EMDA — European Media Development Agency
Previously known as the European Script Fund (chaired by Lord Richard Attenborough), EMDA was the intermediary strategy and audiovisual business development consultancy for the European Union’s prestigious MEDIA Programme.
Orchestrated Europe’s foremost slate funding scheme, investing over €9M per year in the film, television, and interactive video games industries. The groundbreaking revolving fund concept has since been adopted by regional subsidies throughout the member states and remains a fixture for federal support in audiovisual media finance.
Forged strategic alliances across Europe’s media industry and guided independent production companies on vertical and horizontal diversification initiatives, aiding the emergence of key players within the European entertainment landscape at the end of the 90s: Hanway Films (UK), X-Verleih (DE), Revolution Films (UK), Helkon Media (DE), Kinowelt (DE), Lucky Red (IT), Ziegler Film (DE), A-Film (NL), Bac Films (FR), and LolaFilms (ES).
Previously known as the European Script Fund (chaired by Lord Richard Attenborough), EMDA was the intermediary strategy and audiovisual business development consultancy for the European Union’s prestigious MEDIA Programme.
Orchestrated Europe’s foremost slate funding scheme, investing over €9M per year in the film, television, and interactive video games industries. The groundbreaking revolving fund concept has since been adopted by regional subsidies throughout the member states and remains a fixture for federal support in audiovisual media finance.
Forged strategic alliances across Europe’s media industry and guided independent production companies on vertical and horizontal diversification initiatives, aiding the emergence of key players within the European entertainment landscape at the end of the 90s: Hanway Films (UK), X-Verleih (DE), Revolution Films (UK), Helkon Media (DE), Kinowelt (DE), Lucky Red (IT), Ziegler Film (DE), A-Film (NL), Bac Films (FR), and LolaFilms (ES).