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[ecrea] EuropaCorp Conference in Paris, January 13, 2017

Fri Aug 05 07:29:32 GMT 2016



*“EuropaCorp, a French Major”*

*One-day international conference*

January 13^th , 2017

Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7

Amphithéâtre Buffon

15 rue Hélène Brion – 75013 Paris


Organisation and contact:

Gaspard Delon ((gaspard.delon /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr) <mailto:(gaspard.delon /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr)>) and

Ana Vinuela ((ana.vinuela /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr) <mailto:(ana.vinuela /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr)>)

CERILAC Research Centre

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*Call for Papers*

Over the last 15 years, the economic power and industrial impact of EuropaCorp haveelicited in France a lively and often unfavorable commentary about the studio founded by Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, seen as the spearhead of a Hollywood-style commercial cinema. This one-day conference, organized by the CÉRILAC laboratory, proposes to fill the deficit of academic reflection on this French production company and its numerous subsidiaries, for which the financial and creative strategies remain poorly known. The following axes of reflection, neither exhaustive nor exclusive, may guide the proposed communications:

1) Focusing on cinematographic content, we propose to interrogate first of all the positioning of the studio with respect to the generic norms, aesthetics and narratives that are frequently associated with Hollywood. The visibility and image of the firm's brand in the public space will be the object of discussions, in line with the diversity of its productions. These include franchises and blockbusters (/Le Transporteur/, /Arthur et les Minimoys/, /Taken/) aimed at the international public, as well as films with a stronger national identity (/Banlieue 13/, /Saint Laurent/) or those imbued with a formal sobriety (/The Lady/).

2) We seek to identify the constraints and margins of invention that govern the work of the company's contributors (directors, writers, stars and actors, technicians, etc.). We propose to examine, more globally, the evolution of the “artistic spectrum” advanced by EuroCorp productions since the beginning of the 2000's.

3) The examination of the conditions of production and the public reception of the films will be the opportunity to consider the role of technical innovations in the company policy. We can also question the notions of ‘author’ and ‘producer’, in terms of the functioning of EuropaCorp.

4) We will focus also on the studio's positioning in the French media industry and in the global film market. Topics of research includethe financial, commercial and managerial practices of the company; the articulation between its different activities (production, distribution, video/VOD, right sales, exhibition and licensing), as well as the internationalisation strategies developed (from the use of English as the filming language to the creation of the US subsidiary Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution).

5) We will study the relationship between EuropaCorp and public authorities in France, to determine the impact of actions taken by the company in the areas of cultural policy (reform of the tax credits system), industrial policy (the construction of the Cité du cinéma) and, more recently, training for future film professionals with the creation of the École de la Cité.

Communication proposals (1500 characters maximum, in French or in English) should be sent by *October 1^st , 2016*, to Gaspard Delon ((gaspard.delon /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr) <mailto:(gaspard.delon /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr)>) andAna Vinuela ((ana.vinuela /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr) <mailto:(ana.vinuela /at/ univ-paris-diderot.fr)>). Proposals should include a short bibliography (4 titles maximum), as well a short biography of the author (5 lines maximum).


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