centre


FEEDBACK FROM THE COURSE

EVALUATION
Distribution of questionnaires for anonymous end-of-course feedback to be returned to MEDIA Salles personnel and questionnaires to be sent individually to the European Commission


12.00 Coffee Break & Goodbye

Departures

 

EUROPEAN CINEMA EXHIBITION
A New Approach

Budapest, Hungary

European
Youth Centre

22 - 26
September
2004