Panels, Roundtables, Workshops and Keynotes

11:00am CEST

StepIn - Current Views: Pieces to assemble a post-pandemic puzzle

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to the public 

Out-of-the-Box Introduction by Guido Lara - Founder and CEO of LEXIA Insights & Solutions        

A tour of various cultural, economic, political, commercial, and marketing trends that can be considered to nurture the debate necessary to ensure that more people can enjoy more and better films

11:45am CEST

StepIn - Opening Keynote Sessions on Streaming, Financing and Social Impact

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to the public  

Keynote Speeches

Elissa Federoff (Neon, USA)

Sejin Croninger (Paramount, USA)

Danielle Turkov (Think-Film Impact Production, UK) 

Moderated by Nick Vivarelli (Variety, USA) 

5:00pm CEST

StepIn - Wrap Up Session

Locarno pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Grande, open to the public 

During this conclusive session moderated by Variety correspondent Nick Vivarelli, all participants gather together once again, as the two notetakers from the previous session present a brief summary of what’s been discussed during the round-tables, answer questions from the audience, interact with the other participants and offer conclusions and proposals for further discussion.

3:00pm CEST

Heritage Online - A spectrum of options through the distribution windows: all the way from DVDs, through theatrical, VOD and on to exploring the NFT option

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry and Press badge holders.  

With Mehelli Modi (Second Run DVD), Tom Ooms (Lab111), Chicca Bergonzi (Cinémathèque Suisse), Demetri Makoulis (FilmMovement), Chiara Marañon (MUBI), Margaux Fournier (Cineverse).

Moderated by Martin Blaney (Screen International) 

5:00pm CEST

Masterclass: Christine Vachon

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry and Press badge holders.  

In this masterclass we’ll take a look at Christine Vachon’s impressive career and hear from her own voice what it means to be an independent producer and how that has changed throughout the years, as the mainstream landscape was shifting from the big Hollywood Studios to the global streaming platforms. 

Moderated by Marcello Paolillo 

10:00am CEST

Panel - Original language film distribution in the US

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry badge holders.  

A conversation with one of the most successful non-English language film distributor in the US. 

With Elissa Federoff (Neon). 

Moderated by Francesca Palleschi  

11:30am CEST

Round Table – Film Financing Today

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry badge holders.  

A presentation of different Film Financing strategies and options for independent films

With Patrick Fischer (Creativity Capital, UK), Farhana Bhula (Film4, UK), David Meadeb (Logical pictures, France), Ada Solomon (Microfilm, Romania), Adi Cohen (The APX Group, USA).

Moderated by Danielle Turkov (Think-Film Impact Productions, UK) 

2:00pm CEST

Round Table – New Financing Options in Switzerland

Forum @Spazio Cinema, open to the public.

A presentation of film financing opportunities in Switzerland. The complementarity of public funding for co-productions and the role of the film commissions and regional financing options. 

With Laurent Steiert (Federal Office for Culture), Corinna Marschall (Media Desk Suisse), Tristan Albrecht (Valais Film Commision), Niccolò Castelli (Ticino Film Commission) 

Moderated by Susan Newman Baudais (Eurimages) 

3:00pm CEST

Masterclass : Katriel Schory

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry badge holders.    

Katriel Schory will share with you his insights on the ups and downs, the mistakes, the roles, the challenges, and opportunities of creatively developing together. 

5:00pm CEST

Press Conference - Valais Film Commission

Davide Campari Lounge @Magnolia, open to the public.

Introduced by Nicola Pini (Ticino Film Commission President)

With Mathias Reynard (State Councilor), Sophie Toth (Producer), Vincent Reynard (President of the Valais Film Commission), Damian Constantin (Director of Valais/Wallis Promotion) and Tristan Albrecht (Valais Film Commissioner).

3:00pm CEST

Masterclass: Lucius Barre

Locarno Pro Center @Hotel Belvedere, Sala Granda, open to Industry badge holders. 

This masterclass will review case studies on ways to maximize the impact of communications – from script to screen - and move public opinion from awareness to want-to-see.  It will also trace the history of festivals and markets and invite speculation on how their sustainability as incubators might be ensured.  

5:00pm CEST

Identity / Identities - A performative talk curated by Open Doors

BaseCamp PopUp (Sant’Eugenio) ​​​​, open to the public
 

Moderated by: Marjorie Bendeck (Open Doors Projects' Hub Project Manager, Honduras/Germany) 

5:15pm CEST

Round Table – Disability and Inclusion in the Audiovisual Industry

Forum @Spazio Cinema, open to the public.  

An opportunity to listen to first-hand experiences on working in the Audiovisual Industry with what is generally considered to be a disability and to explore together new and enriching possibilities of inclusion.

With Emmanuel Kelly (singer and Outlyer founder, UK), Giovanni Venturini (actor, Brazil), Melanie Hoyes (BFI Head of Inclusion, UK), Daniela Muñoz Barroso (Filmmaker, Cuba), Paola Pitton (Pro Infirmis, Switzerland) 

 
Moderated by: Danielle Turkov (Think-Film Impact Production, UK) 

6:00pm CEST

Locarno Pro Award Ceremony

Davide Campari Lounge @Magnolia, open to Industry badge holders.  

10:00am CEST

Open Doors Awards Ceremony

Forum @Spazio Cinema, open to Industry badge holders.  

Moderated by Paolo Bertolin (Programmer, Italy)