The Locarno Film Festival has created a new industry advisory board that includes veteran producer Ted Hope, EFM founder Beki Probst and Mubi SVP of content Bobby Allen.
Locarno said the advisory board would help it navigate shifts in the independent cinema landscape.
The advisory board is headed by Nadia Dresti, the former marketing director of 20th Century Fox Switzerland. Her relationship with the festival goes back to the founding of its industry initiative Locarno Pro in 2000. Since 2022, Dresti has served as a member of the festival’s board of directors.
Working with her will be seven board members whose...
Locarno said the advisory board would help it navigate shifts in the independent cinema landscape.
The advisory board is headed by Nadia Dresti, the former marketing director of 20th Century Fox Switzerland. Her relationship with the festival goes back to the founding of its industry initiative Locarno Pro in 2000. Since 2022, Dresti has served as a member of the festival’s board of directors.
Working with her will be seven board members whose...
- 2/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Locarno Film Festival has formed an advisory board for its industry side and recruited a roster of top indie industry figures including former Amazon Studios film executive Ted Hope, Bobby Allen, who is senior VP of content at Mubi, and former European Film Market chief Beki Probst as members.
Locarno’s industry advisory board will be headed by Nadia Dresti, the former head of the prominent Swiss indie cinema event’s market side who has been with Locarno intermittently for roughly 30 years with an interlude for a few years as head of marketing for Fox Switzerland.
“I am delighted that in this ever-changing audiovisual landscape, the Locarno Film Festival has decided to initiate an ongoing conversation with industry professionals who will advise the board of directors on issues concerning the festival’s future,” Dresti said in a statement. “Together we will tackle relevant issues with the aim of providing invaluable industry insights.
Locarno’s industry advisory board will be headed by Nadia Dresti, the former head of the prominent Swiss indie cinema event’s market side who has been with Locarno intermittently for roughly 30 years with an interlude for a few years as head of marketing for Fox Switzerland.
“I am delighted that in this ever-changing audiovisual landscape, the Locarno Film Festival has decided to initiate an ongoing conversation with industry professionals who will advise the board of directors on issues concerning the festival’s future,” Dresti said in a statement. “Together we will tackle relevant issues with the aim of providing invaluable industry insights.
- 2/19/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran producer Ted Hope and former European Film Market head Beki Probst have been named as members of the Locarno Film Festival’s new industry advisor board.
They will be joined by Mubi Senior Vice President Bobby Allen, Locarno Industry Academy International Project Manager Marion Klotz; Emmanuel Cuénod, the former director of the Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) and the current head of the Swiss Digital Creation Hub, top Swiss exhibitor Edna Epelbaum, and Gerardo Michelin, the founder of the trade website LatAm cinema.
The new board’s mission will be advise the festival on how to keep in step with developments in the audiovisual sector and remain relevant to the film industry at large.
The new initiative was first announced last September when Maja Hoffmann was unveiled as the festival’s new president, replacing outgoing Marco Solari who held the role for 23 years.
As previously announced, long-time Locarno collaborator...
They will be joined by Mubi Senior Vice President Bobby Allen, Locarno Industry Academy International Project Manager Marion Klotz; Emmanuel Cuénod, the former director of the Geneva International Film Festival (Giff) and the current head of the Swiss Digital Creation Hub, top Swiss exhibitor Edna Epelbaum, and Gerardo Michelin, the founder of the trade website LatAm cinema.
The new board’s mission will be advise the festival on how to keep in step with developments in the audiovisual sector and remain relevant to the film industry at large.
The new initiative was first announced last September when Maja Hoffmann was unveiled as the festival’s new president, replacing outgoing Marco Solari who held the role for 23 years.
As previously announced, long-time Locarno collaborator...
- 2/19/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Locarno Southern Africa Industry Academy will run during Fame Week Africa in September.
African filmmaking agency Realness has selected nine industry professionals for the second edition of the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, the development programme for professionals working in distribution, sales, programming and exhibition.
This year’s edition has focused on women, “as the global film industry requires more female voices to be heard”, according to Markus Duffner, head of Locarno Pro, and Marion Klotz, project manager for the academy.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
The 2023 academy will run during Fame Week Africa in Cape Town,...
