French cinema has the hands its proposals

Dijon cinematographic meetings start this morning in a context of total fracas of the environment. Reform of public broadcasting, emergence of a new player Orange in pay television, development of new modes of consumption of the cinema. Overview with Michel Gomez, General of the civil society of authors, directors and producers (ARP), and organizer of the event delegate.

The of the information society, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner has decided to boycott the meetings of Dijon to not give the impression of support response graduated as response to piracy. What comment this inspires you it

I regret this decision. This reflected in any case a great nervousness on the telecoms package and its consequences on the Bill creation and Internet. Here was not to discuss this topic exclusively in Dijon. With the graduated response, it is for the France to test the possible the least bad solution to combat piracy.

Orange has announced the launch of his film offers but not yet reached an agreement with the profession. Where are the negotiations

It would be very dangerous for the film there is no agreement with Orange. French cinema has the hands its proposals. They are consistent with the current regulations and are based on the idea that his cinema chains can be likened to a service such as Cine-cinema. Film professionals are not on this line. For them, the agreements must reflect the fact that Orange is a specific player who has a very large portfolio of Internet subscribers. They want also that are taken into account the possible transfers of Canal , first financial of cinema, to chains of Orange. It is likely that the offer of Orange will lead to an expansion of pay TV. In any event, transfers must be neutral for the funding of the sector.

The cinema also expressed its concern about the reform of public broadcasting. That fear you

Our main concern is the sustainability of the financing of the France Television Group and their dynamism. But we also have questions about the obligations of investment in the cinema which will be vested in the group after the modification of its structures and the creation of a single undertaking. In particular, we will be vigilant on future budgets of the subsidiaries of film production.

The attractiveness of television films continues to weaken. Will not the strings eventually request a decrease in their obligations

I do not think. Television channels need films to ensure diversity in their programming.

In a report, Dr. Olivier Bomsel () estimated at 15 only the part of the films produced in France that are profitable. The French system of funding for the film reached its limits

Firstly, I dispute a number of assumptions that were used in the study in question. For example, Olivier Bomsel takes base posted costs of films, while real budgets are much lower. For my part I believe that the system is not at the end of the roll. On the contrary, it has been proven. And the best means of protection in a changing environment is to develop the regulation. Films should be available in video and video on demand well before the current period of six months. Furthermore, the prohibition on the dissemination on the strings in the film clear some evenings is also obsolete.

The film industry risk to be affected by the credit crisis

The national Centre of cinematography has an armed arm, the Ifcic, which guarantees funding for French cinema. But another threat weighs on our industry. If, with the recession, television recorded a decline in sales, it will be less money for the French cinema.