Please be aware that the detailed programme might be subject to alterations and amendments. Check out this page for potential changes. Day 1: Thursday 23 March 2017 Venue: Raiffeisen Hall, Raiffeisen Bank International, Stadtpark 9, 1010 Vienna Presenter: Stephanie Fürstenberg 08.30 09.30 Registration and Welcome Breakfast 09.15 09.20 Welcome Address by Michael Palzer, Head of Marketing and Event Management at Raiffeisen Bank International AG 09.20 09.25 Welcome Address by Magdalena Żelasko, Director and Founder of the LET S CEE Film Festival 09.25 09.30 Welcome Address by Anna Franklin, General Director of the Film New Europe Association 09.30 09.35 Welcome Address by Roland Teichmann, Head of the Austrian Film Institute 09.35 10.00 Keynote Address Topic: Creative Europe MEDIA and how it can support European filmmakers in a rapidly changing world. by Harald E. Trettenbrein, Head of Unit at European Commission EACEA (Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture) 10.00 10.25 1 st Presentation Topic: How to get your feature film or documentary finally on screen: Business models in film distribution in Austria and in the Balkans. Lecturer: Christof Papousek, CFO of Cineplexx Kinobetriebe & of the Constantin Film-Holding, Managing Partner & CFO of Cineplexx International 10.25 10.40 Q&A 10.40 10.55 Coffee Break
10.55 11.20 2 nd Presentation Topic: FNE AV Innovation Enormous potential or unrealistic expectations: What role will virtual reality play in the future of the international film industry? Lecturer: Peeter Nieler, Innovator, Virtual Reality R&D Professional, Venture Catalyst and Sought-After Speaker 11.20 11.35 Q&A 11.35 12.00 3 rd Presentation Topic: Content has no borders. Has content no borders? The essentials of internationally successful feature films, documentaries or TV series. Tereza Polachová, Head of Original Production and Executive Producer at HBO Europe 12.00 12.15 Q&A 12.15 13.30 Lunch Break with Creative Europe Desk Austria-MEDIA at the Austrian Film Institute 13.30 13.55 4 th Presentation Topic: What can one of the biggest European film studios offer you for your next roject for comparatively little money: The best arguments for shooting with the Korda Filmstudio in Budapest. Lecturer: Dániel Kresmery, Head of Production and Development at the Korda Filmstudio LLC. 13.55 14.10 Q&A 14.10 14.35 5 th Presentation Topic: Making movies in Romania: An overview of the Romanian film industry, film funding, film services and the legal situation. Lecturer: Tudor Giurgiu, Producer/Director, President of the Transilvania IFF and of the Romanian Film Promotion 14.35 14.50 Q&A 14.50 15.05 Coffee Break
15.05 15.30 6 th Presentation Topic: The work-flows of film music recordings with large orchestras: Merging virtual instruments and proprietary software innovations with traditional recording techniques and procedures. Lecturer: Herbert Tucmandl, Composer, Director, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Vienna Symphonic Library and the Synchron Stage Vienna Hans Zimmer chose the Synchron Stage Vienna and its in-house Orchestra to record e.g. music for Inferno starring Tom Hanks or for the Netflix series The Crown. And so did Ana Netrebko and many other clients from all over the world. 15.30 15.45 Q&A 15.45 16.10 7 th Presentation Topic: Hello software, goodbye chaos: How to organise your film, literature, or theatre festival, as well as any other event, with a great computer programme and with minimum costs and time. Lecturer: Tomáš Prášek, Co-Founder of Several Film Festivals, of the Film Festival Academy, of DataKal and of Eventival, where he is Managing Director 16.10 16.25 Q&A 16.25 17.15 Panel Discussion Topic: The future of European film festivals. Presenter: Tomasz Raczek, Chief Editor of the Film Magazine of the Polish Film Makers Association Panellists: Stefan Laudyn, Director of the Warsaw FF Tiina Lokk-Tramberg, Director of the Tallin Black Nights FF Elliot Grove, Founder and Director of the Raindance FF 17.15 17.30 Q&A 17.30 19.00 Big Break 19.00 22.00 Meet the experts after work Get-Together with the Vienna Association of the Film and Music Industry at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce Venue: Wirtschaftskammer Wien, Rudolf-Sallinger-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna Invitation only!