African filmmaking agency Realness has selected nine industry professionals for the second edition of the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, the development programme for professionals working in distribution, sales, programming and exhibition.
This year’s edition has focused on women, “as the global film industry requires more female voices to be heard”, according to Markus Duffner, head of Locarno Pro, and Marion Klotz, project manager for the academy.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
The 2023 academy will run during Fame Week Africa in Cape Town,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy will be hosted with Fame Week in September.
Africa filmmaking agency Realness Institute is connecting two of its initiatives and launching a third in partnership with Fame Week Africa, a September market event for African creatives.
Realness’ Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, and the seventh edition of its Screenwriters’ Residency, will now be hosted at Fame Week Africa, which launched last year and holds its 2023 edition from September 3-9 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Institute has also launched Episodic Pitches, a pitching event for series that will look to unite the concepts developed across Realness...
Africa filmmaking agency Realness Institute is connecting two of its initiatives and launching a third in partnership with Fame Week Africa, a September market event for African creatives.
Realness’ Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, and the seventh edition of its Screenwriters’ Residency, will now be hosted at Fame Week Africa, which launched last year and holds its 2023 edition from September 3-9 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Institute has also launched Episodic Pitches, a pitching event for series that will look to unite the concepts developed across Realness...
- 4/18/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In a bid to further expand its international network of young talent to South Asia, Locarno Pro, the industry section of the Locarno Film Festival, has launched an unprecedented partnership between the South Asia – Locarno Industry Academy and Nfdc Film Bazaar.
Aimed at young professionals active in sales, cinema management, traditional or online distribution, and in the programming of festivals, cineclubs and film libraries, the Locarno Industry Academy is a workshop program under the aegis of Locarno Pro.
Nfdc Film Bazaar, launched in 2007, is described by Locarno Pro as South Asia’s largest global film market organized by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), which is aimed at fostering new South Asian content and talent as well as generating sales of world cinema in the South Asian region.
This year, in addition to the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, which runs between September and October, the new South Asian initiative will...
Aimed at young professionals active in sales, cinema management, traditional or online distribution, and in the programming of festivals, cineclubs and film libraries, the Locarno Industry Academy is a workshop program under the aegis of Locarno Pro.
Nfdc Film Bazaar, launched in 2007, is described by Locarno Pro as South Asia’s largest global film market organized by the National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc), which is aimed at fostering new South Asian content and talent as well as generating sales of world cinema in the South Asian region.
This year, in addition to the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, which runs between September and October, the new South Asian initiative will...
- 8/12/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Locarno Industry Academy also runs in Mexico, Brazil, the US, Lebanon and Greece.
The Locarno Film Festival is joining forces with the Realness Institute of Africa to launch a new strand of its Industry Academy initiative aimed at emerging African professionals working in all types of film sales, distribution and exhibition.
Bannered the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, its first edition will run online from September 26 to October 2, 2021, and will be open to participants from across Africa, with the application process opening on April 20.
The creation of the new African-focused Locarno Industry Academy follows in the wake of similar programmes in Mexico,...
The Locarno Film Festival is joining forces with the Realness Institute of Africa to launch a new strand of its Industry Academy initiative aimed at emerging African professionals working in all types of film sales, distribution and exhibition.
Bannered the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, its first edition will run online from September 26 to October 2, 2021, and will be open to participants from across Africa, with the application process opening on April 20.
The creation of the new African-focused Locarno Industry Academy follows in the wake of similar programmes in Mexico,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Locarno Film Festival’s Industry Academy workshop is extending its global reach to Africa.
The prominent Swiss festival’s formative initiative dedicated to training young professionals working in sales, traditional or online distribution, theatrical exhibition and programming for festivals – which is an intergral part of Locarno’s Locarno Pro industry side – has forged a new partnership with the Realness Institute, the South Africa-based non-profit that promotes cultural understanding, open exchange and intellectual and artistic development of filmmakers on the African continent.
The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy will offer a tailored program featuring masterclasses and meetings with internationally established professionals. The aim is to enhance participants’ understanding of the challenges facing the film industry, at the same time allowing them to expand their personal network of contacts and develop their professional skill set, Locarno said in a statement.
The program’s first edition will run online from September 26 to October...
