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Mediawave Film Forum 2 quality time

Living in the forrest, working in the city, it felt like disney "white snow and the seven dwarfs"...but were GIANTS and the discussion were very inspiring.

If a MEDIAWAVE-size festival today wants to remain within the international circuit of film festivals, it is a necessary step to organise professional meetings to exchange information about up-to-date issues in film business. The panels of the MEDIAWAVE Film Forum 2 in the second half of the festival were dedicated to the Endangered Species (of art) namely the film, as social experience in the 21st century.

The participants coming from different European countries discussed the topic from different perspectives.

Thanks for "No milk today" by Herman Hermit, "It's a lovely Day" by Erica Jennings, Dolly Mollinger

MEDIAWAVE FILM FORUM SUMMARY



 

If a MEDIAWAVE-size festival today wants to remain within the international circuit of film festivals, it is a necessary step to organise professional meetings to exchange information about up-to-date issues in film business. The panels of the MEDIAWAVE Film Forum 2 in the second half of the festival were dedicated to the Endangered Species (of art) namely the film, as social experience in the 21st century.

The participants coming from different European countries discussed the topic from different perspectives.

The speakers and participants were:

Bruno Chatelin (FRA) - head of fest21, filmfestivals.com

Éva Vezér (HUN) - head of the Hungarian Film Unio

Annelise Termeer (NED) - EYEFILM, digitalisation department

Lajos Lovas (HUN) - head of digitalisation department, NEFMI

Nadja Piplits (AUT) - Diagonale FF, Graz

György Laki (HUN) - vice president, Hungarian Climate Alliance

Ena Dozo (BIH) - Sarajevo Film Festival, Operation Kino, marketing and communication manager

Boris Mitic (SCG) - documentary film director

Gergő Csikós (HUN) - HungariAnt

Judit Acsády (HUN) - MTA, sociologist

Linde Fröhlich (GER) - artistic director, Nordic Film Days, Lübeck

Gizella Varga Sinai (IRN/HUN) - painter

Algirdas Ramaska (LIT)- executive director, Vilnius film Festival

Voitech Kabath (SLK) - director, IFF Bratislava

Mira Staleva (HUN) - Sofia IFF

Arjoon Dunnewind (NED) - director, Impakt Film Festival, Uttrecht

Tibor Bíró (HUN) - director, Jameson Cinefest

Tamás Gábeli (HUN) - director, BuSho

Alfred Masal (AUT) - director, OHO

Moderator: András Monory-Mész (HUN)- film and tv director, media expert

After the opening film, Peter Kerekes's Cooking History, the forum was opened by József Sági, head of the Cultural Comission of the City of Szombathely in the Savaria Cinema. Yasin Aktas, the Kurdish chef made and served the meal for the reception where Hungarian wine from different regions were also presented.

The particpants discussed the following topics:

Revival possibilities of film festival in the 21st century - the festivals introduced themselves focusing on the character of their festivals and Eva Vezer talked about the Hungarian and international film

Internet pro community experience - Bruno Chatelin presented fest21, the blog site of more than 5000 film festivals

Digitalisation - Annelise Termeer held a wonderful presentation on the innovations of the Dutch Eyefilm to make its huge archive (36.000 films) available on the internet. Lajos Lovas presented the digitalisation plans of the Ministry.

Sponsorship - Bruno Chatelin, the former marketing director of many big companies like Sony Pictures, served with beautiful examples on cultural sponsorship.

Green Festivals - György Laki and Nadja Piplits gave thought-provoking ideas on how the festivals can join the environment protection.

Creator Woman - Women in Mediawave films, Role of Scandinavian Women in Film Industry and being a female artis in Iran told by Judit Acsády, Linde Fröhlich and Gizella Varga Sinai

Friday evening, András Horkay the director of the Central European Wine Institute introduced the Hungarian wine culture from the less-known regions of the country to the forum participants.

We hope that everyone was satisfied with the experiences during the forum and the festival and we can continue to cooperate in the future!

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