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5-7 November 2025
NPLD-COPPIETERS & NOORDELIJK FILM FESTIVAL CAMPUS 2025
- Post-Plaza Hotel, Leeuwarden / Ljouwert (Fryslân)
- 5-7 November 2025
- 09.30 to 11.00 am
- Audiovisual Production on Regional and Minority Languages
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DAY 1: THURSDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER
MODERATOR: Dorien van de Pas | Screen Talent NL
08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION:
09:00-09:15 WELCOMING WORDS
Inaki Irazabalbeitia | Coppieters Foundation
Anna Jungner-Nordgren | Chair of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD)
Eke Folkerts | Province of Fryslân
Hester Terpstra / Henriëtte
Poelman | Noordelijk Film Festival
Joris Hoebe | New Noardic Wave
09:45- 10:30 FRYSK FILMFUNS
Official announcement of selected projects of the newly founded Frisian Film Fund. Guests/speakers are committee members of the fund and the selected directors/producers, who will present their projects to the audience and the press.
Lysbeth Jongbloed | Chair of the fund’s Selection
Committee Joris Hoebe | New Noardic Wave
filmmaker #1 | selected by the fund’s first/second round
filmmaker #2 | selected by the fund’s first/second round
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:15 BEST PRACTICES PANEL: MEMMETAAL IN EUROPE
Speakers on this panel will share their knowledge of various film and series industry fields in their linguistic communities. A panel discussion will follow to debate the role of broadcasters, film festivals and film public institutions.
Josu Amezaga | University of the Basque Country
Alan Esslemont | TG4 Ireland
Tore Cubeddu | Babel Film Festiva l Sardinia
Guido Franken | CineSud, Limburg
Marjun Niclasen | Faroese Film Institute
Heledd Wyn Hardy | Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies – Aberystwyth University (Wales)
12:15-13:00 RMLs AND EU POLICIES IN AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW
This session will provide an overview of the European Union’s policies for audiovisual production, with a focus on how minority languages are represented and supported within these frameworks. It will explore funding opportunities, policy trends, and challenges faced by minority language communities in the audiovisual sector.
Andrea Posthuma | Creative Europe Desk NL
Craig Willis | European Centre for Minority Issues / PLURILINGMEDIA
Raquel García Hermida-Van der Walle | MEP
13:00-14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH PostPlaza
DAY 2: FRIDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER
MODERATOR: Mariia Ponomarova | Industry Speaker & Filmmaker UA/NL
09:00-10:00 ROUND-TABLE: PUBLIC INITIATIVES TO STIMULATE AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION IN REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES
Rónán Ó Domhnaill | Media Commissioner Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland)
Unai Iparragirre Torres | Director EITB (Basque Country)
Ingrid Spijkers | Editor-in Chief Omrop Fryslân (The Netherlands)
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:45 BEST PRACTICES PANEL: STREAMING FILMS ON REGIONAL LANGUAGES
Alessandro Pisu | MyCulture+
Kaja Wolffers | Amazon
Jasmijn Touw | Netflix
Daphné De Weirt | Avila Film (Brussels)
11:45-13:00 PANEL MEMMETAAL FILM MAKERS
Producers and/or directors discuss the process of making a film in a minority or regional language.
Aislinn Clarke | Fréwaka (Ireland)
Murk-Jaep van der Schaaf | In My Dreams I Hear You (Frysia)
Marco Antonio Pani | Némos Andando Per Mare (Sardinia)
(TBC) Åse Kathrin Vuolab | A Sámi Wedding (Sámi)
13:00-14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH Post-Plaza
DISCLAIMER: The European Parliament provided financial support for this project. However, the European Parliament is not liable for the content of the discussions or the speakers’ opinions.
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