Sarà Matera e il suo scenario unico al mondo, dichiarato Patrimonio dell’Unesco, ad ospitare dal 7 al 10 luglio la prima edizione dell’Audio-Visual Producers Summit.
Ad inaugurare il Summit mercoledì 7 luglio sarà, non a caso, il Forum del Cinema Lucano: questa importante occasione di dialogo è stata ideata e realizzata dalla Lucana Film Commission, per raccogliere le richieste degli operatori e mediare con le istituzioni presenti, per far fronte alle necessità delle imprese locali.
La sessione moderata dal Presidente della Lucana Film Commission Roberto Stabile vedrà la partecipazione del Sottosegretario alla Cultura Lucia Borgonzoni, del Direttore della Direzione Cinema e Audiovisivo del MiC Nicola Borrelli e del Presidente della Regione Basilicata Vito Bardi.
Un’occasione di incontro per gli operatori e un’attività satellite dell’industria cinematografica lucana con le Istituzioni nazionali e locali, con l’obiettivo di avviare un dialogo costruttivo e un confronto costante e con l’obiettivo di immaginare strategie future e soluzioni condivise ai principali problemi del settore.
La sessione partirà dall’analisi delle azioni da intraprendere, individuate durante l’iniziativa dei tavoli di co-progettazione.
Questa sessione si terrà solo in italiano.
Tutti gli eventi in programma si terranno al Mulino Alvino e saranno trasmessi in streaming sui canali Facebook e Youtube rispettivamente di APA e Lucana Film Commission.
La Capitale Europea della Cultura farà da cornice al nuovo evento di punta dell’industria audiovisiva italiana e internazionale, che per quattro giorni ospiterà da tutto il mondo Top players del settore, protagonisti di un variegato programma di keynote e panel di altissimo livello incentrati sulla realizzazione di serie e film per la TV, le piattaforme digitali e per il mercato globale della produzione scripted.
Non solo di questo, però, si parlerà a Matera, location non casuale giacché è stata scelta anche per girare film di grande successo come La Passione, Ben Hur, Wonder Woman, The Last Planet, Maria Maddalena e 007 No Time to Die. Ad inaugurare il Summit il 7 luglio sarà, non a caso, il “Forum del cinema lucano”: questa importante occasione di dialogo è stata ideata e realizzata dalla Lucana Film Commission, per raccogliere le richieste degli operatori e mediare con le istituzioni presenti, per far fronte alle necessità delle imprese locali.
La sessione moderata dal Presidente della Lucana Film Commission Roberto Stabile vedrà la partecipazione del Sottosegretario alla Cultura Lucia Borgonzoni, del Direttore della Direzione Cinema e Audiovisivo del MiC Nicola Borrelli e del Presidente della Regione Basilicata Vito Bardi.
La manifestazione, organizzata dalla Lucana Film Commission per APA – Associazione Produttori Audiovisivi, vedrà il coinvolgimento di PGA – Producers Guild of America, che conta circa 7000 membri tra produttori cinematografici e televisivi, tra cui spiccano i più importanti nomi di Hollywood. La prestigiosa collaborazione ha facilitato la partecipazione di numerose personalità dell’industria nord-americana, per discutere dell’evoluzione del settore e delle sue professioni, ed elaborare nuove strategie per il futuro.
Il primo prestigioso appuntamento del Summit (l’8 luglio) sarà la conversazione con Sandra Stern, Presidente di Lionsgate Television Group, tra le personalità di punta dell’industria audiovisiva mondiale attese a Matera. Il Summit sarà, inoltre, un’occasione fondamentale per analizzare, dopo la pandemia, i trend del mercato, cercare di determinarne gli orientamenti e fare il punto sui modi possibili di produrre e finanziare show televisivi internazionali. L’8 luglio interverranno su questo tema: Sean Furst, (Skybound Entertainment); Ted Miller, (Creative Artists Agency); Lorenzo De Maio, (De Maio Entertainment); Nancy Cotton, (EPIX); Riccardo Tozzi, (Cattleya); Luca Bernabei, (Lux Vide). Modererà Gary Lucchesi, Producer per Revelations Entertainment e Presidente emerito di PGA.
La pandemia ha registrato un drastico calo delle coproduzioni internazionali di qualità, ma, ora che la ripresa sembra vicina, il panorama si sta progressivamente riformulando. Nel panel “High-end international co-production. How soon will it return?”, il 9 luglio, ne parleranno Robert Franke, (ZDFE); Moritz Polter, (ITV, Windlight Pictures); Mario Gianani, (Wildside). A moderare la sessione, Rick Jacobs, (SkyboundGALACTIC).
