Scope50 is a joint initiative from an original idea of Jakub DUSZYNSKI (Gutek Film, Poland) developped by Festival Scope (Alessandro Raja and Mathilde Henrot) together with European distributors (AERO FILMS in Czech Republic, STADTKINO in Austria, CINEFIL in Hungary and SODA in the UK).In a nutshell: 25 films (which have already enjoyed their international launch by the sales agent some months ago and are still not picked by for distribution) are preselected by Festival Scope. From this list of 25, each distributor picks 10 films to submit to each country’s Scope50 members (a group of 50 people from the public recruited by the distributor and which represents the audience), who watch the 10 films and vote for the best one. The distributor commits to release the winning film (deals directly with the sales agent / pays a corresponding MG for theatrical & VOD rights). The release of the film is done is close collaboration with the most active members of the Scope50 community. This initiative is meant to rethink the acquisition and the release processes for independent European films by European distributors.It's a new initiative to try to make things change and involve the audience in a very active way.