Opening Forum “Cinema: towards the audiences of tomorrow”

On the opening day of its 60th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes is offering a moment of reflection on the opportunities and challenges of the next decade by holding a conference focused on the
evolution of audience practices and on the ties between cinema creation, new promotional and broadcast platforms.

Film industry representatives, new media players, journalists and sociologists will share their experiences and views on how the fast evolving digital economy is shaping new roles for directors,
producers and distributors while offering exciting opportunities to creators and audiences.

The conclusions will be reported to the European Ministers of Culture who will take up the political aspect of these questions on the Europe Day, Saturday, May 26th.

This conference, open to all festival-goers, is taking place in the Salle Buñuel (Palais des Festivals) on Wednesday May 16, 2007 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm (simultaneous translation
English-French will be available).

Seating capacity being limited, a reservation is requested by email

Please click here for more information on the Opening Forum and his Guest Speakers.

Press Contact: Dominique Racle