Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Career Insights for the International Filmmaker: Understanding and Overcoming the Hurdles of Hollywood

Sunday, July 5, 2015, from 1.00 pm to 3 pm

Grandhotel Pupp, La Belle Epoque Restaurant

This year’s informal panel will take an interactive approach to advising international filmmakers on how to push forward their film and television projects within the Hollywood system, including an active conversation about how best to approach collaborating with Hollywood stars, directors, producers, financiers or distributors. An experienced group from the United States that includes a financier, sales agent, producer, and filmmaker perspective will give in depth answers to audience questions about practical problems, and share their experiences from breaking into "the system". Hopefully this discussion will provide international filmmakers valuable information to use on their projects, and also create potential for collaboration that is useful for parties on both sides of the ocean.

Speakers: Milan Popelka, COO at FilmNation Entertainment; Andrew Renzi, director of the film Franny, Douglas E. Hansen, President of Endgame Entertainment Company and CEO of Endgame Releasing Company. Moderated by producer, screenwriter, and film journalist Tomáš Baldýnský.

European Contents in Digital Era. Towards a modernised copyright framework. What is at stake?

Sunday, July 5, 2015, from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm

Blue Lounge, Lázně III

Nearly half of Europeans fail to use streaming services from their own country while on holiday abroad because of geo-blocking. Both technology and how society makes use of it have evolved significantly since the existing legislation on copyright was drafted. It affects not only creators and consumers but also the whole value chain of the audio-visual industry. New attempts to modernize copyright rules on EU level are now on the table. What is at stake of this reform? Is it ambitious enough and how it affects the distribution models?

Speakers: Mr. Pavel Svoboda, Chair of the Committee on Legislative Affairs, European Parliament; Mr. Bogdan Wenta, Culture and Education, European Parliament; Mr. Petr Ostrouchov, expert on copyright law, and other experts. Moderated by Ms. Doris Pack, LUX Prize coordinator, former Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and Education, European Parliament.

Debate organized by the LUX Film Prize of the European Parliament and Creative Europe Desk Czech Republic-MEDIA, in partnership with KVIFF and Europa Distribution.

LUX Film Prize Unveils the Top 10 Films

Sunday, July 5, 2015, from 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm

Terrace, Hotel Thermal

In the framework of Karlovy Vary IFF, the European Parliament unveils the selection of 10 films nominated for the 2015 LUX Film Prize. On this occasion, the Audience Mention of last edition will be also announced.

The LUX Film Prize was established in 2007 in order to support the European film industry, subtitling the most significant European co-productions into all official European Union languages, propelling them beyond their national market. In doing so, the European Parliament supports cultural diversity, as it brings LUX Prize films to audiences across Europe and encourages debate on the issues they raise. Out of the ten, 3 finalists are subtitled into 24 European languages and screened across Europe.

Industry Workshop: Is there demand for on-demand? What lies beneath the digital market?

Monday, July 6, 2015, from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Cinema, Lázně III

In the frame of the debates on VOD and the fragility of online barriers, Europa Distribution, in partnership with KVIFF and the LUX Prize has set up a panel to enable an in-depth evaluation of the current VOD market and digital opportunities and threats. What is the reality of the online market today? How about film diversity, accessibility and circulation? What are the consequences of the Digital Single Market applied to film?

Professionals from the entire film value chain will share their experiences and recent learning to assess what the European independent film industry has in store for the close future.

Works in Progress 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015, from 1.30 pm to 5.00 pm.

Congress Hall, Hotel Thermal

This year, for the 11th time, filmmakers from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and the former Soviet Union will present 15 new films selected for the Works in Progress programme.

Producers and directors will present fiction films that are currently in post-production or have just been completed and will have their official premiere after the end of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The presentation of each film will last 8 minutes, including excerpts.

More information on Works in Progress presentations can be found here.

The best project will be awarded 10 000 EUR in services from Barrandov Studios.