Nel panel “Diverse Storytelling” (l’8 luglio) interverrà su un tema, ormai divenuto di fondamentale importanza per l’industria audiovisiva, una tra le personalità di primo piano del settore: la produttrice di Hollywood, membro di PGA e vincitrice del Golden Globe e dell’Emmy Award, Janet Yang. Con il panel “Production Goes Green!”, inoltre, interverranno il 9 luglio a Matera due delle co-fondatrici della Green Task Force di PGA, Katie Carpenter, pluripremiata produttrice di documentari specializzata in temi ambientali; e Lydia Dean Pilcher, vincitrice di due Emmy Award e nominata all’Oscar. Modererà il panel Chiara Sbarigia, Presidente di Istituto Luce Cinecittà.
Il convegno “La Direttiva Copyright. L’audiovisivo nel mondo digitale” (il 9 luglio) porrà, invece, all’attenzione dei giuristi e degli imprenditori cinematografici e televisivi presenti, la tutela dei diritti di tutte le categorie impegnate nei vari settori della produzione e della divulgazione delle opere intellettuali. A coordinare e moderare la sessione Giorgio Assumma, (Studio Legale Assumma – Scoca) e Federico M. Ferrara, (Osborne Clarke).
‘Shoot In The South!’ dominerà, infine, la giornata di chiusura del 10 luglio: durante lo showcase, le Film Commissions di Campania e Puglia, che hanno aderito all’iniziativa, avranno l’opportunità di promuovere il territorio e presentare gli incentivi e i servizi a livello regionale a sostegno della produzione per chi gira in Italia.
Matera diventerà palcoscenico di ospiti e talent di primo piano, in occasione della prestigiosa cerimonia dei Premi Maximo, (il 9 luglio). La Giuria del Premio che decreterà i vincitori delle categorie in concorso è composta da Matteo Levi, Maria Pia Calzone, Barbara Cappi e Stefano Sardo.
L’Audio-Visual Producers Summit è organizzato dalla Lucana Film Commission per APA – Associazione Produttori Audiovisivi in associazione con PGA-Producers Guild of America e con il supporto del MiC-Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, MAECI-Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Ice-Agenzia e Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
Ulteriori dettagli relativi al programma sono disponibili ai link: www.lucanafilmcommission.it; www.apaonline.it
Programma
Quattro giorni di networking, panel e incontri business per discutere e scoprire i trend del mercato post-pandemia, il futuro delle co-produzioni internazionali, diversity, inclusione e green task force, diritti e copyright dei contenuti audiovisivi.
L’evento è organizzato dalla Lucana Film Commission (LFC), per l’Associazione Produttori Audiovisivi (APA) e con il coinvolgimento della Producers Guild of America (PGA).
Il summit si svolgerà presso Mulino Alvino.
Programma:
• Mercoledì 7 luglio
ore 16:00-18:00 Forum del Cinema Lucano
con Roberto Stabile, Presidente Lucana Film Commission; Nicola Borrelli, Direttore della Direzione Cinema e Audiovisivo del Mic; Vito Bardi, Presidente della Regione Basilicata. Sono invitati a partecipare istituzioni locali ed operatori.
• Giovedì 8 luglio Panel Session
Ore 10:00 Opening Keynote
In conversation with Sandra Stern, President of the Lionsgate Television Group
Ore 11:00 Insights and Opportunities across the Global Entertainment Landscape
con Andrea Scrosati, COO Fremantle; Lorenzo De Maio, President De Maio Entertainment; Camila Jimenez, Co-Founder and CEO The Immigrant.
Ore 12:15 Meet the Commissioners
Fabrizio Zappi, RAI
Ore 13:00 Institutional Remarks
Roberto Stabile, Presidente LFC; Roberto Luongo, General Director, ITA – Italian Trade Agency
Ore 15: 30 Meet the Commissioners
Davide Nardini, Amazon Studios
Ore 16: 15 Diverse & Inclusive Storytelling
Ore 17:30 How to produce and finance a big international TV show.
con Sean Furst, Co-President of Film and TV, Skybound Ent.; Ted Miller, Head of Global Television, CAA; Lorenzo De Maio, President De Maio Entertainment; Nancy Cotton, Executive Vice President, Head of Scripted Programming per EPIX; Luca Bernabei, CEO, Lux Vide.