The prominent Swiss festival’s formative initiative dedicated to training young professionals working in sales, traditional or online distribution, theatrical exhibition and programming for festivals – which is an intergral part of Locarno’s Locarno Pro industry side – has forged a new partnership with the Realness Institute, the South Africa-based non-profit that promotes cultural understanding, open exchange and intellectual and artistic development of filmmakers on the African continent.
The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy will offer a tailored program featuring masterclasses and meetings with internationally established professionals. The aim is to enhance participants’ understanding of the challenges facing the film industry, at the same time allowing them to expand their personal network of contacts and develop their professional skill set, Locarno said in a statement.
The program’s first edition will run online from September 26 to October...
- 4/20/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico’s Morelia Intl. Film Festival (Ficm) and Locarno Academy are hosting the fifth edition of their joint academy for young professionals at this year’s festival, supported by the Mexican Film Institute (Imcine) and the Ibermedia program.
The Morelia/Imcine-Locarno Intl. Industry Academy – it’s official name . counts as one of a series of Academies hosted by the Locarno Film Festival, which takes in Brazil, at the Sao Paulo Iff; in Santiago, Chile– previously in Valdivia; Iff Panama; in Greece at the Thessaloniki Festival; at the Lincoln Center in New York; and in Beirut, Lebanon.
The workshop’s main objective is to support young professionals in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, and exhibition and programming.
With only four days to fit in everything, the Locarno Academy at Morelia is always more sprint than marathon. Attendees arrived Monday and meet from 9am – 6:30pm each day this week.
The Morelia/Imcine-Locarno Intl. Industry Academy – it’s official name . counts as one of a series of Academies hosted by the Locarno Film Festival, which takes in Brazil, at the Sao Paulo Iff; in Santiago, Chile– previously in Valdivia; Iff Panama; in Greece at the Thessaloniki Festival; at the Lincoln Center in New York; and in Beirut, Lebanon.
The workshop’s main objective is to support young professionals in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, and exhibition and programming.
With only four days to fit in everything, the Locarno Academy at Morelia is always more sprint than marathon. Attendees arrived Monday and meet from 9am – 6:30pm each day this week.
- 10/22/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The fifth edition of the Locarno Industry Academy will kick off this Aug. 7 and run through to Aug. 13 during the 72nd Locarno Film Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-summer movie event.
It’s been four years since the Locarno Academy added an industry section to its curriculum, and in that time the event has not only grown in its native Switzerland, but spread out across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
Designed as a training program for young professionals in the fields of production, programming, sales, distribution and exhibition, the Locarno Industry Academy provides participants with an opportunity to network and pick the brains of industry big hitters from around the world in related fields as well as discuss best practice with their fellow students.
This year’s participants are: Samira Asgarova, distributor at Cinema Distribution in Azerbaijan; Nuno Gonçcalves, from Alambique Filmes, a distribution company from Portugal; Jean-Benoit Henry,...
It’s been four years since the Locarno Academy added an industry section to its curriculum, and in that time the event has not only grown in its native Switzerland, but spread out across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
Designed as a training program for young professionals in the fields of production, programming, sales, distribution and exhibition, the Locarno Industry Academy provides participants with an opportunity to network and pick the brains of industry big hitters from around the world in related fields as well as discuss best practice with their fellow students.
This year’s participants are: Samira Asgarova, distributor at Cinema Distribution in Azerbaijan; Nuno Gonçcalves, from Alambique Filmes, a distribution company from Portugal; Jean-Benoit Henry,...
- 8/9/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Panama City — “The main problem is how to reach audiences beyond festivals,” says the Locarno Festival’s Nadia Dresti.
The Locarno Industry Academy, which now boasts a network of events outside the Swiss city, aims to help a budding new generation of distribution, sales, exhibition and programming execs to develop answers.
Iff Panama and Locarno have just concluded the Academy’s first edition in Central America.
Reaching audiences is ever harder. “Box office for festival films is going down. One or two big films manage to reach theaters. But most don’t,” said Dresti, who founded the Academy in 2014.
“Festivals used to be a launch pad to the theatrical market, but now sales agents often make their revenues from screening fees at festivals and stop there. We want to develop innovative strategies to change this situation.”
