Avant Première Guide 2017

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WE THANK OUR PARTNERS

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AVANT PERMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN CONNECTING THE PERFORMING ARTS WITH THE AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA AND BROADCASTING INDUSTRIES The preservation and promotion of the performing arts for future generations is what matters to the IMZ International Music + Media Centre. As a business network of 1.000 members worldwide it brings together the creators of the performing arts – opera and concert houses – and the audio-visual media – TV and film production, distribution, broadcasting and more.

BUSINESS PROMOTION FOR THE ARTS Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin is hosted by the IMZ and is the largest international trade fair for music and dance films and the international cultural TV and film industry.

Designed as a coproduction market it presents over 500 of the latest cultural TV programmes for trade and international broadcasting surrounded by a customised programme for business promotion and networking. www.avantpremiere.at

CONTENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ..........................4 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENING SCHEDULE ................................................5 WORDS OF WELCOME ................................7 COOPERATION WITH THE EFM .................10 MEET AND GREET AT AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017 .........................11 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS ..............12 OPENING ....................................................14 SPECIAL SCREENINGS ............13, 15, 19, 25 AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017

8K TECHNOLOGY FOCUS PRESENTED BY NHK ..............................16 VIRTUAL REALITY .......................................20 MARKET SCREENINGS ........................13, 26 MEET THE FRENCH....................................28 PANELS .......................................................29 AVANT PREMIÈRE TALKS...........................32 PITCH TO THE BROADCASTERS: ONE-ON-ONE EXPERT SESSIONS .........36 BOOTH AREA..............................................38 AVANT PREMIÈRE PARTICIPANTS LIST ....39 3

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE SATURDAY 11 FEB

MONDAY 13 FEB

TUESDAY 14 FEB

WEDNESDAY 15 FEB

16:00 - 18:00 IMZ BOARD-MEETING (INTERNAL)

9:30 - 11:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS 3

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20:30 - 21:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE INDUSTRY GATHERING AT ARTE BERLIN LIVE

11:20 - 13:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS 4

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14:00 - 15:00 NHK / 8K PRESENTATION

13:00 - 14:30 IMZ MEMBER SESSION: IMZ LUNCH / GENERAL ASSEMBLY / ‘HOW TO NETWORK’ (INTERNAL)

11:20 - 13:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS 8

SUNDAY 12 FEB 11:00 - 13:00 WARM-UP BRUNCH / MEET THE INDUSTRY & NHK 13:00 - 15:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS 1 15:20 - 16:45 AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS 2 16:45 - 17:15 WELCOME DRINKS AND ADDRESS

14:30 - 15:30 MARKET SCREENING ‘THE FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS STORY’ 15:15 - 18:00 INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY HUB 15:45 - 16:45 MARKET SCREENING ‘IN THE MYSTICAL LAND OF KAYDARA’ 16:45 - 18:15 MARKET SCREENING ‘INGMAR BERGMAN THROUGH THE CHOREOGRAPHER’S EYE’

17:15 - 18:00 OPENING CEREMONY

18:30 - 20:00 SPECIAL SCREENING ‘IL VOLO – NOTTE MAGICA: A TRIBUTE TO THE THREE TENORS’

18:00 - 19:30 SPECIAL SCREENING ‘RAVEL BY CHERKAOUI & VERBRUGGEN’

20:30 - 21:30 8K SPECIAL SCREENING FOR EFM DELEGATES – PROVIDED BY NHK

13:00 - 17:00 NHK / 8K EXPOSITION

14:00 - 16:00 NHK / 8K EXPOSITION

14:00 - 14:45 EBU-IMZ INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION PANEL

15:00 - 16:30 PANEL ‘COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD’

14:00 - 14:30 AVANT PREMIÈRE TALK ‘NEXT GENERATION IMMERSIVE MEDIA: 4K, 8K, AND BEYOND’

