Encourse BCN addresses in its second edition the specificities of animation in the audiovisual industry

The second edition of Encourage BCN, Congress that brings together on November 22, 23 and 24 to 80 European experts, debate on animation in the context of the European audiovisual industry to identify all the realities of this ecosystem.

Throughout three days of debate, participants have on the table the challenge of agree on a series of recommendations To raise the conditions under which the animation sector operates in Europe, always built from cooperation and compatibility. In this sense, the organizers celebrate that in Barcelona they coincide Animation in Europe, the European Federation of Animation Producers Associations, and CEE Animation, Entity umbrella of the animation sector in central and eastern Europe.

In addition to the production sector, the Expert panel It has a transverse character to including representatives politicians, broadcasters, financing funds and other key figures of the European animation industry. All of them meet in working groups to address the measures that the sector needs from different angles of action.

One of the most relevant debates of Congress will revolve around co -productions between different territories, an opportunity to improve the financing of productions sharing risks and responsibilities, but also a challenge in aspects such as co -production requirements not adjusted to animation specificities, the protection of small countries or the future European Agreement for Series Co -production. Another of the issues to be debated will be the real impact of the current European Directive AVMS (Audiovisual Media Services) taking into account that its review is planned by 2025. concrete measures will also be raised to improve the Lace of different financing systems national, regional and EU for the production of European animation works, and the challenges of the Private financing, currently underutilized in the animation sector, to complement public contributions in a coordinated manner. Finally, experts will analyze the dissemination and promotion tools of audiovisual animation works, taking into account aspects such as dubbing, exhibition windows or territoriality problems.

Animar_bcn It is an initiative of PROA (Audiovisual Producer Federation) and Proanimats. It has the support of the ICEC (Institut Català de les Culturals. The ICEX (Spain export and investments), Animation in Europe and CEE Animation, and the collaboration of Diboos.

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