Future of Film Podcast

Brian Newman is founder of Sub-genre, the leading consultancy on connecting brands and filmmakers with audiences. A hugely respected veteran of the US Independent Film industry, Brian was previously CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute and serves on the advisory board of the Camden International Film Festival. In this episode, we discuss brand funding and discover how Brian is working with major brands like Patagonia and Stripe to successfully invest in feature films. We also talk about how filmmakers can succeed in the age of super abundance and how to get noticed in the Attention Economy - and Brian reveals the most common mistake he sees being made by filmmakers. This episode was recorded live at this year's Bogotá Audiovisual Market www.bogotamarket.com. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Liam Young is a speculative architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is cofounder of Tomorrows Thoughts Today, an urban futures think tank, exploring the local and global implications of new technologies and Unknown Fields, a nomadic research studio that travels on expeditions to chronicle these emerging conditions as they occur on the ground. He has been acclaimed in both mainstream and architectural media, including the BBC, NBC, Wired, Guardian, Time Magazine and New Scientist, is a BAFTA nominated producer and his work has been collected by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum and MAAS in Sydney. He has published several books including the recent Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post Anthropocene and has taught internationally at the Architectural Association, Princeton University and now runs the ground breaking MA in Fiction and Entertainment at Sci Arc in Los Angles. Liam's narrative approach sits between documentary and fiction as he focuses on projects that aim to reveal the invisible connections and systems that make the modern world work. Liam now manages his time between exploring distant landscapes and prototyping the future worlds he extrapolates from them. This episode was recorded live at the 2019 Bogota AudioVisual Market (BAM). For more information on BAM www.bogotamarket.com and for Film Disruptors: www.futureoffilm.live

Recorded live at the recent Bogotá Audio Visual Market (BAM), this conversation explores the future of production with Netflix and Annapurna Pictures with Jennie Yamaki and Kwame Parker of Netflix and VP of Annapurna, Stephen Wolf. From how Netflix plan their productions to the latest on Annapurna’s strategy, this episode also covers the future of storytelling - from AI to interactive - as well as some powerful advice for emerging storytellers. We also hear from Kwame about his experience exec-producing the 2019 Academy Award Best Picture Winner, Green Book. KWAME PARKER: Over the course of two decades, Kwame Parker has successfully developed a career working with the top talent in the film industry on numerous critically acclaimed projects, his acumen as an executive producer was recognized when GREEN BOOK won the Best Film in the most recent edition of the Academy Awards. JENNIE YAMAKI: is a production executive with experience in companies and projects ranging from new media to film, and is currently the manager of physical production for Netflix's independent and original films. STEPHEN WOLF is the Vice President of Annapurna Pictures and the head of the Production Finance department. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Bogota Audio Visual Market (BAM), which takes place in Bogotá in July. For more information see www.bogotamarket.com

What is the future of distribution in an age of unprecedented content, competition and connectivity? Find answers in this special episode of Film Disruptors, recorded live at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival where I was joined by a panel of experts: Mia Bays, Director at Large of Birds' Eye View year round agency that campaigns for gender equality in film. Ben Johnson runs Gruvi, a mediatech company that helps entertainment businesses reach and engage online audiences. Lee Shelton, responsible for all digital marketing activity across the Curzon group which is a leading boutique cinema, digital platform and distribution here in the UK. Eve Gabereau, Founder and CEO of the new female-led distribution company Modern Films. With audiences increasingly overwhelmed by a vast proliferation of content, from short form to box sets, the challenge to capture attention and engagement for films other than the biggest blockbusters is ever increasing. Yet with these changes, also comes the opportunity to target consumers with higher accuracy and to reach them directly, potentially at much lower cost. What do these trends mean for independent film and how should storytellers approach distribution in 2019? Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

