Industry Events Not To Be Missed at JDIFF
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FILM FESTIVALS
Saturday 19th February at 4pm - The Morrison Hotel
This panel will give an opportunity for the festival directors and programmers from around the world to outline their individual festivals and their different submission policies. It is hoped that this event will also provide a welcome opportunity for Irish filmmakers to meet these influential decision makers.
Eugene Downes, Chief Executive Officer, Culture Ireland will chair the panel which includes:
- Thom Powers (Toronto International Film Festival)
- Dominique Green (Berlin International Film Festival)
- Sergio Wolf (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival)
- Ania Trzebiatowska (Off Plus Camera, Krakow)
OFF THE GRID - CHARLES CECIL
Wednesday 23rd February at 2pm - The Morrison Hotel
Approaches to Interactive Storytelling: A Masterclass with Charles Cecil
The Irish gaming industry profile is growing, helped by the success and acquisition of indigenous middleware companies and also by the arrival of multinational players. This panel will explore the synergy between gaming and cinema.
Charles Cecil has been a key figure in the interactive entertainment industry for 25 years and regularly speaks at events about creative and commercial aspects of the video games industry. Currently Managing Director for UK based company Revolution Software (Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword) he is also on the advisory panel of the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival. In 2006 Charles was awarded the status of ‘industry legend' by Develop, Europe's leading development magazine.
This panel will be chaired by Hugh McAtamney, Course Chair MSc in Digital games at DIT.
IRISH FILMS FROM ELSEWHERE
Wednesday 23rd February at 4pm - The Morrison Hotel
Co-Production Panel Discussion
With the aim of attracting co-production money for Irish films, recent IFB strategy has helped to finance a small number of European films over the past five years, many of which are not in the English language. In return, funds in other countries have supported Irish films - it's a reciprocal exercise which has resulted in some fascinating films.
All these films were co-produced by Irish companies who were encouraged to think of themselves as European producers ready to collaborate creatively with their counterparts in other countries, particularly other small countries.
Four such co-productions are presented in the festival line-up: Essential Killing, Circus Fantasticus, Isztambul and Lapland Odyssey. The panel, chaired by Simon Perry, former CEO of the IFB, will discuss these films with the producers of the projects.
Details of the films can be seen here