EFAD (European Film Agency Directors association) is the voice of national European Film Agencies, bringing together national film and audiovisual agencies from European countries. EFAD membership covers the European Union countries as well as Iceland, Norway, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania.
The 38 EFAD members are government or government associated public bodies, in charge of national funding for the audiovisual sector and with the responsibility to advise or regulate on all aspects of audiovisual policies. In total, the EFAD members and their governments fund around three billion Euros every year through subsidies and tax reliefs with a view to fostering the creation, production, promotion, distribution, and exhibition of European audiovisual and cinematographic works.
Our mission
European Film Agencies champion European film across different formats and platforms. Their mission is to enable local cultures and different language communities to see their lives on screen and for powerful, culturally expressive films to deeply affect hearts and minds to the benefit of the well-being of society across Europe. EFAD members promote film literacy and storytelling in support of freedom of expression and film culture to ensure filmmaking, film heritage and film as art are accessible and relevant to the many, not the few.
Background
Having functioned over the years as informal network for collaboration, coordination and exchange of ideas on issues of common interest with regard to European audiovisual policy, the EFAD became on 9 December 2014 an international non-profit Association of the European Film Agency Directors (aisbl) established in Brussels.
All press releases
26/09/2024 : 2024 Dale! Award goes to "Los Dos Paisajes / The Two Landscapes” (Argentina - Brazil)
09/09/2024 : EFAD members movies awarded at the 81st Venice International Film Festival
04/09/2024 : EFAD responds to the public consultation on the implementation of Creative Europe
03/09/2024 : The Albanian National Cinematography Center becomes the 38th EFAD member
28/06/2024 : Rendez-vous with European Cinema - Exclusive screening of "La Ferme des Bertrand" and Premiere of "Plat de Résistance" in Brussels, 27 June 2024
23/05/2024 : EFAD members discuss AI and EU priorities in Cannes
21/05/2024 : Cannes Film Festival: EFAD & AFAN collaboration
20/02/2024 : Kjersti Mo elected as EFAD Vice-President
13/12/2023 : Geoblocking: EFAD welcomes the European Parliament's vote to preserve the fundamentals of cultural diversity in the audiovisual sector
13/12/2023 : Chris Marcich elected as EFAD President
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