What is the future of distribution in an age of unprecedented content, competition and connectivity? Find answers in this special episode of Film Disruptors, recorded live at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival where I was joined by a panel of experts: Mia Bays, Director at Large of Birds' Eye View year round agency that campaigns for gender equality in film. Ben Johnson runs Gruvi, a mediatech company that helps entertainment businesses reach and engage online audiences. Lee Shelton, responsible for all digital marketing activity across the Curzon group which is a leading boutique cinema, digital platform and distribution here in the UK. Eve Gabereau, Founder and CEO of the new female-led distribution company Modern Films. With audiences increasingly overwhelmed by a vast proliferation of content, from short form to box sets, the challenge to capture attention and engagement for films other than the biggest blockbusters is ever increasing. Yet with these changes, also comes the opportunity to target consumers with higher accuracy and to reach them directly, potentially at much lower cost. What do these trends mean for independent film and how should storytellers approach distribution in 2019?

Rikke Ennis has been at the forefront of the international film business for more than two decades, most recently as CEO of the market leading Nordic sales company, Trust Nordisk. In 2018, Rikke founded REinvent Studios, a new mini-studio specialising in the packaging, sales and finance of films and television for the global market. And in 2019 Rikke has also launched a new pay-per-view digital streaming service called NutAlone. In this episode, we discuss the current international business, new financing strategies and how and why NutAlone is reimagining the business of video on demand. This episode was recorded live at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival and is brought to you in collaboration with Berlin based FilmTech Office and EFM Horizon. The FilmTech Office is a Berlin based co-working space for creatives & entrepreneurs in film, storytelling and tech. Find out more at: www.filmtechoffice.com. EFM Horizon is the conference and networking programme of the European Film Market of the Berlinale focussing on the future of the media business.   Find out more at: www.efm-berlinale.de Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Sarah Smith is CEO of Locksmith Animation which she launched with Julie Lockhart in 2014 with backing from Liz Murdoch. Described as the UK’s only high-end feature animation studio dedicated to making films for a global family audience, Locksmith recently signed a major multi-year output deal with 20th Century Fox. In this episode Sarah shares how she built the business, moving into this entrepreneurial space from her career as a multi-award winning director and writer. She also talks about her time as a senior executive at Aardman Studios - where she was not only instrumental in securing a game-changing Sony Pictures Deal but for who she also directed the family classic and box office smash Arthur Christmas. In a wide ranging conversation, we also cover #TimesUp in relation to animation, new tech innovation in the space as well as Sarah’s powerful and practical tips for navigating the Hollywood machine. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Alan Gershenfeld is a master storyteller, World-Builder and Game Designer who is currently Co-Founder and President of E-Line Media, an impact gaming company that builds games to help players understand and shape the world. In this conversation we discuss storytelling strategies, new synergies between games and films (Alan also has extensive film experience), VR, AR and the practice of World-Building, as Alan has recently partnered with Alex McDowell’s Experimental Design in this field. And we also talk about Impact and Alan shares the extraordinary case study of NEVER ALONE, showcasing the power of games to drive social change. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël head up Felix & Paul Studios (@felixandpaul), the Emmy Award-winning immersive media entertainment studio based out of Montreal and L.A. Genuine pioneers of immersive storytelling and VR, Felix and Paul are artists, entrepreneurs and storytellers who originate gamechanging work across a variety of genres in partnership with organisations and individuals including Barrack Obama, Universal Pictures, Fox Searchlight, LeBron James and Cirque du Soleil. In this episode we get ‘under the hood’ of the Felix and Paul's creative and business strategy and explore the future and now of immersive media, including the commercial prognosis for VR in 2019. We also learn about their role as technologists and how the development of new tech in house forms a key function in their quest to create greater immersion and push the boundaries of storytelling. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live

Kamal Sinclair (@kamalsinclair) is Director of the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Lab Programme and an internationally recognised expert in new storytelling and Emerging Media. In this 2-part interview Kamal reveals how creators are embracing technologies like AI and VR in remarkable new ways to give life to their stories. In a conversation that covers film, arts and technology, we also talk diversity and Kamal eloquently deconstructs some of the pervasive myths and misconceptions around creators and entrepreneurs in technology and media. This is part two of two. Discover more about this and other podcasts at www.futureoffilm.live