Union Internationale des Cinémas
UNIC
UNIC’s mission is to promote and to protect the value of cinema exhibition in Europe and in its member territories by: • Providing UNIC members with up-to-date information on policy developments and market trends in Europe and elsewhere. • Representing the exhibition sector at EU-meetings, conferences and trade-related events and working with government institutions throughout Europe on implementing strategies that promote cinemas as well as a more creative and innovative European Union. • Liaising on the sector’s behalf with other industry stakeholders in Europe (distributors, producers, artists, other content industries, etc.) and with partners in the US. • Enabling high-level executives from the cinema industry to come together and share experiences in an informal way, benchmark progress and network in a trusted environment. • Co-organising CineEurope, Europe’s premier get-together of the exhibition community.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Mario Furore (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2025 · AgoraEU
Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and
16 May 2025 · Festival de Cannes - Audiovisuel, Europe, IA et financement de la culture
Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Apr 2025 · Addressing challenges faced by the Polish cinema industry
Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Mar 2025 · General exchange
Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Mar 2025 · Secteur de l'exploitation cinématographique
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Feb 2025 · Future of the Cinema sector in Europe
Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jan 2025 · Priorities of the Cinema industry
Meeting with Pierre Jouvet (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jan 2025 · enjeux du secteur du cinéma
Meeting with Anthony Smith (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jan 2025 · Présentation du secteur de l'exploitation cinématographique
Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Nov 2024 · droit d'auteur
Meeting with Gerolf Annemans (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Nov 2024 · Presentation of the sector
Meeting with Sandro Ruotolo (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Oct 2024 · Cult priorities 2024-2029
Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament) and
20 May 2023 · Secteur du cinéma français et européen
Response to Recommendation on fighting against online piracy of live content
10 Feb 2023
Meeting with Salima Yenbou (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Jan 2022 · Echange
Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and
24 Aug 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 and recovery measures for the media and audiovisual ecosystem
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
3 Apr 2020 · Impact du COVID-19 sur le secteur audiovisuel et media
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
25 Jun 2019 · UNIC Manifesto
Response to Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online
28 Mar 2018
Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
22 Nov 2017 · cinemas in the Baltic territories and Finland; European film and cinema; MEDIA programme
Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
15 Nov 2016 · Copyright package, AVMSD reform, Creative Europe MEDIA programme
Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)
23 Feb 2016 · DSM
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and International Federation of Film Distributors' and Publishers' Associations
16 Feb 2016 · copyright
Meeting with Marlene Holzner (Digital Economy), Marlene Holzner (Digital Economy)
17 Feb 2015 · Media Policy
Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)
2 Dec 2014 · Copyright