Europe, Now!
Film Industry Meetings
BFM - 39
BFM - 39
Europe Now! Film Industry Meetings
Industry days and Networking Platform devoted to the opportunities that European festivals, markets, training programmes and funding offer to young directors and producers, in a more professional and international perspective.
Europe, Now! Film Industry Meetings is a brand new and all-European industry section which will be devoted to the internationalisation of professionals attending the Festival.
BFM has been always strongly oriented a in European sense with its moments of permanent education – through the masterclasses given by the three directors hosted by Europe Now! section – but in this edition there will be two industry days intended as a platform for information and networking, in two different directions:
• illustrating the opportunities European festivals, forums and training programmes co- funded by Creative Europe offer to directors and producers;
• describing the panorama of European funds, co-production funds and the existing tools for getting to know the most important funding opportunities in Europe.
An international panel, some significant case histories and one-to-one meetings are scheduled for each of the two days and themes to provide a knowledge guide to the tools in place. In fact, although already existing even before the pandemic, said tools have changed quite radically in some cases and, in a time of great crisis for the entire film and audio-visual industry such as this, need now more than ever to be made known and investigated.
For this purpose, thanks to the collaboration with Creative Europe Desk Italy – Turin, during the two-day panel, a special focus will be dedicated to the new MEDIA programes of Creative Europe 2021-2027, showcased for the first time in Italy within a festival event.
The final objective of this edition is to encourage young Italian directors and producers to imagine their projects, their works and approach in a perspective that is open to Europe, both in the higher education phase and access point to the market as well as in the more operational production phase and participation in professional networks at European level.
Monday April 26th
THE EUROPEAN FESTIVALS: ROLE AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS OF CREATIVE EUROPE
Meet the European Festivals and networks: some tools for the promotion of new films and film heritage, for audience development, for distribution and access to market.
Film festivals are nowadays the go-to place for distribution, promotion of innovation and heritage, but also an access point to the market and a hub of permanent education as well as critical discussion and audience development. With the continued support of Creative Europe, BFM promotes a day of debate and networking, inviting representatives of European festivals, markets and institutions that share the mission to promote the circulation of European film.
h 2.30 PM
Opening of Europe, No! Film Industry Meetings
h 2.45 PM
1st slot – Festival funding and a few examples of European film festival and network models
• Silvia Sandrone (Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA): Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA: Creativa Europe tools for supporting the mission and future challenges of EU film festivals.
• Carolina Stera – Associazione Alpe Adria Cinema: The case study of Trieste Film Festival which is now part of a European network of film festivals co-founded by Creative Europe (MIOB – Moving Images Open Borders).
• Chiara Omero – AFIC: How Italian film festivals deal with audience development challenges, including conversion to online streaming.
• Martha Otte – Tromsø International Film Festival: A virtuous example of a European film festival that also supports production and distribution.
h 3.30 PM
Coffee Break
h 3.40 PM
2nd slot – Film festivals and the promotion of heritage films
• Markus Duffner – Locarno Pro: The Heritage Online Platform of Locarno Pro.
• Gérald Duchaussoy – Institut Lumière and Marché International du Film Classique (MIFC): how to promote heritage films through its market, analyzing current trends and looking to the future.
• György Ráduly – Hungarian Film Archive: the retrospectives and tributes in the festival programming as occasions of promoting the film heritage, and other alternative distribution ways.
h 4.15 PM
Coffee Break
h 4.25 PM
3rd slot – The Italian festivals: their film literacy and audience development strategies and their relation with independent distribution
• Bruno Zambardino – Piano Cinema e Immagini per la Scuola – MIC – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo: some news on the 2021 / 2022 guidelines for supporting film literacy initiatives.
• Silvia Pareti – Piccolo Grande Cinema: How festivals can work in synergy with education; an example of a film festival entirely devoted to children and youth, and a successful European film literacy project co-funded by Creative Europe (The Film Corner Platform).
• Emilie Boucheteil – European Film Factory: Talking about European Film Factory: the experience of a European platform devoted to film education.
• Eddie Bertozzi – Academy Two (member of Europa Distribution): How film festivals can support the distribution of independent and arthouse films (that often, after touring the festival circuit, have to build their presence in movie theatres) and contribute to create new audiences for them.
• Irene Musumeci – MUBI: How a streaming platform, which has been defined as the Netflix for essai films, is putting in place strategies in terms of audience development at a European level.
h 6.00 PM
Talk with the protagonists of the “Europe, Now!” section of Bergamo Film Meeting 39
• 6.00 PM – Mia Hansen-Løve: some hints on a European director who has followed some kind of “exemplary” paths in her career.