15:00 - 16:00 MARKET SCREENING ‘TOKTEK’ 16:00 - 18:00 MARKET SCREENING ‘RAMMSTEIN: PARIS’ 16:30 - 17:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE TALK ‘CHINA SPOTLIGHT’

15:00 - 16:30 PITCH TO THE BROADCASTERS: ONE-ON-ONE EXPERT SESSIONS 16:30 - 17:30 CLOSING

17:15 - 17:45 AVANT PREMIÈRE TALK ‘DANIELLE DE NIESE – THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA’ 18:00 - 20:00 NHK / 8K EXPOSITION 18:30 - 20:00 SPECIAL SCREENING ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’

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AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENING SCHEDULE SUNDAY 12 FEB

MONDAY 13 FEB

TUESDAY 14 FEB

WEDNESDAY 15 FEB

BLOCK 1 / 13:00-15:00

BLOCK 3 / 9:30 - 11:00

BLOCK 5 / 9:30 - 11:00

BLOCK 7 / 9:30 - 11:00

HRT – Croatian Radiotelevision

RTV / TV Slovenija

Museec / Medici.tv

BBC Music

Peiling Film & TV

SVT – Swedish Television

BBC Cymru Wales + BBC Music Television

Latvian Television

Nordisk Drama & Dokumentär

Kobalt Productions

THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET

Poorhouse International

RAI COM

ARTE France ZDF – German Television ZDF / 3sat Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Auditorium Films BLOCK 2 / 15:20 - 16:45 Heliox Films Berlin Phil Media ARTE Concert Anna&Paul Film&TV ERR – Estonian Public Broadcasting NordicStories ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Clasart Classic

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NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting C Major Entertainment Corporation sounding images Wiener Staatsoper Unitel Russia Kultura Television Channel BLOCK 6 / 11:20 - 13:00 Lumikinos Production CLC Productions BLOCK 4 / 11:20 - 13:00 Les Films Jack Fébus EuroArts Music International 3B-Produktion Music Traveler ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation Bel Air Media klangmalerei.tv Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images

Telmondis Distribution ARTE Deutschland Les Films Figures Libres Accentus Music SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen CICC – China Intercontinental Communication Center ServusTV

Opéra National de Paris Royal Conservatoire of The Hague Opus Arte / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Foxtel Arts Signed Media Produktion BLOCK 8 / 11:20 - 13:00 François Roussillon et Associés YLE – The Finnish Broadcasting Company New World Symphony NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation RSI – Radiotelevisione Svizzera TVP Kultura Pan Dream RTBF – Belgian Public Radio & Television

Czech Television

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DEAR PARTICIPANTS OF AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017 Welcome to Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin 2017! It is, once again, my great pleasure to see people from all around the globe come together, united by their love for music and art.

This year’s edition of Avant Première is truly packed with highlights, which we are especially proud of. Thanks to our Virtual Reality Focus, we will be introduced to immersive cutting-edge technology and find out what it can do for our industries. NHK, the pioneers of HD technology, will introduce their revolutionary new 8K technology and very special guests, such as Il Volo, Danielle De Niese & more, will further enhance this spectacular event.

We look forward to meeting all of you and enjoying many beautiful productions!

As every year, I wish you all a very fruitful and successful market!

Arild Erikstad Executive Producer, Editor TV Music, Responsible for International Music Cooperations at NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation President of the IMZ International Music + Media Centre

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DEAR VISITORS OF AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017 We are delighted to be a partner of this important international event presenting to you the latest, 8K-technology has to offer! NHK started the test satellite broadcasting of 4K and 8K Super Hi-Vision UHDTV in August 2016.

8K offers a resolution 16 times higher than HD and has a 22.2 multichannel sound system, which produces a luxurious, three-dimensional sound. The combination conveys a greatly heightened sense of presence and reality. We are particularly proud that 8K and its spatial sound system are the unrivaled technology for broadcasting musical content. We have been providing public viewings of 8K – including live concerts – in Japan, the EU, and other countries. They have proven very popular and have received high praise from music fans.

For this year’s Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin, our team has prepared a variety of content, including music.

