AUDIENCE Professionals of the Russian creative industries:
- producers, distributors, show runners, scriptwriters;
- young talents and experienced professionals seeking support to enter international markets.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS—NEW OPTICS 2022 CHINA Local cinematography review: how to understand Chinese film audience tastes A Lan, journalist, film critic, writer, and editor-in-chief of the Chinese magazine Kan dianying
Distribution: local media landscape analysis
Du Liang, producer and co-founder of Airmita Culture Development Co
Russian cinema at Chinese Film Festivals Marco Muller, film critic and film historian, chief programmer of the Beijing IFF, the Fuzhou IFF, initiator and director of the Macau IFF
Legal peculiarities in the region Natalia Shupeiko, Master of Law, managing partner of the law firm Sinofy Legal
Digital promotion of foreign cinema in China Anastasia Potievskaya, CMO, ALONSY Business and Cultural Management
MENA Distribution in MENAHeba Korayem, founder of distribution consulting Hconsult
Cinematic landscape and production incentives in MENA Bilal Dayani, COO Eagle Films
Peculiarities of producing for MENA: co-production models, censorship, formats Nahla Elmallawany, media industry consultant, former head of content at Discovery MENA
Cultural Code while working with MENA Ghenwa Gharibah, specialist in cross-cultural communication
INDIA
AVGC Ecosystem in India: Opportunities and Challenges Jayakumar Prabhakaran, CEO Toonz Media Group
Doing business with the Indian Film industryNina Lath Gupta, CEO Cinevesture, former managing director of the National Film Development Corporation of India
The importance of Bollywood in a global contextShubhra Gupta, film critic, writer, and columnist for The Indian Express
CIS Countries Presentation of film industries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: locations, talents, co-productions
Kirill Rochshin, head of production Anykey (Kazakhstan)
Igor Vorobyov, head of production, Salem social media (Kazakhstan)
Sayyora Khudayberdieva, producer, head of the International Relations Department at the Uzbek Film Agency
Dmitriy Vorobyov, managing director Bayram-film (Uzbekistan)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:2020: · Eave on Demand, offline accelerator and coaching for producers
· Eave on Demand, online open lectures
2021: · Online workshop on Pitching with Marjorie Bendeck, film consultant, Germany
· Open Talk for producers with Tobias Rosen, producer, Germany
· Offline master-class on self-presentation for actors with casting directors Richard Cook and Manuel Puro at Kinotavr
· Online session Post Production NETFLIX