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Jun 23, 2020
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The Cannes Conferences live on June 24

 

Welcome to our partner's event in Cannes: Independent Filmmaker Day!

 

JUNE 24 Independent Filmmaker Day (during Virtual Cannes) Via Zoom

REGISTER & GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE CONFERENCE PANELS AND PITCHFEST USING THE FOLLOWING CODE FOR THE 15% DISCOUNT:  FILMFESTIVAL15 The offer is limited in time, act soon!

 

 

00:00 01:00

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Night Raiders: Making an Indigenous Canada-New Zealand Co-Production  ⁠Panel

Co-Production, Film Financing, General, Genre Film, Production

 

09:00 10:00

China Next: How to resume film production? Prospects and challenges  ⁠Panel

China

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LIU Chun China Film Co-Production Corporation | General Manager, Mathieu Fournet Centre National du Cinéma et de L'Image Animée | Head of European and International Affairs, CHENG Leer Mahua FunAge Pictures | Vice-President, Ulf Israel Senator Film / Wild Bunch | Managing Director, Patrick Frater Variety | Asia Bureau Chief

 

10:00 11:00

China Next: The impact on distribution. What will change?  ⁠Panel

China

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Anna Marsh StudioCanal | Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Ye Huaying Tianxia (Tianjin) Film Development Co. | Chairman, Jeffrey Chan Bona Film Group | Executive Vice President, Patrick Frater Variety | Asia Bureau Chief

 

10:00 11:00

Conversation with Koji FUKADA  ⁠Panel

General

Koji Fukada

 

11:00 12:00

Get Your Short Film Seen In 2020's Brave New World | UK FILM WEBINAR  ⁠Panel

Kathleen McInnis See-Through Films | Strategist, Producer and Publicist, Sydney Neter SND Films | Sales Agent and President, Mathieu Ajan Film London | BFI NETWORK Talent Executive at Film London, Rowan Woods British Council | Film Programme Manager, Festivals, Jess Loveland BFI | Head of BFI NETWORK

 

11:30 12:30

Doc Talk – Ji.hlava IDFF  ⁠Panel

Cannes Docs

 

11:30 12:30

What culture / cinema revival plans have been adopted by African countries in response to the Covid-19 crisis?  ⁠Panel

 

12:00 13:20

Branding Yourself and your Projects, presented by EAVE  ⁠Keynote

Production

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Roshanak Behesht Nedjad In Good Company | Founder & Producer

 

14:00 16:00 

Cannes NEXT Exclusive with Gruvi. Fighting Corona: How to Use Audience Data Correctly For Film Marketing?  ⁠Panel

Cannes Next

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Nguyet Nguyenova Gruvi Ltd | VP Central Europe and Asia Pacific, Ben Johnson Gruvi Ltd | CEO, Nikolaj Mathies Gruvi | Head of Sales, Catherine Downes Usheru | COO

 

15:45 16:30

Being Digital: Building Characters in the World Today  ⁠Keynote

Cannes XR

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John Canning Digital Domain | Executive Producer - New Media and Experiential

 

16:00 17:00

Filming in Paradise!  ⁠Panel

Co-Production, Production, Projects

 

16:00 17:30 

How to navigate the future of European and global copyright?  ⁠Panel

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Philippe Rixhon Philippe Rixhon Associates Ltd | Managing Director, Charlotte Lund Thomsen FIAPF | Legal Counsel, Stanford McCoy Motion Picture Association | President & Managing Director MPA EMEA, Guillaume Klossa EBU / European Commission | Director (former), Special Advisor to the Vice President (former), Ralph Simon Mobilium | CEO

 

17:00 18:00

John Sloss: Global Deal Maker  ⁠Keynote

Production

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John Sloss Cinetic Media | Principal, Rosa Bosch B&W Films LTD | Managing Director

 

17:00  18:00

Releasing films in the age of the pandemic  ⁠Panel

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Eduardo Escudero A CONTRACORRIENTE FILMS SL | Distributor, Marike Muselaers Lumiere Group | co-CEO, Ivan BRINCAT EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Policy Officer, Unit I.3 DG CNECT

 

17:00 18:30 

SHOOTING IN SPAIN - Your Tax Rebate MATE (up to 50%)  ⁠Panel

Animation, Co-Production, Film Financing, General, Production

 

17:00 18:00

TELESCOPE FILM x ARAB CINEMA CENTER  ⁠Panel

 

17:30 18:30

Doc Talk - Visions du Réel  ⁠Panel

Cannes Docs

 

18:00 19:00

Meet the Streamers: The evolution of the VoD platform model: A platform for the European market, exploring the possibilities with TUBI’s Chief Content Officer, Adam Lewinson  ⁠Keynote

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Streamers

Adam Lewinson Tubi | Chief Content Officer, Richard Cooper Ampere Analysis | Research Director

 

19:00 20:00

Immersive World-building: How to Create Environments that Engage the User/Enhance the Story  ⁠Panel

Cannes XR

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Susana Grilo Susana Grilo (Independent) | Content Creator | Audiovisual & Event Producer, Josselin Colletta Josselin Colletta (Independent) | Designing and writing interactive experiences (XR & Web), Guido Kalwill Lazy Elk Films | Producer Screenwriter Director, Sadah Espii Proctor Espii Studios | XR Director | Sound & Media Designer, Daniel Colaianni The Academy of International Extended Reality | Chief Executive

 

20:00 21:00

FR//XR: LBE in the post-COVID world. Disruption and opportunities  ⁠Panel

Cannes XR

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Agnès Alfandari Institut français | Head of Digital, Joanna Popper HP | Global Head of Virtual Reality for Location Based Entertainment, Elisha Karmitz mk2 | CEO, David Askaryan MoFE | CEO, Emma Buttin French Embassy in the US | New Media Officer

 

21:00 22:00

A Walk In Our Shoes: Exploring Racial Bias & Systemic Oppression in XR  ⁠Panel

Cannes XR

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Shola Amoo A Method | Director, Courtney Cogburn Columbia University | Associate Professor, Roger Ross Williams One Story Up | Director / Executive Producer, Loren Hammonds Tribeca Film Festival | Senior Programmer

 

THE FULL PROGRAM AND DETAIULS AND REGISTRATION

 

Welcome to our partner's event in Cannes: Independent Filmmaker Day!

 

JUNE 24 Independent Filmmaker Day (during Virtual Cannes) Via Zoom

REGISTER & GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE CONFERENCE PANELS AND PITCHFEST USING THE FOLLOWING CODE FOR THE 15% DISCOUNT:  FILMFESTIVAL15 The offer is limited in time, act soon!

 

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