One of the problems is that younger people no longer watch arthouse films in...
The Locarno Industry Academy, which now boasts a network of events outside the Swiss city, aims to help a budding new generation of distribution, sales, exhibition and programming execs to develop answers.
Iff Panama and Locarno have just concluded the Academy’s first edition in Central America.
Reaching audiences is ever harder. “Box office for festival films is going down. One or two big films manage to reach theaters. But most don’t,” said Dresti, who founded the Academy in 2014.
“Festivals used to be a launch pad to the theatrical market, but now sales agents often make their revenues from screening fees at festivals and stop there. We want to develop innovative strategies to change this situation.”
One of the problems is that younger people no longer watch arthouse films in...
- 4/11/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Switzerland’s Locarno Festival has announced that the Intl. Film Festival of Panama will become its fourth and final festival partner in Latin America.
“The impact the Locarno Industry Academy will have on professionals of the region is ineffable,” said Panama Festival director Pituka Ortega Heilbron. “Attention is being paid to an industry and an audience that is ready for its own cinema. The many festivals and alternative cinemas that are opening in the region attest to this.”
International projects carried out by the Academy will be supervised by Marion Klotz, longtime Locarno Academy collaborator, project manager and member of the selection committee for its co-production lab, Open Doors.
Colombian-Mexican distribution, production and consulting company Interior Xiii founder-director Sandra Gómez will moderate, and provide more local knowledge, as she has at previous editions of academies held in Latin America.
The Academy launched in 2010, intent on developing emerging industry talents in distribution,...
“The impact the Locarno Industry Academy will have on professionals of the region is ineffable,” said Panama Festival director Pituka Ortega Heilbron. “Attention is being paid to an industry and an audience that is ready for its own cinema. The many festivals and alternative cinemas that are opening in the region attest to this.”
International projects carried out by the Academy will be supervised by Marion Klotz, longtime Locarno Academy collaborator, project manager and member of the selection committee for its co-production lab, Open Doors.
Colombian-Mexican distribution, production and consulting company Interior Xiii founder-director Sandra Gómez will moderate, and provide more local knowledge, as she has at previous editions of academies held in Latin America.
The Academy launched in 2010, intent on developing emerging industry talents in distribution,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Morelia, Mexico — In 2010, Switzerland’s Locarno Festival, Europe’s biggest mid-summer movie event, held its inaugural Locarno Academy with the intent to develop emerging industry talents from multiple industry disciplines such as sales, distribution, exhibition and production. In 2014, Morelia became the first festival to partner with the Academy for what has since become a yearly event backed by the Mexican Film Institute (Imcine).
“One thing we discuss here is that in Latin America we all do many things,” said Locarno Academy moderator and Interior Xiii founder-director Sandra Gomez.
“We are producers, but also distributors, we try to make deals with exhibition companies and so we end up in many parts of the business because that’s how it has to be done here. We don’t have many sales agents in Latin America, for example,” she added.
Joining Gomez on the Academy team was Marion Klotz, who has long collaborated...
“One thing we discuss here is that in Latin America we all do many things,” said Locarno Academy moderator and Interior Xiii founder-director Sandra Gomez.
“We are producers, but also distributors, we try to make deals with exhibition companies and so we end up in many parts of the business because that’s how it has to be done here. We don’t have many sales agents in Latin America, for example,” she added.
Joining Gomez on the Academy team was Marion Klotz, who has long collaborated...
- 10/27/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Locarno, Switzerland – The Locarno Festival’s Industry Academy have a predominance of women participants at its 2018 edition. Eight out of a total of ten executive students are women. According to the program’s organization, this preeminence reflects submissions statistics. Around 80% of applicants were young women executives.
2018’s edition will be the fourth, after a pilot program kicked off in 2014 under Nadia Dresti, head of Locarno’s Industry Days.
Last year, the program expanded notably in reach with new events at the Beirut Cinema Platform co-production market organized by Beirut DC and Fondation Liban Cinema, the São Paulo’s Mostra, organized in partnership with Cinema do Brazil; and the Valdivia Festival’s Australab in Chile. These events added to those already existing in Mexico’s Morelia and Greece’s Thessaloniki festivals, as well as New York’s Lincoln Center New Directors/New Films Festival.