We hope you will enjoy it and gratefully welcome your impressions and views.

We would be delighted to produce 8K content together with all of you in the future.

Yukinori Kida Executive Director, Chief of Broadcasting, NHK

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WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL PARTICIPANTS OF AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017!

This year, C Major Entertainment celebrates its 10th Anniversary. We will present a showcase with the Italian crossover act “Il Volo” on Monday 13 February 2017 and furthermore, we are proud to be supporters of this important event Avant Première 2017 in cooperation with Unitel.

We gladly support this trade show of an industry that has been supplying people with good music for more than 50 years now.

Since 2006, it has been the endeavour of C Major Entertainment to offer its customers audio-visual music productions - from ballet to heavy metal – in the highest quality: classical and pop music for TV, DVD, and Blu-ray, Video-on-demand and cinema. Our programme catalogue includes more than 2500 hours of programming and classical productions of renowned producers such as Unitel, Accentus, Signed Media, Sounding Images, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images, Sony Classical, Universal Music, PBS and many others.

Enjoy the time in Berlin and please support these high quality productions, produced by engaged producers and distributed by our enthusiastic team of C Major Entertainment.

Elmar Kruse CEO, C Major Entertainment

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MEET AND GREET AT AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017 IMZ MEMBER SESSION The IMZ Member Session gives special attention to IMZ Members. Hosted by senior IMZ representatives, it aims to strengthen IMZ Members’ relations as well as their performance and visibility at Avant Première. In this exclusive event, a three-fold programme invites all IMZ Members to mingle, to give their vote in the General Assembly - and join a brandnew type of get-together within the IMZ: WARM UP BRUNCH Get in touch with the industry at NHK´s Special Presentation of their 8K technology to the IMZ Board.

12 FEB 11:00 - 13:00 Hotel Scandic, Networking Area

IMZ LUNCH Introducing the afternoon programme, a lunch buffet awaits all IMZ Members.

IMZ GENERAL ASSEMBLY The IMZ General Assembly presents the status quo and outlook of the international network, which connects us all on business. Members are invited to participate actively and shape the future of the IMZ and engage in a lively discussion.

‘HOW TO NETWORK’?

A new programme within the IMZ! An informal get-together for new members, small and smaller companies or independent producers. Do you seek affiliation or wish to exchange ideas with other members on their strategy to approach potential business partners at Avant Première or within the IMZ? 14 FEB 13:00 - 14:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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AVANT PREMIÈRE SCREENINGS SALES EVENT + COPRODUCTION MARKET The Avant Première Screenings present over 500 of the latest music and dance films from renowned production companies around the world in front of a professional audience of buyers, producers, distributors, broadcasters and possible partners. In this core element and main programme of Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin, around 70 companies from around the world present TV and film productions to be traded for international broadcasting, funding or coproduction. Broadcasters provide a company profile, producers and distributors give a reference of their portfolio.

Productions presented include music and dance documentaries, artist’s portraits, concert and opera recordings, dance performances among others. Film submission for the Avant Première Screenings is open for Full and Affiliate IMZ Members. For information around the IMZ Membership visit www.imz.at 12 FEB 13:00 - 16:45 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

13-15 FEB 9:30 - 13:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS AVANT PREMIÈRE’S EVENING EVENTS DEDICATED TO THE BEST MUSIC AND DANCE ON FILM HAS TO OFFER! With the Avant Première Special Screenings major film productions invite to full length evening screenings of current highlights in performing arts films. In a festive surrounding Avant Première participants experience the grand stars of the scene not only on screen, but face to face.

12 FEB 18:00 - 19:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

13 FEB 18:30 - 20:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

14 FEB 18:30 - 20:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

MARKET SCREENINGS HIGHLIGHTING THE PERFORMING ARTS The perfect setting for drawing special attention to individual productions on music and dance on screen: Market Screenings present full length films during the day in specific on-site presentation rooms.

