The European Audiovisual Observatory put on its dancing shoes for the 2010 edition of its Cannes afternoon workshop: Digital Cinema Tango! Over 350 film professionals crowded into the Palais des festivals to hear the Strasbourg-based Observatory’s latest information on the legal and market aspects of the digital cinema revolution on Sunday 16 May 2010.

But those of you who missed the workshop can now catch up in the comfort of your own office as the film of the workshop is now on line here!

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	Video 3		More than 350 participants attended this workshop!
	The workshop dealt with various market and legal issues related to the digitisation of European cinemas. Here are the links to the various presentations we made: Box office trends 2009: 3D a driving force [Link here] Martin Kanzler, European Audiovisual Observatory  Digital roll-out: Status quo as of year-end 2009    Elisabetta Brunella, MEDIA Salles  Public funding for digital roll-out: who, what and where   Susan Newman-Baudais, European Audiovisual Observatory  Public funding – Legal issues  Francisco Cabrera-Blázquez, European Audiovisual Observatory An energetic panel discussion on the challenges and threats for European independent films raised by digitization followed.
	Observatory panel with Elisabetta Brunella, Media Salles		Expert panel discussion on the challenges of digitisation for European cinema

The Observatory’s afternoon workshop in Cannes takes place during the first weekend of the film market and is accessible free of charge to all those holding a market or festival accreditation.

To receive an invitation to next year’s workshop, please contact Alison.Hindhaugh@coe.int