Moderatore: Gary Lucchesi, Producer at Revelations Entertainment and Emeritus President of the PGA
• Venerdì 9 luglio Panel Session
Ore 9:00 B2B Meetings
Ore 10:00 Production Goes Green!
con Lydia Dean Pilcher and Katie Carpenter co-founders of PGA Green Task Force; Chiara Sbarigia, Presidente stituto Luce-Cinecittà
Ore 11:15 Literary and other adaptations: current trends and emerging business models.
Vince Gerardis, Founder and CEO of C.I.A.O; Anne Thomopoulos, Partner of Legendary Global; Matilde Bernabei, President of Lux Vide; Alexandra August, Podcast Producer at Skybound.
Moderatore: Carlo Dusi, Executive Producer and Strategy Director of Endor Productions
Ore 12:30 How to Co-Produce Between The US and Europe?
Sean Furst, Co-President of Film and TV of Skybound Ent.; Anxo Rodriguez, Partner of Espotlight Media; Mederic Albouy, Co-Founder and CEO of 247Max; Kristin Jones, EVP International Programming at AMC Networks; Nicola De Angelis, Co-CEO and Head of Development and International co-productions of Fabula Pictures. Moderatore: Grant Kessman, Global Television Agent of CAA.
Ore 16:00 The Copyright Directive. Audiovisual in the digital world
Roberto Stabile, Presidente Lucana Film Commission
Speech di aperture: Giuseppe Moles, Sottosegratario all’Editoria del Governo italiano
Avv. Giorgio Assumma, Studio Legale Assumma – Scoca e Avv. Federico M. Ferrara, Osborne Clarke
Ore 16:30 Meet the Commissioners
Daniele Cesarano, Mediaset, Giancarlo Leone, President of APA
Ore 17: 30 High-end international co-production. How soon will it return?
Robert Franke, VP ZDFE.Drama at ZDFE; Moritz Polter, Founder of Windlight Pictures; Mario Gianani, CEO of Wildside, Christian Vesper, President Global Drama Fremantle. Rick Jacobs, CEO of SkyboundGALACTIC
• Sabato 10 luglio
Ore 10:30 Film Commission Showcase SHOOT IN THE SOUTH!
Roberto Stabile, Presidente Lucana Film Commission
Lucia Borgonzoni, Undersecretary of State for Culture – Italian Government
Cristina Priarone, President of IFC – Italian Film Commissions
PROGRAMMA INTEGRALE Audio-Visual Producers Summit
Wednesday, July 7
4:00 pm – 6:00pm
Conference Room 1
Forum of Lucanian Cinema
Moderated by Roberto Stabile, President of Lucana Film Commission
An opportunity of meeting for operators and a satellite activity of the cinema industry of Lucania region with national and local Institutions, with the aim of starting a constructive dialogue and a constant debate and with the aim of imagining future strategies and shared solutions to the main problems of the sector.The session will start from the analysis of the actions to be taken, identified during the initiative of the co-planning tables. This was conceived and made by the Lucana Film Commission, with a view to becoming a catalyst of the bodies of operators and a mediator with the institutions in order to involve them and support them to implement policies in line with the real needs and problems of Lucanian companies.
*Only in Italian
Thursday, July 8
9:00 am
Conference Room 2
B2B Meetings
Reserved area for one-on-one meetings – ongoing until 1.00 pm
10:00 am
Conference Room 1
Opening Keynote
In conversation with Sandra Stern, President of the Lionsgate Television Group
Sandra Stern, President of the Lionsgate Television Group, will be protagonist of a fireside chat focusing on her career and experience as a key member of the Company’s senior management team for the past 18 years. She has helped guide Lionsgate’s television business to record-breaking revenue growth during nearly every year of her tenure and has been instrumental in tripling the size of its television slate, which encompasses dozens of series on a wide array of U.S. networks and platforms. Lionsgate is coming off one of its most successful years ever in launching and renewing key series. All of its recent pilots have been picked up to series, including Minx and Julia (HBO Max), Ghosts (CBS), Welcome to Flatch (Fox), Home Economics (ABC), and Run The World (STARZ), with recent series Love Life (HBO Max), Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC), Mythic Quest (Apple TV+), Power Book II: Ghost, P-Valley and Hightown (STARZ) generating widespread acclaim while being renewed for second seasons. One of the industry’s consummate deal-makers, Sandra has innovated ground-breaking linear and streaming platform deals for iconic Lionsgate series including Mad Men (AMC), Weeds (Showtime) and Orange is the New Black (Netflix). She paved the way for Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet and Love Life to launch on streamers Apple TV+ and HBO Max, and she orchestrated a deal for Step Up: High Water tobecome the first original series for YouTube Premium before transitioning it to STARZ.