13 FEB 14:30 - 18:15 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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14 FEB 15:00 - 18:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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OPENING ARTE BERLIN LIVE CONCERT & PARTY Berlin Live, Berlin’s most renowned music and TV event will be Avant Première 2017’s official kick-off!

Celebrate with us: Berlin Live is ARTE’s concert and TV series celebrating and recording international music stars – this year no other than Maximo Park and Mando Diao!

Participants are invited to mingle with a creative and professional party crowd in music and TV production and enjoy two international top music stars live.

11 FEB 19:00 - 20:00 CONCERT 1: MAXIMO PARK LIVE 20:30 - 21:00 AVANT PREMIÈRE INDUSTRY GATHERING 21:00 - 22:00 CONCERT 2: MANDO DIAO LIVE 22:00 ARTE BERLINALE PARTY SchwuZ, Rollbergstraße 26, 12053 Berlin

OPENING CEREMONY Avant Première 2017 welcomes you to the official Opening on Sunday 12 February 2017. The afternoon and evening mark the start of the 2017-edition and the beginning of another eventful year for the IMZ and its members!

16:45 - 17:15 Welcome drinks and address by IMZ President Arild Erikstad 17:15 - 18:00 Receive an overview of Avant Première 2017: Address by IMZ Directors Katharina Jeschke & Ruth Pfletschinger

HK + WITH N PHER OGRA CHORE OEN JER UGGEN VERBR

Experience the first presentation of NHK-productions in 8K: Address and programme presentation by Yukinori KIDA, Executive Director, Chief of Broadcasting, NHK 18:00 - 19:30 In the presence of choreographer Jeroen Verbruggen: Special Screening ‘Ravel

by Cherkaoui & Verbruggen’ presented by EuroArts Music International 12 FEB 16:45 - 19:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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EuroArts Music International presents the Special Screening

‘Ravel by Cherkaoui & Verbruggen’ Ravel remains a source of inspiration for any choreographer.

Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and rising talent Jeroen Verbruggen take their vision of Ravel’s music to the stage with the Ballet Vlaanderen.

Verbruggen has drawn his inspiration from Ravel’s Pavane pour une Infante défunte and from Ma Mère l’Oye. Cherkaoui also translates Ravel into dance, opting for the colourful Pictures at an Exhibition, originally composed by Modest Mussorgsky, which was later orchestrated by Ravel to become the most widely performed orchestration of this work.

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12 FEB 18:00 - 19:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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8K TECHNOLOGY FOCUS PRESENTED BY NHK NHK PRODUCES, TRANSMITS AND BROADCASTS TV PROGRAMMES WITH A NEW ‘FEELING OF REALISM’ With a series of music film programmes screened from 12 - 15 February 2017 attendants will experience a new dimension of TV: pictures emerge as 33 million pixels are displayed on a 220 inch screen - in short, imagine 16 times HD and four times 4K resolution! The combination of the Ultra High Definition picture with a three-dimensional, 22.2 multichannel sound system, creates an immersive reality, transferring audiences on location.

WELCOME TO 8K – WARM UP BRUNCH

Special Presentation to the IMZ Board: General information about 8K technology will be given

by Ikuko Sawaya.

Screening of various 8K contents produced by NHK, commented by Jun Ochiai and Masumi Kawaguchi.

12 FEB 11:00 - 13:00 Hotel Scandic, Tech Area

OPENING: WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF 8K

Experience 8K technology for music and the arts: Address and presentation by Yukinori Kida, Executive Director, Chief of Broadcasting, NHK. 12 FEB 17:30 - 17:50 Hotel Scandic, Tech Area

NHK SPECIAL SCREENING OF 8K PRODUCTIONS

Organised in cooperation with the European Film Market, delegates of the EFM are invited to a special screening providing an exclusive synopsis of all 8K-films produced by NHK. 13 FEB 20:30 - 21:30 Hotel Scandic, Tech Area

