Industry Events

05-08.08.2010: Film translation workshop (English to Italian and French to Italian)

Subtitles and reversioning for dubbing

Babel, the literature and translation Festival, has joined forces with the Festival del film Locarno to organize two workshops on film translation, one from English and the other from French into Italian. Both workshops will included classes on subtitling and reversioning for dubbing, held respectively by Elvira de Majo and Filippo Ottoni. The two courses will be completed by a class for both groups on the specifics of documentary translation, taught by Claudia Quadri. Participants will also be able to view screenings in the Festival thanks to a special pass valid for the duration of the workshops.

For more information please see the attached flier (PDF - Italian).


07.08.2010: Workshop on digital distribution – Europa Distribution and CN Films

Europa Distribution and CN Films organize in Locarno on Saturday August 7, a workshop on digital distribution within the framework of the EDCL Project supported by the MEDIA Program of the European Union. EDCL (European Digital Cinema Library) has 3 main actions: financial aid for masters and digital distribution, technical assistance for digital distribution and creation of an on line digital library in order to facilitate the access to existing digital content. The workshop will present the first EDCL results, focus on the technical aspects of digital distribution and deal with various case studies of European digital releases. Around 30 European distributors will participate in this workshop and tackle the challenging issue of digital by exchanging information and experiences.


07.08.2010: European Producers Club Coproduction Forum

1. EPC’s 43^rd Co-production Forum, to be held on Saturday, August 7^th, 2010 from 10 am to 2 pm. As part of its efforts to strengthen the European film industry, the EPC yearly organises four Coproduction Forums aimed at offering producers developing a project the possibility to meet a range of film professionals (co-producers, distributors, sales agents, etc.) based on their project's needs.

Professionals willing to meet the selected projects can contact EPC at: julien@europeanproducersclub.org
 
2. A dinner for EPC Members where attendees will discuss the evolution of national and European legislations and debate over the latest issues in the film industry. Such sessions allow the association to come up with a common position to be presented to industry journalists, institutions and government bodies. This event is a closed session for EPC Members.

Details: see PDF in Download Area


07.08.2010 Workshop «Producing films in today’s central Asia»

A workshop on film production in central Asia will offer an analysis, based on the case study of Aktan Arym Kubat’s film The Light Thief (2010), screening this year on the Piazza Grande.
The workshop will be introduced by Joël Chapron, the Festival’s consultant on central Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe. The workshop will be led by Ido Abram, Director of Communications - EYE Netherlands Film Institute.

The following people from the delegation of The Light Thief will be speaking at the workshop:

Aktan Arym Kubat, director (Kyrgizstan)
Cedomir Kolar, producer, A.S.A.P Film (Paris)
Denis Vaslin, producer, Volya Films (Rotterdam)
Thanassis Karathanos, producer, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion (Berlin)
Michael Weber, international sales agent, The Match Factory (Köln)

The workshop will take place on Saturday August 7 at the Palavideo, 5 pm – 6.30 pm.


Sunday 08.08.2010: What are bloggers changing

Hosted by Mike Goodridge, editor of Screen International, UK
With:
Miriam Beier, Product Manager Fox Searchlight, Germany
Axel Waldau, film critic Moviepilot's, Germany
Eric Kohn, film critic indieWIRE, USA
Gabe Klinger, film critic and programmer, USA

Forum / Spazio Cinema - 12:30  am - open to all


09.08.2010 - 14:00:Carte Blanche to Cinema do Brasil The Festival del film Locarno is pleased to offer a Carte Blanche to Cinema do Brasil.
A delegation of seven Brazilian producers will present films in post-production stage to an audience of potential co-producers, sales agents, festivals programmers and buyers in a “Work in Progress” session, to take place on August 9, at the Palavideo.

The Program that is aimed at the internationalization of the Brazilian Cinema will gladly attend the first year of the Industry Days.

Cinema do Brasil is a Brazilian film export program developed by the State of Sao Paulo's Audiovisual Industry Guild (SIAESP) and sponsored by both the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (APEX-Brasil), and the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. The program started in 2006 and today it gathers together more than 150 companies. Its chief goal is to enhance participation of Brazilian film production in the international market by identifying and securing valuable coproductions, seeking new international markets for the distribution of Brazilian productions, promoting the image of the Brazilian film industry abroad and creating a wealth of new jobs within the Brazilian film industry.


09.08.2010: How to position and sell a Swiss-European coproduction on the international market?

The annual Coproducing with Switzerland meeting set up by FOCAL and Festival del film Locarno encourages coproductions and strengthens the networking between Swiss and European producers.

Scheduled for Monday, August 9, it will focus on the difficulties entailed in acquiring and selling a Swiss-majority coproduction... that is, how to optimize their distribution in Europe!

Two mechanisms for distributing Swiss-majority films in Europe will be presented, and the scope of their impact is to be evaluated. Case studies will explore the difficulties and benefits of distributing these coproductions in Europe, and a panel of distributors and world sales will analyze the market trend, how Swiss-majority films are considered and what can be done to optimize their promotion in Europe and abroad.

Partners: SFP, ACE, Eurimages, MEDIA Desk Switzerland, SWISS FILMS, EAVE


09.08.2010:  « En route vers le XIIIe Sommet»  with the Festival del film Locarno

It is our pleasure to announce that the Festival del film Locarno is a partner of the « En route vers le XIIIe Sommet » programm taking place in the run-up to the summit of 70 heads of state and government of the International Organisation of the Francophonie that Switzerland will host from 22 to 24 October 2010. As a curtain-raiser to this major meeting of countries “sharing the use of French as a common language”, the Locarno Film Festival in partnership with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Office of Cultural Affairs will dedicate a full day to francophone cinema on Monday 9 August 2010.

Film-screenings, discussions and festivities for a “Francophonie” day
With the same spirit than for the Montreux Summit, this day is intended as a moment of conviviality, encounters and discussion for amateurs and cinema lovers from Switzerland and the whole world who gather in Locarno each year for the film festival. The day is also intended to enable participants to experience la Francophonie through a selection of films that will be screened, and to participate in a discussion on the diversity of francophone cinema. The day will conclude with a festive evening for professionals of the “7^th art” organised by the agencies for the promotion of cinema in the francophone countries together with TV5 Monde.

Program available in the Download area (PDF).

www.francophoniemontreux2010.ch