Anne Thomopoulos, Partner at Legendary Global will moderate the session.
11:00 am
Conference Room 1
Panel Session
Insights and Opportunities across the Global Entertainment Landscape
An exclusive session exploring the rapidly changing landscape of the entertainment industry across the world, and all the new and exciting opportunities ahead in both scripted and unscripted content. Andrea Scrosati, COO of Fremantle, global content leader in production and distribution, will be on the panel with Camila Jimenez Villa, who founded The Immigrant to develop and produce premium content in the US, Latin America and Spain, focusing on multicultural stories and talent, and with one key partner of the Fremantle universe, Lorenzo De Maio, who recently set up De Maio Entertainment as a new venture backed by Fremantle after running Endeavor Content’s TV Advisory business. The three will share their unique expertise, creative culture, leadership, and global vision for the entertainment industry.
Speakers: Andrea Scrosati, COO Fremantle; Lorenzo De Maio, PresidentDe Maio Entertainment; Camila Jimenez, Co-Founder and CEO The Immigrant.
12:15 pm
Conference Room 1
Meet the Commissioners
FabrizioZappi, RAI
Gaining attention in an increasingly saturated market is challenging to say the least. Platform and Broadcasters executives will speak in the series of interviews Meet the Commissioners to their acquisition/production needs and strategy, and reveal what types of content have a greater chance at VOD and or linear success.
In this session you will get an insight from the Deputy Director at RAI Fiction, FabrizioZappi.
1:00 pm
Conference Room 1
Institutional Remarks
Hosted by Roberto Stabile, President of Lucana Film Commission
Roberto Luongo, General Director, ITA – Italian Trade Agency
Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Italian Government
1:30 pm
Buffet Lunch – Mulino Alvino Terrace
3:15 pm
Conference Room 2
Meet the Commissioners
DavideNardini, Amazon Studios
Gaining attention in an increasingly saturated market is challenging to say the least. Platform and Broadcasters executives will speak in the series of interviews Meet the Commissioners to their acquisition/production needs and strategy, and reveal what types of content have a greater chance at VOD and or linear success.
In this session you will get an insight from the Head of Scripted Originals at Amazon Studios in Italy, DavideNardini.
4:15 pm
Conference Room 1
Panel Session
Diverse & Inclusive Storytelling
For us diversity and inclusion are the key to meaningful discussions. While the past 14 months may have seen a shift in the usual benchmarks for success, these producers rose above the turmoil with vision and resilience. In this session we will focus on the top female producers who made moves in a year unlike any other, representing a balance across gender, geography and experience in the film and TV industry. Protagonists of this conversation will be Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer, Janet Yang (Steven Spielberg’ Empire of the Sun, Milos Forman’ The People vs. Larry Flynt, Dark Matter with Meryl Streep; The Weight of Water directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow; The Joy Luck Club;Fox’s High Crimes with Morgan Freeman); Camila Jimenez Villa (her credits include El Chapo and Murder Mountain, CEO and Co-Founder of the Fremantle backed outfit, The Immigrant, based in the US). Laurie Zaks, a passionate TV executive who served as President of Mandeville Television over the past 6 years producing Wicked City and The Family, will moderate and animate the conversation.
5:30 pm
Conference Room 1
Panel session
How to produce and finance a big international TV show.
How to combine the very different financing and production systems. The speakers are producers and executives who share their experiences.
Panelists: Sean Furst, Co-President of Film and TV, Skybound Ent.; Ted Miller, Head of Global Television, CAA; Lorenzo De Maio, President De Maio Entertainment; Nancy Cotton, Executive Vice President, Head of Scripted Programming per EPIX; Luca Bernabei, CEO, Lux Vide.
Moderator: Gary Lucchesi, Producer at Revelations Entertainment and Emeritus President of the PGA
Friday, July 9
9:00 am
Conference Room 2
B2B Meetings
Reserved area for one-on-one meetings – ongoing until 1.00 pm
10:00 am
Conference Room 1
Panel Session
Production Goes Green!
