Organized by Film Festival Cologne, Creative Europe Desk NRW, ifs internationale filmschule köln and Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Current series from Germany and Europe were the focus of the third European Series Day. In case studies and keynotes, new trends in European series development and international distribution strategies have been discussed. At the end we cordially invited everyone to a Get-Together and the screening of the first two episodes of the series BLOOD.
Chair: Torsten Zarges (dwdl)
14.00-14.15 hrs, Welcome Petra Müller, CEO, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Düsseldorf
14.15-15.00 hrs, Shift Your Perspective – What Cinema and TV can Learn from Each Other Scott Myers, Screenwriter, Assistant Professor at the DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts, host of the official screenwriting blog of the Black List(GoIntoTheStory.com), Chicago
15.00-15.45 hrs, Meet Your Neighbours – Case Study DEUTSCH-LES-LANDES Peter Güde, Head Writer/Executive Producer, Munich Oliver Vogel, CCO/Executive Producer, Bavaria Fiction, Munich Sandra Ouaiss, Executive Producer, Telfrance, Paris Peter Kerckhoff, VP Content, Telekom Deutschland
15.45-16.30 hrs, Coffee Break
16.30-17.15 hrs, Find Your Way through the Maze – Series Festivals in Europe Francesco Capurro, Head of European Project & Talent Forum, Series Mania, Lille Peter Treacher, Sales Director, C21 International Drama Summit, London Solmaz Azizi, Head of Berlinale Series, Drama Series Days, Berlin
17.15-18.00 hrs, Sneak a Peak – Three Shows in the Pipeline Lutz Heineking, Creative Director, eitelsonnenschein, Cologne (OTHER PARENTS) Bettina Wente, Producer, Network Movie, Cologne (WEST OF LIBERTY) Felix von Boehm, CEO, Lupa Film, Berlin (EDEN)
18.00-18.45 hrs, Gaze into the Abyss – Case Study BLOOD Sophie Petzal, Writer, London Jonathan Fisher, Executive Producer, Company Pictures, London David Swetman, VP Acquisitions, all3media international, London Bill Malone, Director of Programming, Virgin Media Television, Dublin
18.45-20.00 hrs, Get-together
Afterwards the German Premiere of the series BLOOD has been taken place. We screened episodes 1 and 2 followed by a Q&A.
