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Union Internationale des Cinémas

🇪🇺 BELGIUMRegistered 20/06 staff
Disclosed budget
€500,000 — €599,999
Meetings 12mo
2
Policy files
0
Accredited passes
2

Recent meetings

DateCommissioner / CabinetTopicFile
16 Dec 2025
Thomas Schmitz
Cabinet member
Cinema
16 Dec 2025
Thomas Schmitz
Cabinet member
CinemaSRC
24 Aug 2020
Agnieszka Skonieczna
Cabinet member
Impact of COVID-19 and recovery measures for the media and audiovisual ecosystem
24 Aug 2020
Agnieszka Skonieczna
Cabinet member
Impact of COVID-19 and recovery measures for the media and audiovisual ecosystemSRC
03 Apr 2020
Thierry Breton
Commissioner
Impact du COVID-19 sur le secteur audiovisuel et media
03 Apr 2020
Thierry Breton
Commissioner
Impact du COVID-19 sur le secteur audiovisuel et mediaSRC
25 Jun 2019
Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner
UNIC Manifesto
25 Jun 2019
Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner
UNIC ManifestoSRC
22 Nov 2017
Eric Peters
Cabinet member
cinemas in the Baltic territories and Finland; European film and cinema; MEDIA programmeSRC
22 Nov 2017
Eric Peters
Cabinet member
cinemas in the Baltic territories and Finland; European film and cinema; MEDIA programme
15 Nov 2016
Stig Joergen Gren
Cabinet member
Copyright package, AVMSD reform, Creative Europe MEDIA programme
15 Nov 2016
Stig Joergen Gren
Cabinet member
Copyright package, AVMSD reform, Creative Europe MEDIA programmeSRC
23 Feb 2016
Anna Herold
Cabinet member
DSM
23 Feb 2016
Anna Herold
Cabinet member
DSMSRC
16 Feb 2016
Günther Oettinger
Commissioner
copyrightSRC
16 Feb 2016
Günther Oettinger
Commissioner
copyright
17 Feb 2015
Marlene Holzner
Cabinet member
Media Policy
17 Feb 2015
Marlene Holzner
Cabinet member
Media PolicySRC
02 Dec 2014
Bodo Lehmann
Cabinet member
CopyrightSRC
02 Dec 2014
Bodo Lehmann
Cabinet member
Copyright

Mission & Goals

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, creators, 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.

EU Legislative Interests

Audiovisual policies (AVMS for eg.) Media Outlook Geoblocking Copyright enforcement Cultural diversity Creative Europe MEDIA programme (AgoraEU) Accessibility Sustainability Legal tender for cash Competition issues

Communication Activities

Meetings EP Manifesto on cinemas Annual report on cinema going Screenings Press releases

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

Creativity Works! https://www.creativityworks.eu/

Organisation Members

https://www.unic-cinemas.org/about/members/?L=0