Please be aware that the detailed programme might be subject to alterations and amendments. Check out this page for potential changes. Day 2: Friday 24 March 2017 Venue: Raiffeisen Hall, Raiffeisen Bank International, Stadtpark 9, 1010 Vienna Presenter: (TBD) 08.30 09.30 Registration and Welcome Breakfast 09.00 09.05 Welcome Address by Wolfgang P. Schwelle, Director and Co-Founder of the LET S CEE Film Festival 09.05 09.30 8 th Presentation Topic: A German/Austrian co-production shot in Romania: A look behind the curtain of the multiply awarded tragicomedy Toni Erdmann Lecturer: Antonin Svoboda, Director, Writer and Producer with coop99 Filmproduktion 09.30 09.45 Q&A 9.45 10.00 9 th Presentation Topic: The Film Industry Support Austria (FISA) financing programme: How it works, how companies can qualify for support, which films are eligible, what co-productions should consider and much more. Lecturer: Arie Bohrer, Director of Location Austria 10.00 10.15 Q&A 10.15 10.30 10 th Presentation Creative Europe MEDIA Programme: What are the current funding opportunities for the development of European films and TV programmes, for the distribution and promotion of European films and for cross-border cooperation? Lecturer: Esther Krausz, Expert at Creative Europe Desk Austria-MEDIA at the Austrian Film Institute 10.30 10.45 Q&A 10.45 10.55 Coffee Break
10.55 11.20 11 th Presentation Topic: Making movies in Poland: An overview of the Polish film industry, film funding, film services and the legal situation. Lecturer: Robert Baliński, International Co-Productions Project Manager at the Polish Film Institute 11.20 11.35 Q&A 11.35 12.00 12 th Presentation Topic: Making movies in Slovenia: An overview of the Slovenian film industry, film funding, film services and the legal situation. Lecturer: Jelka Stergel, Head of Promotion and Marketing at the Slovenian Film Center 12.00 12.15 Q&A 12.15 13.30 Lunch Break 13.30 13.55 13 th Presentation Topic: Making movies in Azerbaijan: An overview of the Azerbaijani film industry, co-production opportunities, film funding, film services and the legal situation. Lecturer: Samaya Asgarova, Head of the International Affairs Department at the Azerbaijanfilm Studio 13.55 14.10 Q&A 14.10 14.35 14 th Presentation Topic: How to produce a high-class documentary which impresses Hollywood and changes the world for the better: A case study of The Ivory Game, a co-production of the Terra Mater Factual Studios, Paul Allen s Vulcan Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio s Appian Way. Lecturer: Wolfgang Knöpfler, Producer of The Ivory Game and according to Netflix Executives The Jason Bourne of Natural History Filmmaking 14.35 14.50 Q&A 14.50 15.05 Coffee Break
15.05 15.30 15 th Presentation Topic: That s what a perfect, watertight international coproduction contract looks like: The legal framework of coproductions and collaborative agreements in the European film business. Lecturer: Leonhard Reis, Copyright Expert and Independent Attorney in Vienna 15.30 15.45 Q&A 15.45 16.35 Panel Discussion Topic: The present and future challenges of European co-productions in a rapidly changing world. Presenter: Anne Franklin, General Director of the Film New Europe Association Panellists: Martin Šmatlák, Director of the Slovakian Audiovisual Fund (TBC) Anamaria Antoci, Producer Participant: (TBD).... Participant: (TBD).... 16.35 16.50 Q&A 16.50 20.00 Big Break 20.00 22.00 Live! Ammunition! Pitching Session Venue: Die Markterei, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Vienna Topic: Young and not so young screenwriters, producers or filmmakers pitch their movies feature narratives, as well as documentaries or TV series of any genre in 2 minutes or less to a panel of industry professionals in front of a live audience. Presenter: Elliot Grove, Producer, Founder and Director of the Raindance FF and the British Independent Awards Panellists: Christoph Thoke, Film Producer and CEO of Mogador Film Robert Buchschwenter, Script Doctor, Dramaturge, Lector Participant: (TBD)...... Participant: (TBD).... 21.00 24.00 It s Party Time! (or longer) Venue: Die Markterei, Dominikanerbastei 11, 1010 Vienna