# MPA Signs Two Declarations At Lumière Summit, Attends Roundtables With Macron & Lee Jae Myung

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mpa-signs-two-declarations-at-lumiere-summit-attends-roundtables-with-macron-lee-jae-myung/
- Published: 2026-09-07T20:52:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-07T21:47:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/09/mpa-signs-declarations-lumiere-summit-1237070415/
- Topics: Art, Business, Culture, Economy, Entertainment, Film, Geopolitics, Government, Politics

## Key points

- MPA signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit on cinema and piracy.
- CEO Charles Rivkin met Presidents Macron and Lee Jae Myung.
- Discussions focused on boosting global creative-sector investment and cooperation.

## Summary

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit aimed at boosting international collaboration and investment in the audiovisual sector, protecting intellectual property, and strengthening the wider creative economy. The move underlines the film industry's push for closer government and private-sector cooperation on issues ranging from cinema's future to combating piracy, at a summit that also brought together senior political figures.

Alongside government and private-sector partners, the MPA signed the Lumière Declaration on the Future of Cinema and the Moving Image, and a separate Declaration on Strengthened International Cooperation in the Fight Against Film and Audiovisual Piracy. MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin attended roundtables with summit co-chairs French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, discussing deeper collaboration with France's and Korea's creative sectors alongside fellow MPA member CEOs. Rivkin said the summit was "a vital forum" for translating shared goals into stronger cooperation across the US, France, Korea and beyond.

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