Opening forum "Cinema challenges of the next decade"

Wednesday May 16 at 2:30pm - Palais des Festivals (salle Buñuel)

On the opening day of its 60th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes is inviting you for a moment of reflection on the opportunities and challenges of the next decade.
Film industry representatives, new media players, journalists and sociologists will share their experiences and views on how the fast evolving digital economy is shaping new roles for directors, producers and distributors while offering exciting opportunities to creators and audiences.
They will debate on the evolution of audience practices and on the ties between cinema creation and the new promotional and broadcast platforms.
This conference, open to all festival-goers, is taking place in the Salle Buñuel (Palais des Festivals) on Wednesday May 16, 2007 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm (simultaneous translation English-French will be available).

Guest Speakers:

Colin Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Screen International will moderate the discussion between the

following guest speakers:

• Danah Boyd, Ethnographer and researcher of social media networks and doctoral

candidate in the School of Information at the University of California-Berkeley (USA)

• Emmanuel Ethis, Sociologist in cinema and cinema audience, University of Avignon

(France)

• Michael Gubbins, Editor, Screen International (United Kingdom)

• Thomas Hoegh, Founder and Chairman, Arts Alliance Media (United Kingdom)

• Neeraj Roy, CEO, Hungama Mobile (India)

• Adrian Sexton, EVP Digital, Participant Productions (USA)

• François Yon, Founder and Partner, Films Distribution (France)

Check more details on http://futureofcinema.fest21.com