Programme
Here's the timetable.
Confirmed speakers
MICHAEL BARKER Co-Manager & Co-Founder Sony Pictures Classics | TOM BERNARD Co-Manager & Co-Founder Sony Pictures Classics | CHRISTIAN BRÄUER Managing Director Yorck-Kinogruppe | ALEX BRUNNER Agent UTA Independent Group | SASHA BÜHLER Director EMEA Film (DACH) Netflix | STEPHANIE CANDINAS Co-Managing Director Arthouse Commercio Movie AG | KRISTEN FIGEROID Managing Director und EVP Sierra/Affinity | SCOTT FRANKLIN Produzent | EMILIE GEORGES Co-Founder und CEO Paradise City | BERT HAMELINCK Head of Films & Global Managing Director Caviar| HELEN HOEHNE President Hollywood Foreing Press Association | MATTHIJS WOUTER KNOL CEO European Film Academy | BENJAMIN KRAMER Co-Head CAA Media Finance | DAVID LAUB Acquistions & Distribution A24 | JOHN LESHER Producer & Founder Le Grisbi Productions | KIM MAGNUSSON Producer & Head of Creative Scandinavian Film Distribution | ALANA MAYO President Orion Pictures | DANNY PERKINS CEO Elysian Film Group | TOM QUINN CEO und Founder NEON | ANNA RÓZALKSA Co-Founder, Producer Match & Stark | SARAH SCHWEITZMAN Media Finance Agent Creative Artists Agency (CAA) | GREG SHAPIRO Producer Kingsgate Films | FRANK SMITH President and CEO Walden Media LLC | ILYA STEWART Founder & Producer Hype Studios | ROEG SUTHERLAND Co-Head Creative Artists Agency (CAA) | DAVID TAGHIOFF Chief Executive Library Pictures | CHRISTINE VACHON Co-President Killer Films | PATRICK WACHSBERGER Founder & CEO Picture Perfect Federation | ROBERT WALAK Co-President Anonymous Content Studios | SVEN WÄLTI Head of Film SRG SSR
Conference Timetable
09:00 – Coffee & Registration
09:30 - WELCOMING REMARKS
- CHRISTIAN JUNGEN Artistic Director Zurich Film Festival
- RETA GUETG Head of Industry Zurich Film Festival
09:40 - HOW TO FINANCE INDEPENDENT FILMS IN THE AGE OF STREAMERS
- ALEX BRUNNER Agent UTA Independent Group
- EMILIE GEORGES CEO Memento International/Paradise City
- FRANK SMITH President and CEO Walden Media LLC
- CHRISTINE VACHON CO-President Killer Films
- PATRICK WACHSBERGER Founder & CEO Picture Perfect Federation
- Moderator: Andreas Wiseman International Editor, Deadline
10:20 - HOW TO SUCCEED WITH TRANSATLANTIC PRODUCTION
- BERT HAMELINCK Head of Films & Global Managing Director Caviar
- BENJAMIN KRAMER Co-Head CAA Media Finance
- DANNY PERKINS CEO Elysian Film Group
- ILYA STEWART Founder & Producer Hype Studios
- Moderator: Melanie Goodfellow Senior International Film Correspondent, Deadline
11:00 – Coffee Break
11:20 - WHAT DOES THE AWARD SEASON OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
- HELEN HOEHNE President Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)
- JOHN LESHER Founder & President Le Grisbi Production
- GREG SHAPIRO Producer Kingsgate Films
- MATTHIJS WOUTER KNOL CEO European Film Academy
- Moderator: Jean de Meuron Head of Marketing & Publicty Centropolis Entertainment
12:00 - HOW TO FIND AN AUDIENCE FOR ARTHOUSE FILMS?
- CHRISTIAN BRÄUER Managing Director Yorck-Kinogruppe
- STEPHANIE CANDINAS Co-Managing Director Arthouse Commercio Movie AG
- KRISTEN FIGEROID Managing Director and EVP Sierra/Affinity
- DAVID LAUB Aquistions & Distribution A24
- Moderator: Mike Fleming Co-Editor in Chief, Deadline
12:40 – Luncheon
14:00 - GAME CHANGER TALK: WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?
- MICHAEL BARKER Co-President and Co-Founder Sony Pictures Classics
- TOM BERNARD Co-President and Co-Founder Sony Pictures Classics
- Moderator: Roeg Sutherland Co-Head, CAA Media Finance
14:40 - GOLDEN AGE FOR CREATORS: BUT WHERE DO WE FIND THE CRAFT FOR ALL THESE STORIES?
- SASHA BÜHLER Director EMEA Film (DACH) Netflix
- SCOTT FRANKLIN Producer Protozoa Pictures
- KIM MAGNUSSON Producer & Head of Creative Scandinavian Film Distribution
- ANNA RÓZALKSA Co-Founder, Producer Match & Stark
- SVEN WÄLTI Head of Film SRG SSR
- Moderator: Diana Lodderhose International Features Editor, Deadline
15:20 - FUTURE PROOFING YOUR BUSINESS
- ALANA MAYO President Orion
- TOM QUINN CEO & Founder NEON
- DAVID TAGHIOFF Chief Executive Library Pictures
- ROBERT WALAK President Anonymous Content
- Moderator: Julia Short Head of Studies, International Screen Institute
16:00 - CONCLUSION
16:30 – Closing Drinks
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