This chapter explores the relationship between European co-production and distribution, and examines European policies designed to support film distribution including digital and VoD distribution. According to a European Audiovisual Observatory report, more than 18,000 films were produced in Europe between 2007 and 2016, with overall production on the continent growing by 47%, from 1444 feature films in 2007 to 2124 films in 2016 (Talavera 2017, 1). This notes an upward trend for most of the period for both national productions and co-productions, and the top five producing European countries-the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy-accounted for 53.6% of overall production in the 36 countries covered in the analysis (ibid., 16). This is concentrated, with the top 10 producing countries accounting for 73% of all films produced (ibid., 1). Within Europe, as I will examine, both the European Commission and Council of Europe have operated a range of production, co-production, distribution and exhibition schemes aimed to protect against US dominance of global screens, and to support and stimulate the production, distribution and exhibition of European cinema. The premise of these