Meetings on the Bridge 2013 Panels and Masterclasses

Full program of panels and masterclasses of the 2013 edition of Meeting on the Bridge.

05 APRIL FRIDAY

14:00 – 15:30

What Do We Know About “Project Development”

In the panel targeting film students from Turkey Éric Garandeau, President of CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée), will be giving brief information on the French film industry, the funding system and World Cinema Fund (Aide aux Cinemas du Monde)

The panel is free of charge for film students

Akbank Sanat, 2. kat / 2nd Floor

08 APRIL MONDAY

11:00 - 12:30

VoD and New Methods of Film Distribution and Marketing

Pierre-Alexandre Labelle, Co-founder of Under the Milky Way, and Vincent Lucassen, VoD manager of Under the Milky Way, an international company specialised in digital distribution and marketing, will be discussing Video on Demand, market evolutions, and present Under The Milky Way's role as an iTunes preferred aggregator. He will also present the new social media marketing software Waveback, and conclude on a Q&A regarding international digital distribution.

Akbank Sanat, 2nd Floor

13:30 - 15:00 Co-Production with Georgia

Films produced in Georgia has been great interest for international festivals in recent years. First Turkey_Georgia co-produced film ‘Memories of the Wind’s director and producer Özcan Alper(Nar Film) and producer Vladimer Katcharava (20 Steps Productions) along with Georgian Film Center deputy director Salome Sepashvili and Georgian Eurimages representative Tamara Tatishvili with the participation of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Cinema will have a review on film funds and essentials of film production in the panel moderated by producer Gulen Guler.

Akbank Sanat, 2nd Floor

15:00 - 16:30 French Film Industry and Support System

How does France finance cultural exception?

In the panel targeting film students from Turkey Éric Garandeau, President of CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée), will be giving brief information on the French film industry, the funding system and World Cinema Fund (Aide aux Cinemas du Monde).

The panel is free of charge for film students. There will be shuttle from IKSV @ 14:00

Istanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus, Energy Museum Seminar Hall

09 APRIL TUESDAY

10:30 - 12:00 Turkey Meets Poland

In 2014 Poland and Turkey will celebrate the 600th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. This year, proir to this occasion a film professionals' panel will be held, in order to initiate future co- productions between the two countries.
The event will be hosted in collaboration with Polish Film Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute and will be moderated by Bir Film’s CEO Ersan Çongar. The representative of Polish Film Institute, Maria Łętowska, the representatives of Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Kamila Kowalska and Tomasz Janowski, the representative of Lodz Film School, Marcin Malatyński along with the representatives of Wajda School, Joanna Solecka & Agnieszka Marczewska and the with the participation of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Cinema will be also participating.

Akbank Sanat, 2nd Floor

13:30-15:00 Today’s Micro Budget Is No Budget

In the panel moderated by Tobias Pausinger the director and co-producer of the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’, Danis Tanovic, co-producers Cedomir Kolar (A.S.A.P) and Amra Baksic Camo (Scca/pro.ba) will discuss the fascinating production process of the this film that was realized with a low budget and became the winner of the Jury Grand Prix and Best Actor in Berlin Film Festival. Film will also be screened at the Human Rights Competition section of Istanbul Film Festival.

Salon IKSV

15:30 – 17:00 Master Class On Film Adaptations of Literature

This master class targeting producers, directors and scriptwriters interested in film adaptations of literature which we have also started the see in Turkish Cinema in recent years, will be taking place with the participation of Isabelle Fauvel, co-founder of TORINO ADAPT FILM LAB. Fauvel will be giving information about the workshop and stages of “producing film adaptations of literature” while sharing the 12 tips to focus. There will be a case study of the film ‘Our Grand Despair’ by Seyfi Teoman which premiered in 2011 Berlin Film Festival competition section and an adaptation from Barış Bıçakçı’s story with the participation of Nadir Öperli.

Akbank Sanat, 2nd Floor

11 APRIL THURSDAY

14:00- 16:00 Solutions to Post-production Problems in Co-productions

Who said post-production is only about headaches, technical problems and overspent?

Sébastien Delloye (Entre Chien et loup), producer and co-founder of ep2c workshops focusing on post-production problem in co-productions and Katriel Schory, director of the Israel Film Fund, will be sharing the solutions for the post-production challenges that co-producers are familiar with.

Akbank Sanat, 2nd Floor

16:00- 17:30 Experience of Co-productions with the Armenia–Turkey Cinema platform

In the panel coordinated by French Cultural Center, platform founded by the initiative of Anadolu Kultur and Golden Apricot International Film Festival bringing together filmmakers from Turkey and Armenia and funding co-productions , will be sharing its six years of experience. Gor Baghdasaryan, director of ‘Neighbours’; Lusin Dink, director of Saroyanland to be screened in the 2013 Istanbul Film Festival National Competition, President of Golden Apricot International Fim Festival Harutyun Khachatryan, platform consultant Melek Ulagay and platform directors Çiğdem Mater with Susanna Harutyunyan will be participating.

French Cultural Center

▪ The Meetings on the Bridge panels and workshops to take place between 5 and

12 April at Akbank Sanat, Salon IKSV and French Cultural Center are open to all

professional filmmakers and cinephiles.

▪ The program of the panels will be announced on film.iksv.org/en/

meetingsonthebridge.

▪ Participation fee for all the panels is 75 TL. Entrance to panels is free for festival badge holders.

▪ To participate at the panels please book in advance at the hospitality desk at the Festival Centre in Akbank Sanat, during the festival.

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