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PRESENTATION: FOCUS ON THE TECHNOLOGY OF 8K AND ITS POSSIBILITIES BEYOND HD Part 1: Beyond The Real: the possibilities beyond HD, presented by Jun Ochiai with a screening of the best art and science contents (see Programme A) Part 2: General information on 8K Technology focusing on the 22.2 multi-channel sound system, presented by Ikuko Sawaya Part 3: Immersive Sensation: 22.2 Sound in Music presented by Masumi Kawaguchi with a screening of excerpts from the best music contents (see Programme B) 13 FEB 14:00 - 15:00 Hotel Scandic, Tech Area

PROGRAMME A: BEYOND THE REAL: THE BEST CONTENTS OF 8K

8K meets Art – You can fully appreciate masterpieces of Oriental art (5’) Art of the Musee du Louvre – This is a completely innovative way to view art. A curator reported that he could appreciate the paintings he sees everyday in a totally new light (10’) Mount Fuji – A photographer specialising in photos of Mount Fuji commented that even pictures taken with a digital camera look more alive than ever thanks to 8K technology (5’) Drama Moribito – On 8K, its visual effects are stunning (4’) Space Journey – Thanks to computer graphics using high-quality images from NASA, you feel as if you are actually landing on Mars! (5’) The Hiroshima A-Bomb – Personal items that tell a story (10’)

PROGRAMME B: IMMERSIVE SENSATION: EXCERPTS FROM MUSIC CONTENTS

Mahler’s Symphony No.3 – Performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi The Sound of Sagrada Familia – Faure’s Requiem performed in the Sagrada Familia. You can enjoy the splendid acoustics of the famous church Tao – A dance performance accompanied by Japanese drumming with spectacular bass Jazz in NY – Enjoy both the sounds of jazz and thrilling night views of New York Beethoven’s Symphony No.2 – Conducted by Seiji Ozawa Netrebko in Tokyo – A concert of opera arias performed by superstar Anna Netrebko with her wonderful velvety voice Aomori Nebuta Matsuri – One of the largest traditional Japanese summer festivals

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PRESENTERS Jun OCHIAI Mr Jun Ochiai has years of experience as a director and producer of science documentaries.

He has worked at the Media Planning Bureau since 2013. Jun has been in charge of strategic planning for UHD (4K and 8K). He is deeply involved in the production of both 8K broadcasting content and non-broadcasting content, such as medical, educational or arts material, along with content designed for planetariums.

Ikuko SAWAYA Ms Ikuko Sawaya is with the Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL) of the Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK), in Tokyo, Japan. She has been involved in the research and development of a 22.2 multichannel sound system and its production equipment for 8K Super Hi-Vision since 2009. She is presently working in the international public relations section for NHK STRL. Her areas of expertise are multichannel sound systems, musical acoustics, room acoustics, and psychoacoustics.

Masumi KAWAGUCHI Ms Masumi Kawaguchi has years of experience as a director for various types of programmes in the music field. Since 2010 she has worked as a senior producer at the Music & Theatre Programs Division, being in charge of international coproductions of classical music programmes and special feature programmes. She produced 8K contents such as “Beethoven’s Symphony No.2 by Seiji Ozawa” (2015) and “Anna Netrebko in Tokyo” (2016).

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C Major Entertainment presents the Special Screening

IL VOLO

NOTTE MAGICA: A TRIBUTE TO THE THREE TENORS C Major Entertainment, famous for high-class but also commercial TV events, celebrates its 10th anniversary together with Il Volo! C Major is proud to present a special concert event: ‘Il Volo - Notte Magica’: 26 years after ‘The 3 Tenors’ performed at the eve of the FIFA World Cup Final in 1990, worldwide platinum selling artists Il Volo pay tribute. In summer 2016, the young tenors performed some of the most famous Neapolitan songs and arias from the Italian and international operatic repertoire. As a special guest, Maestro Plácido Domingo conducted E ENC ANCE S and joined singing the classic ‘Non ti scordar di me’.

E R IN P RFORM Let´s celebrate and have a drink together.

