Marché du film online 2020 - Live! © RR
From 22 to 26 June, the Festival de Cannes is launching its online Marché du Film to support the international film industry.
This new version of the Marché du Film, designed to mirror the traditional Cannes experience as closely as possible, will offer professionals from around the world opportunities to attend over 150 events, panel and keynote talks, speed meetings and round-table discussions, as well as exclusive concerts from film score and soundtrack composers.
Some of these events are to follow Live on this page as well as on our Facebook official page!
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Monday 22 June at 4:00pm: Digital European Film Forum
Pierre Lescure (President of the Festival de Cannes), Tatxo Benet (CEO of Mediapro), Thierry Breton (European Commissioner), Marco Chimenz (CEO of Cattleya and European Producers Club Board member), Ed Guiney (film producer CEO of Element Pictures), Daniela Elstner (Director General of Unifrance) and Sabine Verheyen (MEP and Chair of the Culture committee of the European Parliament) meet to discuss the following question:
"What might the European Union's role be in shaping the future of the audio-visual ecosystem in Europe?"
Monday 22 June at 5:00pm: Creating the new normal: intersectionality in the film industry
Franklin Leonard (CEO of Black List), Emilia Roig (Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectional Justice) and Anna Serner (CEO of the Swedish Film Institute) tackle the question of building an inclusive future film industry, drawing up an inventory of the industry as it currently stands, and assessing how creative and innovative initiatives can pave the way for change in an ever-shifting cultural landscape. The panel will discuss paths toward an inclusive future for the film industry, where the creativity and business acumen of all its stakeholders is fully realized, without prejudice and bias. Panelists will weigh in on the state of the industry, talk about creative ways to move forward in the rapidly changing cultural and entrepreneurial landscape, and follow up on the progress of the 50/50 by 2020 movement.
Tuesday 23 June at 6:00pm: Meet with HBO Max – Sandra Dewey
Discussion with Sandra Dewey, President of Productions and Business Operations for WarnerMedia Entertainment, on the subject of launching HBO Max in these unusual times.
Thursday 25 June at 6:00pm: A conversation between Pablo Larraín and Efe Cakarel
Chilean director, producer and screenwriter Pablo Larraín, winner of Berlin's Grand Jury Prize in 2015 for El Club, and whose film Jackie brought him three Academy Award nominations; and Efe Cakarel, Founder and CEO of MUBI, meet to discuss the following question: "What does film stand for in a post-pandemic world? "
Friday 26 June at 4:00pm: Doc Day: Dieudo Hamadi, En route pour le milliard (Downstream to Kinshasa)
Discussion with Congolese documentary filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi, whose documentary En route pour le milliard (Downstream to Kinshasa) is in the 2020 Official Selection, and the Publication Director of AWOTELE, a PanAfrican Film Critic – Claire Diao.
In En route pour le milliard (Downstream to Kinshasa), Dieudo Hamadi consolidates his work as a filmmaker and observer. In the film, his camera returns to the streets, this time following a group of men in their fight to obtain compensation from a failed state. Interwoven with minute detail and shot through with vibrancy, the film ushers audiences in to accompany its everyday heroes on their journey.
The Marché du Film is the leading market of the film industry, at the heart of numerous project developments, film rights negotiations and sales and acquisitions of films from all around the world.
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