UK Film Distribution: What's Changing?

Date:
13 Jun 2016, 11:30AM - 5:00PM
Location:
London
Booking details:
£20
Address:

Regent Street Cinema, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW

Combining academic and industry insights, this one-day event aims to look at the future of film distribution, predicting trends and developments, and highlighting some of the issues that filmmakers and distributors face, through discussions with sales agents, distributors and newly emerging players, such as content aggregators and digital providers.

The event is organised by Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens (MeCETES), a research project exploring contemporary European film and television drama, in collaboration with Creative Europe Desk UK.

The following industry speakers are confirmed, with more to be announced soon:

  • Geoffrey Macnab (Trade Journalist, Screen International/The Independent)
  • Edward Fletcher (Managing Director, Soda Pictures)
  • Laurence Gornall (Managing Director, The Works)
  • Edward Humphrey (Digital Director, British Film Institute)
  • Angus Finney (Film London/Film Consultant)
  • Alex Agran (Director of Programming, Arrow Films)
  • Tim Highsted (Senior Editor Feature Films, Channel 4)
  • Bertrand Moullier (IFTA Europe/Narval Media)
  • Stephen Follows (Film Consultant)
  • Paul McDonald (King’s College)
  • Jeanette Steemers (University of Westminster)

A schedule for the event is available on the MeCETES website. Tickets can be purchased via their online store, and include lunch, as well as tea and coffee throughout the day and admission to the evening reception.