OLO E PE

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VIRTUAL REALITY THE INTERACTIVE SCIENCE HUB Experience the arts beyond the real! Virtual Reality and 360° productions now allow for audience engagement far off the concert hall and even provide user experiences beyond the real: spectators are offered a priceless front row seat next to the conductor of an orchestra including a glance into the score. Concert halls are rebuilt virtually and their authentic sounds reconstructed by analysing their building material.

In this interactive science exposition you can test and experience the various VR products. Get in touch with the major VR brands and join the open panel.

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MODERATOR Kay MESEBERG Head of VR/360 at ARTE Parallel to his career in television, at ARD, ARTE, 3sat and ZDF, Kay Meseberg has been involved in conceiving and implementing numerous award-winning online projects, such as Follow the Money, Netwars, Polar Sea 360 and many more. He developed the platform ARTE Future, is on the editorial board of SQUARE IDEE and continually explores content from a 360° video and virtual reality perspective.

SPEAKERS Antoine CAYROL & Pierre ZANDROWICZ Okio Studio PROJECT: Okio Studio is a creative Surround Video Production House based in Paris, specializing in immersive experience for Occulus-Rift and other virtual reality devices. The team utilizes custom built tools and proprietary technology to craft original immersive experiences, pioneering end-to-end solutions for the creation of truly immersive cinematic VR. CV: Antoine Cayrol has produced short films, music videos, commercials and multiple transmedia documentaries. He has won numerous awards internationally and created Okio Studio, specialising in the production of content for virtual reality, together with Pierre Zandrowicz, a director/filmmaker whose passion for visual storytelling has pushed him to create a wide range of memorable and awarded works.

Thomas WALLNER Founder / CEO at DEEP Inc. PROJECT: DEEP has developed Liquid Cinema, a software platform and toolset that allows filmmakers, producers and broadcasters to create and distribute story based 360 and VR content across the web, mobile and VR devices. It is currently being used as a VR distribution platform by major European and US Networks including Dow Jones Corporation, The Wall Street Journal, ZDF and ARTE. CV: Thomas Wallner is an Emmy award winning producer, writer, and director working in film and interactive media. In addition to producing many innovative cross-media properties for television, he has written and directed eight award-winning feature documentaries. He is the founder of DEEP, a German and Canadian based studio dedicated to exploring and defining the evolving language of cinematic VR. AVANT PREMIÈRE 2017

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Nico SCHRÖER Business Development Manager for Android Apps PROJECT: The Daydream View headset is made with lightweight fabric, inspired by what you wear. Paired with a controller, both are designed to be easy and intuitive and allow you to immerse yourself in new worlds, kick back in your personal VR cinema, and play games that put you in the center of the action.

CV: As a Business Development Manager for Android Apps Niko Schröer works with developers to successfully build and distribute Android apps on the Google Play store. He holds a diploma in Media Economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, loves to ‘geek out’ on the possibilities of mobile devices and sports.

Stephan STEGLICH Director, Competence Center ‘Future Applications and Media’ at Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin PROJECT: The Fraunhofer FOKUS Cloud-based 360° Video Playout for HbbTV enables high quality 360° video experience on low capability devices or in cases of constrained network connectivity. The video material necessary for 360° videos, demands a large bandwidth and a lot of processing. Now the rendering of the individual view can be performed on server side, so that only the selected video content is streamed to the end device.

CV: Stephan Steglich works in the field of next-generation web platforms for cross-platform and cross-device applications and media, which includes interactive media, web technologies, VR/360° video, streaming and Connected TV/HbbTV. Johannes STEURER Principal Engineer, Research & Development at ARRI PROJECT: Camera and display technologies for 360° video and VR will be analyzed and compared to the capabilities of the human vision. From this discrepancy requirements will be derived, acting as a guideline for the design of high quality capture technology. First results of test shootings with a panoramic 360° camera, based on cooperation between ARRI and Fraunhofer HHI, will be presented.

CV: Johannes Steurer conducts research on advanced motion picture cameras. After earning his Dr.-Ing. degree at the Technical University of Munich, he took a scientific position at IRT. He joined ARRI in 1994 and was awarded an Oscar in 2012.

