LILLE DIALOGUES
– 2026 EDITION

The Lille Dialogues, the international summit that brings together political decision-makers and audiovisual industry leaders each year to discuss the sector’s major strategic challenges..

2026 Theme: The New alliances

In a world marked by tension, caught between political polarization and technological disruption, the audiovisual sector is demonstrating resilience and forging new alliances to adapt and envision the future.
At a global level, regional cooperation is being reshaped: the United States, long the dominant force in global storytelling, is turning inward, while other regions and countries are opening new dialogues, implementing joint funding mechanisms, and building unprecedented partnerships.
In Europe, institutions are supporting the audiovisual industry both economically and in safeguarding the fundamental values of European democracy. Initiatives such as Agora EU and the Series Co-Production Convention are helping to structure a sector in the midst of transformation.
Finally, commercial broadcasters and on-demand platforms, once competitors, are now working together to maximize the visibility and monetization of their works, in the face of advertisers increasingly drawn to content-sharing platforms operating under often unequal rules.
The audiovisual sector — and fiction in particular — is undergoing profound change. A moment of opportunity to reinvent itself within an expanded ecosystem. This is the time for new alliances.

Programmation

Opening

Thursday 26 March
09:30 – 9:55
Welcome Address by Series Mania President Anne Bouverota

GLOBAL AUDIOVISUAL ALLIANCES: THE NEW DEAL

Thursday 26 March
9:30 – 10:40

EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY IN MOTION: UNDERSTANDING THE AGORA EU PROGRAMME

Thursday 26 March
10:40 – 11:25

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES & ADVERTISING REVENUES UNDER PRESSURE: WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR?

Thursday 26 March
14:30 – 15:15