‘We Need Public Funds to Keep on Going,’ European Distributors and Exhibitors Say at UniFrance Rendez-vous
Ben Croll Reflecting on a heretofore-unseen existential threat, the film distributors and exhibitors speaking at a round-table presented as part of UniFrance’s Rendez-vous With French Cinema on Tuesday echoed a shared refrain: To ensure a robust return to normal, whenever that time might come, industry actors needed immediate financial relief.Moderated by industry analyst Michael Gubbins, the panel brought together distributor Enrique González Kuhn (Caramel Films), exhibitor Edna Epelbaum (CineVital), exec Margherita Chiti (Palomar) and marketing director Züleyha Azman (Kino Rotterdam Cinema). Each participant detailed the particulars of their specific situations while agitating for a common cure.