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Thomas OBERENDER Managing Director at Berliner Festspiele PROJECT: Each visitor finds a personal version of a story and breathes life into it through their imagination when visiting Mona el Gammal’s Narrative Spaces, which are filled and charged with stories and information. Texts, objects, smells, sounds and lighting moods reveal a story that viewers can process individually. They don’t observe reality with detachedness, but put the fragments of the immersive story together themselves.

CV: Dr. Thomas Oberender was appointed Managing Director of the Berliner Festspiele in 2012, after being theatre director and head dramaturg of leading theaters. He has written and translated books, plays, essays, theatre and literature criticism, and has realised projects for Expo 2000, the European Cultural Capital project and others.

Christian STIEGLER Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications PROJECT: Storytelling in VR is highly experimental, emphasising visual spectacle and novelty. ‘ConceiVR’ repositions our understanding of the relationship between traditional narrative structures and immersive approaches in VR. In collaboration with ARTE and Berliner Festspiele, and artists such as Björk, it aims to design a storytelling framework for feature-length VR productions based on empirical results.

CV: Dr. Christian Stiegler is an expert for immersive and transmedia content strategies, who works in the field of immersive storytelling in virtual reality and all artistic fields, with partners such as BBC, ORF, ZDF, ARTE and Time Warner. He is also a College Director and Senior Lecturer, whose recent publications include ‘New Media Culture’ and ‘The 360° Gaze: Immersions in Media, Society and Culture’.

Frank STAHMER & Kurt DANNER Co-Founders of Bellevue Virtual Media PROJECT: The Virtual Concert Hall App is two in one: an enhanced VR 360° 3D video player and a store library through which content owners and providers can bundle and offer their extensive music-related VR content – from single projects to entire VR music stores. Audiophile music lovers can download or stream VR music events, enjoy multiple interactive view points and headtracked Ambisonic surround sound.

CV: Frank Stahmer is a music manager and marketing expert, who has worked for various renowned international artists and music institutions and co-hosted Classical:NEXT in Vienna before founding Bellevue Virtual Media in 2016.

Kurt Danner has worked for the IMZ and recently as marketing and PR manager for the Vienna Symphony Orchestra before returning to the media business again by placing a strong focus on Virtual Reality with Bellevue Virtual Media.

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Thierry BAUJARDS Founder and CEO of Media Deals PROJECT: The goal of the ’VR for audiovisual Finance Network’ is to gather financial players interested in being involved in the financing of VR content in Europe. The technology is ready but content is lagging behind as the VR business model is still in development. This network will offer the different players a community to discuss projects and look at the best ways to finance VR projects.

CV: Thierry Baujard is the founder of the Pan European Investment Network Media Deals, focusing on cross border Mediatech investment. He is also CEO of peacefulfish, a consultancy specialised in the financing of the content industry. He offers 20 years of experience in the communication and entertainment industry.

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BelAir Media presents the Special Screening

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’ Alexander Ekman’s ballet A Midsummer Night’s Dream – created for the Royal Swedish Ballet to music by Mikael Karlsson. In 2015, Alexander Ekman gave his own version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and it immediately became a hit for the audience and critics. This powerful contemporary ballet explores the energy and the mysteries of the summer solstice night in Scandinavian tradition. In addition to the dancers from the Royal Ballet, nine musicians participate on stage, including acclaimed pop singer Anna von Hausswolff and a classical string quartet.

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MARKET SCREENINGS THE FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS STORY Presented by 3B-Produktion Florence Foster Jenkins is known as “the worst singer of all times”. And yet she had a successful stage career in New York in the 1920s, seemingly suspending all the rules of art.

The film examines the enigma and the woman behind this aural assault on the public. Taking on the challenge of portraying the flamboyant “queen of dissonance” is opera superstar Joyce DiDonato making her cinematic debut. This casting decision enables the audience to experience two contrasting musical worlds: the melodious music Florence Foster Jenkins claimed to make, and the dissonant reality that her listeners were subjected to.