Get ready for an exclusive discussion of the Producers Guild of America’s environmental initiatives over the past decade including GreenProductionGuide.com, a tool designed to reduce the carbon footprint and environmental impact of the film, television and streaming platform industries. The Green Production Guide, developed by PGA Green in collaboration with ten studio and streaming partners, promotes sustainable production practices, resources, carbon calculation, and messaging through climate storytelling. Two of the co-founders of PGA Green will be speaking in Matera: Katie Carpenter, award-winning documentary producer, specializing in environmental issues and Lydia Dean Pilcher, winner of two Emmy Awards and Oscar-nominated producer of over 40 feature films with auteur directors including Mira Nair, Wes Anderson, and Barry Levinson.
Panelists: Lydia Dean Pilcher andKatie Carpenterco-founders of PGA Green Task Force
Moderator: Chiara Sbarigia, Presidentof Istituto Luce-Cinecittà
11:15 am
Conference Room 1
Panel session
Literary and other adaptations: current trends and emerging business models.
In this session industry experts will be exploring different financing, creative and producing models for literary and other drama adaptations. We will also explore the rapid evolution of the industry and why podcasting is one of the hottest corners in media, with Hollywood hungry for TV and film adaptations. We will discuss with producers of huge successes such as Game of Thrones, Rome, Medici and Leonardo, and upcoming podcast series Death by Unknown Event, Impact Winter andGasolina.
Panelists: Vince Gerardis, Founder and CEO of C.I.A.O; Anne Thomopoulos, Partner of Legendary Global; Matilde Bernabei, President of Lux Vide; Alexandra August, Podcast Producer at Skybound.
Moderator: Carlo Dusi, Executive Producer and Strategy Director of Endor Productions
12:30 pm
Conference Room 1
Panel Session
How to Co-Produce Between The US and Europe?
Industry experts discuss current strategies and how to combine different financing and production systems, in one panel that will explore how to co-produce between the U.S. and some key European countries, such as Italy, France, Spain and UK.
Panelists: Sean Furst, Co-President of Film and TV of Skybound Ent.; Anxo Rodriguez, Partner of Espotlight Media; MedericAlbouy, Co-Founder and CEO of 247Max; Kristin Jones, EVP International Programming at AMC Networks; Nicola De Angelis, Co-CEO and Head of Development and International co-productions of Fabula Pictures.
Moderator: Grant Kessman, Global Television Agent of CAA.
1:30 pm
Buffet Lunch – Mulino Alvino Terrace
4:00 pm
Conference Room 2
Conference
The Copyright Directive. Audiovisual in the digital world
Hosted by Roberto Stabile, President of Lucana Film Commission
Opening Speech
Giuseppe Moles, Undersecretary of State for Media and Publishing – Italian Government
The session is moderated by Avv. Giorgio Assumma, Studio Legale Assumma – Scoca and Avv. Federico M. Ferrara, Osborne Clarke
*Only in Italian
4:30 pm
Conference Room 1
Meet the Commissioners
Daniele Cesarano, Mediaset
Gaining attention in an increasingly saturated market is challenging to say the least. Platform and Broadcasters executives will speak in the series of interviews Meet the Commissioners to their acquisition/production needs and strategy, and reveal what types of content have a greater chance at VOD and or linear success. In this session you will get an insight from Daniele Cesarano, Head of Drama at Mediaset
Moderator: Giancarlo Leone, President of APA
5:30 pm
Conference Room 1
Panel Session
High-end international co-production. How soon will it return?
High-end international copros, a growth area over the last few years, has seen a significant downturn during the pandemic. While this drop off is inevitable, for many it’s a situation that’s not easily rectifiable, given the variables in legislation, quarantining and state-driven insurance measures from territory to territory. We will discuss with international key players working in the global drama ecosystem and will analyze the scenario for bold, high-end international contents.
Panelists: Robert Franke, VP ZDFE.Drama at ZDFE; Moritz Polter, Founder of Windlight Pictures; Mario Gianani, CEO of Wildside, Christian Vesper, President Global Drama Fremantle.
Moderator: Rick Jacobs, CEO of SkyboundGALACTIC
Saturday, July 10
9:00 am
Conference Room 2
B2B Meetings
Reserved area for one-on-one meetings – ongoing until 11.00 am
10:30 am
Conference Room 2
Film Commission Showcase
SHOOT IN THE SOUTH!
Hosted by Roberto Stabile, President of Lucana Film Commission
Opening Speech
Lucia Borgonzoni, Undersecretary of State for Culture – Italian Government
Introduction by Cristina Priarone, President of IFC – Italian Film Commissions
In this session Apulia and Campania Film Commissions will present their slates of funding, stunning locations and facilities.
12:30 pm
Light Lunch – Swimming Pool Area
