Emerging Producers

 

Bio to B - Industry Days è l’appuntamento annuale che Biografilm dedica al networking business to business tra professionisti/e dell’audiovisivo, in collaborazione con Emilia-Romagna Film Commission. Gli Industry Days hanno l’obiettivo di promuovere e supportare le produzioni italiane ed europee di documentari character driven, docuserie e biopic, di favorire il networking, l’aggiornamento e lo scambio di buone pratiche tra i professionisti/e del settore e di agevolare compravendite, opzioni,  coproduzioni e selezioni di nuovi progetti audiovisivi. 

Nei suoi dieci anni di attività, Bio to B - Industry Days si è ampliato fino a diventare un punto di riferimento per il settore documentario italiano ed internazionale, e dal 2022 dedica un focus particolare ai rapporti tra editoria e audiovisivo, mettendo a disposizione uno spazio privilegiato e unico nel suo genere,in cui proporre, opzionare, vendere e acquisire storie edite da trasporre, e  soggetti originali destinati sia al mercato editoriale che audiovisivo. 

Dal 2024 Bio to B - Industry Days si arricchisce di una sessione aggiuntiva dedicata interamente ai produttori/produttrici emergenti in collaborazione con Ji.hlava IDFF e con il supporto di Emilia Romagna Film Commission.

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival è tra i maggiori festival di documentari in Europa e il più grande in Europa Centro-Orientale.  Il festival si è distinto nel corso degli anni per la sua programmazione progressista e la costruzione di progetti industry innovativi per oltre 1.000 professionisti del documentario. La ventottesima edizione del Ji.hlava IDFF si svolgerà dal 25 ottobre al 3 novembre 2024

Il programma Emerging Producers di Ji.hlava IDFF seleziona diciotto produttori di documentari europei per un percorso di formazione, network e promozione che si svolge nel corso di due sessioni: una durante Ji.hlava e la seconda presso la Berlinale. Nella tappa bolognese si aggiungeranno al workshop altri 10 produttori/produttrici provenienti dall’Emilia-Romagna.

Ecco i produttori dell'Emilia-Romagna selezionati che parteciperanno alla terza sessione di Emerging Producers, che si terrà durante Bio to B - Industry Days 2024:

Lucia Caterina Belsito
Combo Società Cooperativa

Renato Giugliano
RLP Film Productions

Maria Eugenia Lombardi
Ginevra Films SRLS

Lucia Pornaro
Aplysia

Francesco Rubattu
Sette E Mezzo Studio SRL

Federico Riboldazzi
TIWI S.r.l.

Marta Melina
SMK Factory Srl, Bologna

Agnese Cornelio
Freetowork

Gabriele Veronesi
Taiga

Luca Bedini
Taiga

 

PROGRAMME INFORMATION

Hotel: ResArt Iacomus, Via Riva di Reno, 57
Venue: DAMSLab, Piazzetta P.P. Pasolini 5b

SUNDAY | June 9

7 PM – 9 PM: WELCOME DRINK | Sympó Ex Chiesa, Via delle Lame 83

MONDAY | June 10

10 AM – 11:45 AM | INTRO IN TO DISTRIBUTION - division into groups | Spazio Cinema

11:45 – 12 PM: Coffee Break | DAMSLab Hall

12 PM – 1:30 PM | CASE STUDY: Paolo Benzi on distribution of Gigi de legge| Spazio Cinema

1:30 PM – 3 PM: LUNCH | DAMSLab Hall

3 PM – 4:30 PM | 1st STUDY GROUP | Spazio Cinema

4:30 PM – 5 PM: Coffee Break | DAMSLab Hall

5 PM – 6:30 PM | MASTER CLASS: Ted Hope - organized by Bio to B | DAMSLab Auditorium

Fighting the good fight, keep the faith. From independent cinema to Amazon studios and back
Tom Hope: Producer and founder at Amazon Studios.