The Locarno Industry Academy runs Aug. 1-...
2018’s edition will be the fourth, after a pilot program kicked off in 2014 under Nadia Dresti, head of Locarno’s Industry Days.
Last year, the program expanded notably in reach with new events at the Beirut Cinema Platform co-production market organized by Beirut DC and Fondation Liban Cinema, the São Paulo’s Mostra, organized in partnership with Cinema do Brazil; and the Valdivia Festival’s Australab in Chile. These events added to those already existing in Mexico’s Morelia and Greece’s Thessaloniki festivals, as well as New York’s Lincoln Center New Directors/New Films Festival.
The Locarno Industry Academy runs Aug. 1-...
- 8/3/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
The Locarno Industry Office has joined forces with the Locarno Summer Academy to launch the pilot project Industry Academy (8 – 12 August), an educational, multi-disciplinary program for young industry professionals.
I met with Nadia Dresti, (Delegate to the Artistic Direction, Head of International of the Locarno International Film Festival), along with Sophie Bourdon (originator of this project; international sales consultant and former director of Atelier du Cinema European) and Marion Klotz (longtime festivals manager and acquisitions executive at Memento Films), to talk about their new program -- the Industry Academy -- a three-day intensive workshop.
When describing how this pilot program came to be, Dresti states, “We were thinking about what changes do we need in the film industry; and how can you reinvent this industry if you project 10 years ahead from now, because it’s changing so fast.”
Dresti, Bourdon and Klotz explained that their impetus for the Industry Academy was born from the fact that very few European film schools offer courses about the industry. Their goal is to fill this existing gap in film schools by offering a very practical shortcut to the international industry world.
Bourdon: “The idea is to share what is going on -- to compare situations and experiences from Latin America, Europe, and so on, such as new ways of showing films.”
Nine young European professionals starting out in distribution, exhibition, sales and marketing, will meet with seasoned industry professionals from six different countries: Belgium (Damien Le Délézir, Europa International; Vanessa Jarlot, O’Brother), Denmark (Peter Ahlén, Trust Nordisk), France (Océane Portal, Under The Milky Way), Spain (Espinar Gabriel Sanz, The Film Agency), Switzerland (Meryl Moser, Cinerive Sa; Frédérick Herren, Cinepel Sa; Yves Blösche, Filmcoopi) and UK (Oliver Charles, Peccadillo Pictures).
Mentors and students will discuss challenges and changes they face, case studies, confront their points of views on specific issues and explore new, innovative approaches in sales, marketing strategies, exhibition and distribution, including new platforms.
Klotz: “It is important to have the participants active. We hope the Industry Academy will be a mini-lab to focus on exchanges and small group discussions rather than academic teaching sessions. We want to nurture our discussions about the future of distribution and sales by ideas, thoughts and experiences of both beginners and experts!”
Among the guests included are Susan Wendt (Trust Nordisk), Nicholas Kaiser (Memento Films International), Anne Delseth (Directors' Fortnight), Lane Kneedler (AFI Fest), Michel de Schaetzen (O’Brother), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle (Under the Milky Way), Yves Moser (Cinerive Sa), Mary Nazari (Pioner Cinema).
Bourdon states: “I sincerely hope this project will be inspiring to these junior professionals, make them realize the important role they play in the career of films and filmmakers and encourage them to join forces and become creative entrepreneurs because their professions have never been so fascinating, open to innovation and new opportunities than today, lucky them!”
Dresti smiles: “We don’t wait to see what will happen in the film industry -- we are taking the bull by the horns.”
To learn more about the Industry Academy:
http://www.pardolive.ch/en/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival/2014/day01/New-Pilot-Project-the-Locarno-Industry-Academy.html#.U-M4NKN0xMs
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide.www.su-city-pictures.com , http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
I met with Nadia Dresti, (Delegate to the Artistic Direction, Head of International of the Locarno International Film Festival), along with Sophie Bourdon (originator of this project; international sales consultant and former director of Atelier du Cinema European) and Marion Klotz (longtime festivals manager and acquisitions executive at Memento Films), to talk about their new program -- the Industry Academy -- a three-day intensive workshop.
