Former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Carol producer Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn and SPC bosses Michael Barker and Tom Bernard shall be amongst business executives collaborating within the Zurich Summit tomorrow [Saturday 24] in Switzerland.
The Zurich Film Festival’s flagship business occasion, an all-day confab in regards to the state of the unbiased film enterprise, will gather round 100 high film professionals. Scroll down for the lineup and schedule in full.
As the Zurich Summit’s official media companion, Deadline shall be on the bottom overlaying and moderating panels, in addition to offering unique interviews with key executives by way of the Deadline Studio. We’ll even have video from key panels.
The convention kicks off with the dialogue ‘How To Finance Independent Films In The Age Of Streamers’ and a panel comprising UTA agent Alex Brunner, Memento International/Paradise City CEO Emilie Georges, Walden Media president and CEO Frank Smith, Killer Films co-president Christine Vachon and Picture Perfect Federation founder Wachsberger.
Other subjects on the desk will embrace transatlantic manufacturing, with Bert Hamelinck, head of movies and international MD at Belgian-U.S. film and TV group Caviar, CAA Media Finance’s Benjamin Kramer, Elysian Film Group CEO Danny Perkins and Hype Studios founder Ilya Stewart.
Le Grisbi Production founder and president John Lesher, Kingsgate Films producer Greg Shapiro and European Film Academy CEO Matthijs Wouter Knol shall be amongst these crystal ball gazing in a dialogue entitled ‘What Does The Award Season Of The Future Look Like?’
The urgent post-pandemic difficulty of ‘How To Find An Audience For Arthouse Films?’ may also be on the desk with insights from Christian Bräuer, MD of high German indie exhibition group Yorck Kinogruppe, and A24 acquisitions and distribution government David Laub, amongst others.
Additional subjects embrace the present challenges round securing certified and expert crew amid the manufacturing growth. Speakers on the problem shall be Sandra Bühler, Netflix’s director for unique film within the EMEA area, Scott Franklin, producer at Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures, Kim Magnusson, producer and head of inventive at Scandinavian Film Distribution, Anna Rózalksa, co-founder and producer Match & Stark, and Sven Wälti, head of film at Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR.
In the ultimate panel of the day, Orion president Alana Mayo, Neon CEO and founder Tom Quinn, Library Pictures chief government David Taghioff and Anonymous Content president Robert Walak will provide recommendation on how to future-proof enterprise.
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This 12 months’s summit will see Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard honored with the ZFF’s Game Changer Award in recognition of their excellent achievements throughout the film business as they fete the thirtieth anniversary of their firm’s creation.
The pair will replicate on SPC’s trajectory at the summit in dialog with CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland.
The occasion wraps on Sunday night with the annual Zurich Summit dinner, at which the duo shall be honored and introduced with their award. Sunday may also see the return of the annual business tennis event.
For a full run-down of the day’s schedule click on right here.
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