Activities of Marc JOULAUD related to 2014/2148(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European film in the digital era (A8-0123/2015 - Bogdan Brunon Wenta) FR
Amendments (22)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European film industry is one of the world’s largest producers with 1500 films released in 2014, but is characterised by a heterogeneous structure both in terms of funding and type of production;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas European films are characterised by their quality, originality and diversity but suffer from limited promotion and distribution across the Union whilst facing intense international competition and difficulties in being exported beyond the Union;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the circulation of European non-national films in Member States remains weak despite the large number of films produced each year, while non- European productions are widely distributed within the Union;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
(This amendment does not apply to the English version)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas a better organisation of the release windows would maximise the potential audience, while making the unauthorised consumption of films less attractive;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas Article 13.1 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) obliges Member States to ensure that on-demand service providers promote European works;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Gc (new)
Recital Gc (new)
Gc. whereas this provision has been implemented in a diverse manner with different levels of legal requirements and has led to providers establishing themselves in those Member States with the lowest requirements;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas it is essential to guarantee funding for the digitisation, preservation and online availability of film heritage and related materials and to establish European standards on preservation of digital films;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the European film industry to pursue the development of new business models and distribution channels to improve the cross-border availability of European films, thus in the Union and, beyond that, to allowing viewers across the Union to have access to an ever greater range of films across a growing number of platforms; suggests in this regard that the European film industry should be inspired by practices outside the EU and connect the various existing platforms to make them more complementary;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the effectiveness of the fight against the unauthorised consumption of films requires, inter alia, the establishment of legal VOD services and high-quality online services, which are easy to use, featuring a broad and diverse catalogue of films available in several languages with subtitled versions;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that in order to maximise the potential audience, subtitled versions of films should be available in VOD before the dubbed versions, as the production process is shorter than dubbing;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of recently adopted preparatory action on 'Crowdsourcing subtitling to increase the circulation of European works' and the future work by the Commission to implement this action;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests that there is a need to promote and support European coproductions and that the increase in such productions may result in the wider distribution of European films all across Europe;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Suggests strengthening existing measures for better optimisation of the price of cinema tickets, the development of innovative promotions and subscription offers that would help ensure the attractiveness of, and access of all to, cinemas;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recognises that cinemas are still the most important places to present and promote films and furthermore places where people meet and exchange views, and stresses that the disappearance of small and independent cinemas, in particular in small towns and less developed regions, limits access to European cultural resources, heritage and dialogue;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on VOD and SVOD platforms to make publicly available data on consumption of each film in their catalogue, so as to ensure a proper assessment of its impact;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States in particular to increase public funding to support at an early stage distribution and promotion of national films abroad as well as non- national European films;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the involvement of new players in the market, especially those from digital platforms so as to diversify the sources of private funding for European films;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that European films receive funding from a large number of European, national and regional public funds, and that greater complementarity in the use of these funds should be encouraged in order to make them more effective;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’'s initiative to establish a European Film Forum, in order to facilitate a structured dialogue on the challenges currently faced by the European film industrywith all stakeholders of the European film industry on the challenges it currently faces in the digital era;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls in that respect for a broad participation and cooperation amongst all Institutions concerned, in particular with the European Parliament;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Encourages the development of a unique process of mastering European films, to reduce the cost and time required to make available European films in VOD;