Commitments

The world of the moving image came together in Saint-Paul-de-Vence to answer the question of how the value of moving images -cultural, economic and democratic-will be created, shared, valued and preserved over the decade ahead. 

The Summit adopted six declarations: the Lumière Declaration, the cornerstone document articulating the Summit’s guiding principles and strategic vision, together with five thematic declarations covering artificial intelligence, piracy, image education, safer sets and gender equality, and the environmental transition.

By launching programmes that put those principles to work: a platform to defend independent cinemas and distributors, an international effort to rescue film heritage at risk, a global partnership for image education, an accelerator for the next generation of audiovisual decision-makers, and the first permanent network of the world’s film agencies. By putting money behind the ambition, in France and in Korea. By opening a pilot to bring audiences back into cinemas. And by inviting research, education and industry into the same conversation rather than leaving each to hold its own. 

The sections that follow set out what was adopted and launched on 7 September.