EFAD

The new EFAD Board members

EFAD members met at their virtual General Assembly on 21 September and elected a new Board of the Association for the next 3 years.

The following 11 members were elected unanimously:

1. Bero Beyer,

EFAD would like to express its solidarity with the Slovenian Film Centre that has been facing administrative difficulties over the past months, preventing it from providing its support to Slovenian film productions.

Projects that have already been accepted

During the Cannes Film Festival, 32 EFAD members reunited in a General Assembly to discuss several common challenges and priorities. Members shared the latest national developments and updates on their joint initiatives:

• European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films

The EFAD association met on 12 February in a plenary configuration on a virtual format, due to the COVID -19 pandemic restrictions. 30 European Film & Audiovisual Agencies were represented.

Concerns over the MEDIA programme

EFAD members have been extremely active in promoting

The EFAD association met on 12 February in a plenary configuration on a virtual format, due to the COVID -19 pandemic restrictions. 30 European Film & Audiovisual Agencies were represented.

Concerns over the MEDIA programme

EFAD members have been extremely active in promoting

On 15 December 2018, in the framework of the European Film Awards in Seville the members of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) Board elected the new President and Vice-President of the association with a 2 year mandate:

After having condemned the invasion of Ukraine and expressed its solidarity with the Ukrainian people (here), the EFAD association, as well as its members, have taken concrete steps to provide support to

The EFADs are holding their next meeting on 10 February 2015 in Berlin, during the Film Festival Berlinale. It will be the first meeting since the EFADs became an Association on 9 December 2014. On the agenda, amongst others, how to address the main challenges for the European audiovisual content industries in the

The EFADs held their plenary meeting in Cannes on 17 May 2015 during the Festival de Cannes. The Digital Single Market and the reform of the European rules on copyright have been discussed, among others. The EFADs adopted a Position paper on the creation of a Digital Single Market for the audiovisual industry in

On Sunday 15^th May, the EFADs held its annual plenary meeting in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival.

On Wednesday 6^th July, the EFADs held a plenary meeting in Karlovy Vary during the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The addition of a fourth plenary meeting this year had been judged necessary and was decided during the previous one in Cannes in May.

The EFADs held their third plenary meeting in San Sebastian on 21 September 2015 during the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF). The Public Consultation on the AVMSD, the Copyright and the Film education have been discussed, among others. The EFADs launched a WG on film education which will be

On 10^th October, Magdalena Sroka stepped down as Director of the Polish Film Institute (PISF). The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to stress her important contribution to Polish and European film and cultural diversity as Director of PISF.

The European Film Agency Directors Association (EFADs) is pleased to announce that Julie-Jeanne Régnault has been appointed as its new General Secretary with effect from 11 March 2019.

On Sunday 18 February, Kjersti Mo, CEO of the Norwegian Film Institute, was elected by the EFAD Board as EFAD Vice-President until the end of 2026. Chris Marcich, CEO of the Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC), had been already ...

On October 8, the Board members of the European Film Agency Directors association unanimously re-elected Luis Chaby Vaz as EFAD President and Edith Sepp as Vice-President of the association with a 3 year mandate.

EFADs elected its new Board in September 2018 in San Sebastian.

At the occasion of its meeting in Venice, the EFAD Board unanimously agreed to accept the application of the Albanian National Cinematography Center.

The Center will join as associate member, a status for countries members of the Council of Europe but not from the EU.

“We are

The EFAD Board unanimously agreed to accept the application of the Cinematography Foundation Sarajevo.

The Foundation will join as associate member, a status for countries members of the Council of Europe but not from the EU.

“We are glad to

The association of European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to praise Hrvoje Hribar’s contribution to Croatian and European film, and to the EFADs, following his decision to step down as Director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) on 6 February in light of recent

Active since 2001, the European Film Agency Directors Association has now a formal status after the signature of the new statutes of a Brussels-based Association under Belgian law in December 2014.

The Film Centre of Montenegro has joined the EFAD, the European association of national Film Agencies, as of January 2020. The Film Centre of Montenegro joins as an associate member, a status open to any film agency located in a country member

EFAD members unanimously agreed to accept the Ukrainian State Film Agency as new member during their General Assembly held in San Sebastian on 19 September. 
Following first contacts in Cannes, USFA submitted an official application during the Summer. USFA will join as associate member, a status for countries