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5-7 November 2025

NPLD-COPPIETERS & NOORDELIJK FILM FESTIVAL CAMPUS 2025

More information about the programme and registration will follow shortly.
  • 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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Campus programme

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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