TOGETHER FOREVER?
- Time
- Feb 12th 2008
- Location
- Hau 2 - Second Floor
- Guests
- Frank Hübner, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Esther Bannenberg, Ido Abram
What do you need for a successful international co-production? What gives projects international appeal and marketability? What strategies are suitable for which projects? What are the possibilities of co-producing with different countries? What hindrances are likely to arise and how can these be overcome? Three specialists in independent production, distribution and sales will discuss the ten projects selected for the Talent Project Market and offer advice related to your individual projects.
Frank Hübner
Producer and executive producer, he has produced IMAGUNARY HEROES, WHALE RIDER, and was executive producer of STANDER, SPARTAN, and RIDING THE BULLET. He was associate director of CLOSING THE RING released in 2007.
Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
Roshanak co-founded her first production company Flying Moon in 1999. Until 2014, they produced arthouse films that won over 30 international awards, among them the German Film Award in Gold and the Golden Leopard. In 2012, Roshanak launched LudInc in order to produce "Serious Games". In 2015, she started In Good Company in Berlin. Roshanak also works as an expert and consultant for various institutions and training organisations such as EAVE.
Esther Bannenberg
Independent consultant for the international positioning and scouting of independent films, she has a solid background in worldwide sales, distribution, acquisition, marketing and promotion, festivals and markets.
Ido Abram
Director of Presentation and Communications of the Eye Film Institute Netherlands, also head of programming and distribution. Eye is both a film museum and the national film institute of the Netherlands. Before he joined Eye, he was the director of the Binger Filmlab and CineMart Director at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.