When describing how this pilot program came to be, Dresti states, “We were thinking about what changes do we need in the film industry; and how can you reinvent this industry if you project 10 years ahead from now, because it’s changing so fast.”
Dresti, Bourdon and Klotz explained that their impetus for the Industry Academy was born from the fact that very few European film schools offer courses about the industry. Their goal is to fill this existing gap in film schools by offering a very practical shortcut to the international industry world.
Bourdon: “The idea is to share what is going on -- to compare situations and experiences from Latin America, Europe, and so on, such as new ways of showing films.”
Nine young European professionals starting out in distribution, exhibition, sales and marketing, will meet with seasoned industry professionals from six different countries: Belgium (Damien Le Délézir, Europa International; Vanessa Jarlot, O’Brother), Denmark (Peter Ahlén, Trust Nordisk), France (Océane Portal, Under The Milky Way), Spain (Espinar Gabriel Sanz, The Film Agency), Switzerland (Meryl Moser, Cinerive Sa; Frédérick Herren, Cinepel Sa; Yves Blösche, Filmcoopi) and UK (Oliver Charles, Peccadillo Pictures).
Mentors and students will discuss challenges and changes they face, case studies, confront their points of views on specific issues and explore new, innovative approaches in sales, marketing strategies, exhibition and distribution, including new platforms.
Klotz: “It is important to have the participants active. We hope the Industry Academy will be a mini-lab to focus on exchanges and small group discussions rather than academic teaching sessions. We want to nurture our discussions about the future of distribution and sales by ideas, thoughts and experiences of both beginners and experts!”
Among the guests included are Susan Wendt (Trust Nordisk), Nicholas Kaiser (Memento Films International), Anne Delseth (Directors' Fortnight), Lane Kneedler (AFI Fest), Michel de Schaetzen (O’Brother), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle (Under the Milky Way), Yves Moser (Cinerive Sa), Mary Nazari (Pioner Cinema).
Bourdon states: “I sincerely hope this project will be inspiring to these junior professionals, make them realize the important role they play in the career of films and filmmakers and encourage them to join forces and become creative entrepreneurs because their professions have never been so fascinating, open to innovation and new opportunities than today, lucky them!”
Dresti smiles: “We don’t wait to see what will happen in the film industry -- we are taking the bull by the horns.”
To learn more about the Industry Academy:
http://www.pardolive.ch/en/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival/2014/day01/New-Pilot-Project-the-Locarno-Industry-Academy.html#.U-M4NKN0xMs
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide.www.su-city-pictures.com , http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
- 8/10/2014
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
Pilot open to young European professionals in distribution, exhibition, sales and marketing.
The Locarno Film Festival’s Industry Office has joined forces with the Locarno Summer Academy to launch a pilot project titled Industry Academy (Aug 8-12).
The educational programme will include a group of nine young European professionals starting out in the areas of distribution, exhibition, sales and marketing, and they will meet with seasoned industry professionals.
Speaking recently to Screen, Locarno’s head of industry Nadia Dresti said the pilot aimed to fill a gap in the market. “If you want to be a director or producer, you can go to film school. But what do you do if you want to become a distributor, or a sales agent, or an exhibitor?”
Those selected come from six different countries and include:
Damien Le Délézir, Europa International (Belgium)Vanessa Jarlot, O’Brother (Belgium)Peter Ahlén, Trust Nordisk (Denmark)Océane Portal, Under The Milky Way (France...
The Locarno Film Festival’s Industry Office has joined forces with the Locarno Summer Academy to launch a pilot project titled Industry Academy (Aug 8-12).
The educational programme will include a group of nine young European professionals starting out in the areas of distribution, exhibition, sales and marketing, and they will meet with seasoned industry professionals.
Speaking recently to Screen, Locarno’s head of industry Nadia Dresti said the pilot aimed to fill a gap in the market. “If you want to be a director or producer, you can go to film school. But what do you do if you want to become a distributor, or a sales agent, or an exhibitor?”
Those selected come from six different countries and include:
Damien Le Délézir, Europa International (Belgium)Vanessa Jarlot, O’Brother (Belgium)Peter Ahlén, Trust Nordisk (Denmark)Océane Portal, Under The Milky Way (France...
- 8/6/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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