Cannes Market Dailies

— Co-pro Markets Catch-up

Due to a confusion related to the access to the tables, we have rescheduled another 2 sessions for Tuesday 23 from 11:00 to 12:00 (Cannes time, UTC+2)

• Session 1: 11:00 to 11:30 (Cannes time, UTC+2)
• Session 2: 11:30 to 12:00 (Cannes time, UTC+2)

— Spot the Composer

From Monday 22 to Friday 26, Spot the Composer will provide music lovers and industry professionals with opportunities to meet for potential collaborations or to enjoy online concerts from world-renowned composers.

From 19:00 to 19:45 (UTC+2), take part in Meet & Listen Camille Bazbaz, an online concert introduced by Stéphane Lerouge. Camille Bazbaz is a pianist songwriter and music writer born in Paris. Cinema and writing original score for movies arrived in his life in 1998 with the movie Comme elle respire by French director Pierre Salvadori. From that moment they worked on four other movies together including En Liberté in 2018. Camille Bazbaz was nominated for the best film soundtrack award at the César award ceremony in 2019 for En Liberté, and he received a price for the same work , from la Chambre syndicale de l’édition musicale in 2019 .

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER

— Goes to Cannes

The Goes to Cannes selected feature films in post-production will be pitched during two-hour online screenings on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 June.

Four film festivals and markets will present their curated selections of feature films in post-production at the 8th edition of Goes to Cannes.

On Tuesday 23, discover curated selections of projects from Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 10:00 - 12:00 (UTC+2); and NFDC Film Bazaar from 12:00 - 14:00 (UTC+2).

Professionals who will attend the screenings will be able to organize meetings with project holders during the Goes to Cannes Speed Meetings on Wednesday 24 from 9:00 to 21:00 (UTC+2). Register here.

Goes to Cannes full lineup here.

— Conference Highlights

The Audiovisual Sector in the Time of COVID-19 Live after-talk with the Speakers of the Documentary Film

The panel will be held at 17:00 (UTC+2)

The aim of this event is to provide an insight into the effects of the pandemic on the various businesses of the audiovisual industry, the support measures that have been adopted across Europe and the feelings of the various key players with regard to the future. The panel discussion will be introduced by a documentary film produced by the European Audiovisual Observatory on the effects of COVID-19 on the audiovisual industries. It will be followed by a live chat session with the interviewees featured in the film. The Marché du Film Online audience will have a chance to exchange with them via our chatbox.

Speakers : Richard BURNLEY , Legal and Policy Director , EBU ; Silvia CIBIEN , General Delegate , EUROVOD ; Cécile DESPRINGRE , Executive Director , SAA ; Gilles FONTAINE , Head of Department for Market Information , EAO ; Benoît GINISTY , Chief Representative , FIAPF ; Laura HOULGATTE , Chief Executive Officer , UNIC ; Elena LAI , Secretary General , CEPI ; Alexandra LEBRET, Managing Director , EPC ; Grégoire POLAD , Director General , ACT ; Alina POPESCU , Secretary General , FIAD ; Julie-Jeanne Régnault , Secretary General , EFAD

Moderators : Maja CAPPELLO , Head of Department for Legal Information , European Audiovisual Observatory ; Susanne Nikoltchev , Executive Director , European Audiovisual Observatory - Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel

More information here.

International Film Finance Live

Winston Baker will present the 11th Annual International Film Finance LIVE at 18:00 - 22:00 (UTC+2)

From development to finance and distribution, activity continues for some investors, producers, filmmakers and distributors. But how are deals getting vetted and closed? And who are the active players in the market? More than ever, storytelling across cultures has also become a very important and necessary focus of the film business. We will host keynote conversations with visionaries who are leading in these efforts.

Speakers : Judith Chan , Executive Director , Media Banking Office at Coutts & Co ; Stuart Ford , Chairman and CEO , AGC STUDIOS ; Cristina Garza , Agent, Media Finance department , Creative Artists Agency (CAA) ; Maggie Monteith ; Effie T. Brown , CEO , Gamechanger ; Julie Taymor , Director

Moderators : Amy Baker , Co-Founder and Managing Partner , WINSTON | BAKER ; Katherine Winston , Co-Founder and Managing Partner , WINSTON | BAKER

Register here.

Roadmap to Co-production

The workshop will be held at 12:00 (UTC+2)

Co-production has become the new normal. But how to co-produce – and why (or why not)? This session will provide you with a broad overview of opportunities and obstacles, do’s and don’ts. More than anything it attempts to give you an insight into basic considerations and some rules of thumb, that will hopefully make your co-production life easier.

Speaker: Lise Lense-Møller, Head of Studies, EAVE

More information here.

PRESENTED BY

Revisiting the definition of online platform in actual context

The panel will be held at 15:00 (UTC+2)

Can we revisit together the definition of a digital platform during and after the health crisis? With the cancellation of "physical" festivals and the closure of cinemas during several months, what role have the platforms played in terms of deal making and exhibition/circulation of independent films internationally?

Speakers: Jakob Abrahamsson, CEO, Nonstop Entertainment; Fabien Westerhoff, CEO - Partner, Film Constellation; Nathanaël KARMITZ, CEO, MK2; Quentin DELEAU, Head of Digital Development & MyFrenchFilmFestival, UniFrance

Moderator: Elsa Keslassy, Variety

More information here.

Meet the Streamers: Meet with HBO Max - Sandra Dewey

The keynote will be held at 18:00 (UTC+2)

The Marché du Film Online audience will be able to join Sandra Dewey, President of Productions and Business Operations for WarnerMedia Entertainment, for a keynote conversation about launching HBO Max during an unprecedented time, navigating the evolving streaming landscape and the importance of cultivating and nurturing underrepresented talent.

Speaker: Sandra Dewey, President of Productions and Business Operations for WarnerMedia Entertainment

Moderator: Wendy Mitchell

More information here.

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— Match&Meet (by Talque)

Match&Meet (by Talque) will be your essential tool to request and organize chat and video meetings, meet participants who share similar market goals, schedule and access conferences, and participate in daily flash meetings.

Not yet on this network? Don't delay and download it now to experience the full Marché du Film Online experience. Open Match&Meet (by Talque) on your desktop (recommended) or on your mobile (iOS and Android). If you choose to use the app, download it by searching Cinando Match&Meet in your store and activate your account with your Cinando login. 

When registering, please make sure to answer all the questions to create your profile and click on the Get Started button. Once you are connected, choose the Marché du Film Online network (top left corner) to start organizing chat and video meetings and access conferences.

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