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Sylvie Presa, Executive Director at Studio 43 discusses the design process in widening their business model to encompass active filmmaking and workshops as well as watching films, so that the audience (esp young audiences) flow between screenings and activities #ECVilnius2024

Art House Tales 20/20: a whistle-stop tour through 6 cinemas from 6 countries including Ukraine, giving quick-fire inspiration & showing the strength of curation, education, festivals, & the network’s new Boot Camps in building & developing audiences #ECVilnius2024

Day 2 begins with digging into the detail of subscription models, which have rolled out in a number of European countries and which encourage audiences to take risks on a wider range of films. #ECVilnius2024

There is a risk for cinemas in more isolated geographic places of cannibalising audiences, but reports currently are of an increase in figures even in the smaller locales. #Cineville #subscriptionmodel #ECVilnius2024

Looking at the importance of really developing your cinema identity, brand and storytelling as well as focusing on building communication within the team to ensure smooth external comms in upgrading marketing and comms strategies #ECVilnius2024

Ian Wild from Showroom in the UK is contemplating how their cinema can adopt AI without losing their cinema identity. Three areas for iteration are: connecting with audiences, fundraising and operating efficiencies #ECVilnius2024

If you've missed any of our sessions, remember you can catch up with the headlines over on our blog: europa-cinemas-blog.org and with the full sessions on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@EuropaCinemas… #ECVilnius2024

“We always want something for ourselves but we have to do something for everybody… we have to talk with each other and listen, hear and learn from each other.” Algirdas Ramaska, Vilnius Film Fest #ECVilnius2024

Is the film ecosystem ready for change? The consensus so far seems to be that there is a linear direction rather than a circular culture that doesn't engage currently with audience data, and with distribution + exhibition requiring more financial support #ECVilnius2024

This morning's Open Slot - Case Studies has brought ticketing system solutions together with video gaming initiatives and marketing and audience insights to offer a wide range of inspiration and opportunity for collaboration for network members #ECVilnius2024

The summary of the conference has shown us the resilience of cinema to stand the test of time whilst also highlighting the challenge of limited resources, especially time. Adapting is key, understanding audiences, using data intelligently for analysis + through collaboration.