Scope100 is meant to rethink the acquisition and the release process for independent European films by European distributors. It stems from an original idea of Jakub DUSZYNSKI (Gutek Film, Poland) developed with Festival Scope’s Alessandro Raja and Mathilde Henrot together with distributors AEROFILMS in Czech Republic, STADTKINO in Austria and CINEFIL in Hungary. 2015 saw the 2nd edition of the initiative (named Scope50 in 2014) with distributors ARTHAUS in Norway, and IMAGINE in Belgium enlarging the team. In 2016, we are pleased to enlarge the group and welcome new distributors : from Sweden, FOLKETS BIO, from Lithuania KINO PASAKA, from Portugal ALAMBIQUE and French distributor POTEMKINE.Some 25 films (which have already enjoyed their international launch by the sales agent some months before and are still not picked by for distribution) are pre-selected by Festival Scope. From this list, each distributor picks 7 films to submit to each country’s Scope100 audience (a group of 100 people that represents and expands the distributor's regular audience), who watch the films and vote for the best one. The distributor releases the winning film together with active participation of the Scope100 audience. The Scope100 Audience are an active community: gathering in cinemas and at festivals, voting online (on the posters, the trailers), acting as film ambassadors (in articles in the press and social events), acting as film critics in the distributors’networks. This initiative offers a unique experience to increase the community of European viewers (mainly among the young audience - in the 1st edition of the project, 65% to 80% of the audience were below 35 years old). It engages the audience before films are acquired and released, generating word of mouth and tightening the link with the audience in an innovative active way and eventually improving the box office results!