• 7.00 PM – João Nicolau: a Portuguese director who co-produces with France, has a special bond with Italy (the partnership with Alessandro Comodin) and whose sales agent is one of the most important in Europe.
EUROPEAN FUNDING, EU CO-PRODUCTIONS AND ACCESS TO THE MARKET: WHAT IS WHAT?
Directors and producers (i.e. the creative team of a film project) are nowadays required to be more knowledgeable and deeply aware of all the opportunities that Creative Europe and national and regional institutions offer in order to support a film project, no matter the production stage. Film festivals, with their co-production forums and training programmes, are often the go-to place, but then it is imperative to develop an expertise on funding and access to market tools which, in some case, are very niche-oriented but can generally help a lot in facing the financial issues typical of any stage of a film production. Being part of a professional network is another way to find other useful tools and to exchange ideas with European colleagues on similar issues, looking for common solutions.
h 10.30 AM
Greetings and presentation of the day’s programme
h 10.40 AM
Access to film funding and the market – Moderated by Cristina Loglio, expert in European cultural policies.
1st slot – Access to market – Institutional tools in place
• Silvia Sandrone – Creative Europe Desk Italy – Media: An overview on EU funds supporting the producers.
• Mariella Troccoli – MIC – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo: An overview on the opportunities for co-production funding and the news tools for internationalisation of film professionals.
• Roberto Stabile – ANICA: An overview on available tools for promoting the internationalisation of young Italian film professionals.
h 11.30 AM
Coffee Break
h 11.40 AM
2nd slot – Access to market – Platforms
• Jo Mühlberger – European Film Promotion: “Producers on the Move Programme” and the other EFP tools to support the permanent education of directors and producers, their access to the market and European networking of professionals.
• Frédéric Boyer – Les Arcs FF e l’Industry Village: How a successful co-production forum that became a European reference point can change the programming of festivals.
• Alessandra Speciale – Milano Film Network: How a film festival network built some tools to promote the access to market for young filmmakers and producers, with an eye on the positive effects on the territory.
• Federico Pedroni – Rai Cinema: How the most important national broadcasting network operates for supporting films of Italian young directors, in a European perspective.
h 12.20 PM
Coffee Break
h 12.30 PM
3rd slot – Access to market – Best practices
• Alessandro Gropplero – When East Meets West: a successful model of co-production forum which is also a training opportunity, celebrating ten years of constant business growth; why it is a go-to place and what tools it can provide for directors and producers.
• Maria Bonsanti – Eurodoc: the most important European training programme for documentary producers.
Alessandra Pastore – Meeting Point Vilnius: A case study of an industry platform which was born as a regional one and has been increasing its relevance at a European level.
h 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM
One to one sessions with some of the panelists
Reservation is required. Confirmed availability of Silvia Sandrone, Eddie Bertozzi, Frédéric Boyer, Gérald Duchaussoy, Markus Duffner, Alessandro Gropplero, Irene Musumeci, Alessandra Speciale, Carolina Stera.
h 4.30 PM
EU co-productions – Some case histories (in collaboration with AGICI)
Institutional greetings of Marina Marzotto (AGICI President).
Contributions: Claudia Di Lascia, Federico Minetti, Gianfilippo Pedote, Nadia Trevisan, Ines Vasiljevic.
How Italian authors can re-organise their work in a creative and European sense: some new strategies and collaboration, also starting from the case study of La prima onda (in collaboration with AIR 3)
• Institutional greetings of Carlo Sigon – (film director and AIR3 President). Contributions: Paolo Vari – regista e produttore e Claudio Bozzatello – regista. In collaborazione con AIR3 – Italian Directors Guild.
Last but not least: some case histories to reflect on
• Cristina Sardo – Rossofuoco: How an EU co-production can solve financial problems in a
radical way: the case of Fuori tutto, 2019 documentary winner of the Torino Film Festival Italiana Doc section, where Italy became minority co-production.
• Marica Stocchi – Rosamont: some experiences of European co-productions.
In collaborazione con / In collaboration with:
Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA – Ufficio di Torino
AGICI – Associazione Generale Industrie Cine-Audiovisive Indipendenti
AIR3 – Italian Directors Guild – Associazione Italiana Registi
WHERE: Online su Zoom
WHEN: 26 – 27 aprile 2021
Per i panel in inglese sarà disponibile la traduzione simultanea.
Ingresso gratuito per tutti gli accreditati Industry / Free admission for industry accredited
I non Accreditati Industry possono acquistare l’ingresso a partire da lunedì 19 aprile.
Tutti gli accreditati Industry potranno accedere ai panel previa registrazione.
Info and contacts:
Alice Arecco
Industry Coordinator – Bergamo Film Meeting
[email protected]
