12/04/2005

Yesterday, the Independant Producers’ Union (SPI) elected Emmanuel Priou as the new head of the group for one year. The producer of Bonne Pioche has been very successful indeed lately, since The Emperor’s March (1.7 million tickets) ; he now replaces Marie Masmonteil (Elzevir Films) who will manage the feature film committee which has just been renewed to include Antoine Rein (Delante Films), Alain Benguigui (Sombrero Productions), Carole Scotta (Haut et Court), Patrick Sobelman (Agat Films & Cie), Pauline Duhault (Elia Films), Emmanuel Giraud (Les Films de la Croisade), and Miléna Poylo (TS Productions).

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Further changes were made within the SPI : Sébastien de Fonséca (Château-Rouge Productions) was elected president of the short film section, Michel David (Zeugma Films) will head the television committee, and Guy Neyrac (Neyrac Films) will direct the ‘Companies’ one. The SPI gathers nearly 350 audiovisual and film production companies ‘independant from all broadcasters’. It is represented within the CNC, the PROCIREP, and the AFDAS, and it is a member of the BLOC, the CLIC, and different assemblies : the Audiovisual assembly, Eurocinema, the CEPI, and the Survey Committee which aims at preserving the French ‘cultural exception’.

(Translated from French)