Arkena partners up with Luc Besson’s École de la Cité

The École de la Cité is a Paris-based film school that offers free directing and screenwriting courses to young and passionate people. Arkena, a TDF Group subsidiary, will provide the school teachers and students with its Online Video Platform (OVP) service.

This business-oriented platform is a service for uploading, managing and sharing video content. Through the online interface, the students will be able to share their video work with other students but also with the teachers, who could then select the best videos and publish them instantly on the school’s website.

“Our OVP platform is used by corporate customers, but also by content owners, such as HBO Nordics, which implemented it in its OTT service. It is important for us to support future filmmakers and to create a link between cinema and VOD, which is a growing content distribution model," Arkena Sales Executive Aurore Berardi said.

Laurent Jaudon, director of the school, said: “The OVP is a professional tool that will improve the professional development of our students by enabling the promotion of their work towards the public. It also fits our project-based teaching methods, which are the DNA of the École de la Cité. The school is only one-year old, but it has already a lot of support from prestigious players.”

The platform has been made available to the students in January, after several training sessions given by the Arkena team to the technical department of the school.

About the École de la Cité

The brainchild of Luc Besson, the Ecole de la Cité puts talent first. The creativity and motivation of candidates are the principal criteria for admission. Two courses are offered: screenwriting and directing. Teaching focuses on practical aspects. Internships and group work are a regular feature of the courses. Contact with the film industry and professionals is constant thanks to the school's location at the heart of the Cité du Cinéma. The courses are free of charge. No academic qualifications are necessary for admission. The purpose is to give talents from all horizons a chance to express themselves to ensure the diversity of movie output tomorrow.

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About Arkena

Arkena is one of Europe’s leading media services companies. It supports its customers (broadcasters, telecom operators, VOD platforms, content owners) in managing their linear and on-demand workflows, whatever the level of complexity and scale. With a presence in 8 European countries and the USA, Arkena serves more than 1500 customers. Technological excellence, trust and quality are the key values for Arkena. Our award-winning solutions focus on transparency for the customers and simplicity for the end-users. Arkena was created in 2014 out of Cognacq-Jay Image, PSN, QBrick and SmartJog and is part of the TDF Group.

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