6:30 PM – 7 PM | COCKTAIL | DAMSLab Hall

TUESDAY | JUNE 11

10 AM – 11:45 AM | PITCHING BIO TO B | DAMSLab Auditorium

11:45 – 12 PM: Coffee Break | DAMSLab Hall

12 PM – 1:30 PM | LECTURE: Irena Taskovski on distribution| Spazio Cinema

1:30 PM – 3 PM: LUNCH | DAMSLab Hall

3 PM – 4 PM | LECTURE: Mirjam Wiekenkamp on PR and marketing | Spazio Cinema

How to cut through the noise: In this workshop, publicist Mirjam Wiekenkamp (NOISE) will share her tips and tricks on how to set up an effective PR campaign and launch your film into the world.
Mirjam Wiekenkamp has been working as a publicist in the film industry for more than 15 years. She is the founder of NOISE and specializes in international PR campaigns for both fiction and documentaries at European festivals such as Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Cannes, IDFA, IFFR and Venice. Some of the docs she has recently been working with include THE FLATS (D: Alessandra Celesia, Winner DOX:AWARD at CPH:DOX 2024); LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (D: Mohamed Jabaly, Winner Best Director at IDFA 2023); MALQUERIDAS (D: Tana Gilbert, Winner Grand Prize at Venice's International Critics' Week 2023); and MUTZENBACHER (D: Ruth Beckermann, Winner Encounters Competition at Berlinale 2022). She also handles international press for Locarno Pro, the industry arm of the Locarno Festival, and the Sarajevo Film Festival.

4 PM – 4:15 PM: Coffee Break | DAMSLab Hall

4:15 PM – 5 PM | DISCUSSION: Mirjam Wiekenkamp | Spazio Cinema

5 PM – 6:30 PM | 2nd STUDY GROUP | Spazio Cinema

6:30 PM – 7 PM | COCKTAIL | DAMSLab Hall

WEDNESDAY | JUNE 12

9:30 AM – 10 AM | WELCOEM COFFEE | DAMSLab Hall

10 AM – 10:45 AM | Cinema PRESENTATION: Victor Ede – French distribution project Tangente Distribution | Spazio Cinema

Victor Ede started producing in 2014 within Cinephage Productions. Trained at workshops like Eurodoc or Emerging Producers, he has produced fifteen films, mostly international co-productions. His films are often coproduced with French and European broadcasters. Victor Ede is currently Creative Media expert, a former deputy member of the Cinemas du Monde commission (CNC), a member of the Eurodoc network DAE, and co-president of the Producers Union of the SUD-PACA region (LPA). He’s cofounded Cinephage (production), Tangente (theatrical distribution), Image Fantôme (postproduction), and in 2024 Dysflims (international distribution).
Selective Filmography as a producer: Kix by Balint Revezs and David Mikulan, 2024, 90 min; Body by Petra Seliskar, 2023, 80 min; The Order of Things by Ramona Badescu and Jeff Silva, 2022, 76 min; Lively Discussion by Tristan Thil, 2022, 12 min, animated; Women rather laugh about it by Marie Mandy, 60 min 2021; Breakpoint, a counter-history of progress by Jean Robert Viallet, 2019, 98 min; Privacy of Wounds by Dalia Kury, 70 min, 2018.

10:55 AM– 11:40 AM | PRESENTATION: Audun Amundsen – online distribution and marketing | Spazio Cinema

Online distribution and marketing of your film can be very rewarding if done right. In this presentation, Audun shows examples from his case study of selling his film Newtopia online with Private VOD. He will share his simple automated framework for online sales, and talk about tactics and strategies to optimize advertising spend, and audience tracking.

Audun Amundsen is a Norwegian Documentary Filmmaker, and an online marketing consultant at GonzoDocs (www.gonzodocs.com). His films Newtopia and Help, I’ve gone Viral! have screened at major Festivals, and sold to TV channels and platforms worldwide. Amundsen is known for delving into immersive long-term projects and crafting engaging participatory documentaries. He is currently working on Click The Link Below, which is about the peculiar world of gurus making millions online.

12 AM – 1 PM | LECTURE TBA | Spazio Cinema

1 PM – 1:15 PM: Welcome drink | DAMSLab Hall

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM LUNCH | DAMSLab Hall

2:30 PM – 3 PM | Discussion TBA| Spazio Cinema

3 PM – 3:15 PM Coffee Break | DAMSLab Hall

3:30 PM – 6 PM | 3rd STUDY GROUP | Spazio Cinema

6:30 PM – 7 PM | COCKTAIL | DAMSLab Hall

 

THURSDAY | JUNE 13

9:00 | PICK UP by bus (collective) | ResArt Iacomus

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | PRESENTATION: ADCOM with light snack | ADCOM

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | PRESENTATION OF THE WORKING GROUP & VOTING | ADCOM

12:00 PM – 2 PM | WRAP UP LUNCH | ADCOM

2 PM | PICK UP by bus back to the hotel – there is a possibility to go to the nearby train station and go straight to the airport if necessary

 

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