13 FEB 14:30 - 15:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

IN THE MYSTICAL LAND OF KAYDARA Presented by ERR – Estonian Public Broadcasting A visualization of Peeter Vähi’s oratorio In The Mystical Land of Kaydara. Three friends – Hammadi, Hamtuudo and Demburu – set off in search for the mystical shadow-land governed

by Kaydara, the invisible god of knowledge and gold. Kaydara supplies the friends with lots of gold, that however has dual meaning: it may bring wealth and happiness or it may prove to be a destructive force. Hammadi being the only one to follow Kaydara’s advice based on the laws of nature and experience of the elders will achieve the ultimate happiness and power without desiring or seeking for it himself.

13 FEB 15:45 - 16:45 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

INGMAR BERGMAN THROUGH THE CHOREOGRAPHER‘S EYE Presented by Nordisk Drama & Dokumentär AB As a film director, Ingmar Bergman was also a choreographer. Throughout his films one can sense his refined choreographed language. The renowned Swedish choreographers Alexander Ekman, Pär Isberg, Pontus Lidberg and Joakim Stephenson, with principal dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet, interpret Ingmar Bergman through four unique dance performances reflecting on human relations and intense feelings. The dances are linked together with images of the epic natural beauty of Farö and Bergman’s poetic home Hammars, with the voice of Ingmar Bergman revealing his thoughts about movements and music.

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TOKTEK Presented by klangmalerei.tv toktek is a visual music performance film. On the crossroad of concert recording and music video it visualizes the Musique concrète and electronic music performance “toktek” by Tom Verbruggen.

14 FEB 15:00 - 16:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

RAMMSTEIN: PARIS Presented by RSA Films & Rammstein Rammstein has long been in an über-league of its own when it comes to taking the live presentation of rock music to new heights, both in terms of conception and execution.

Catching this excitement on film is an almost impossible task. All the senses are stimulated at live events in a way that cannot be replicated on screen.

Jonas Åkerlund’s extraordinary film RAMMSTEIN: PARIS is the closest anyone has ever come to cracking this dilemma. His creative rendition of the all-new stage production the band delivered at Paris Bercy in March 2012 takes the art form to a whole new level.

14 FEB 16:00 - 18:00 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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MEET THE FRENCH PRESENTED BY BEL AIR MEDIA, FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS, FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON ET ASSOCIÉS, LES FILMS FIGURES LIBRES, NAXOS AND TELMONDIS Renowned French companies in the field of audio-visual media invite to join the Special Focus Reception “Meet the French”. CEOs and representatives from production, broadcasting and distribution companies like Bel Air Media, France Télévisions, François Roussillon et Associés, Les Films Figures Libres, Naxos and Telmondis present themselves and look forward to networking and mingling. Join the reception and be visible to the cultural film industry to enhance progressive business talks, build up future business contacts and strengthen reliable relations.

14 FEB 20:00 - 22:00 Hotel Scandic, Networking Area AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION / NAXOS DEUTSCHLAND Naxos is the largest independent classical label in the world and one of the two best-selling classical labels. It is also one of the largest distributors of independent classical record labels.

Since 2009 the company has distributed blu-ray discs, streaming web radio and podcasts.

BEL AIR MEDIA Founded in 1994 by producer and general manager François Duplat, Bel Air Media is an independent production company for audio-visual projects, specialized in capturing events for television in the fields of opera, ballet, theatres and concerts.

FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS With five national television channels, 24 regional and nine international stations France Télévisions is the number one of the French public national television broadcasters. It offers a broad programme ranging from culture to health, education, politics ect.

FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON ET ASSOCIÉS François Roussillon et Associés is specialized in producing audio-visual programmes of classical music, opera and dance on every screen, along with live and recorded broadcasts featuring performances from major stages in France and Europe, documentaries and music magazine shows.

LES FILMS FIGURES LIBRES Les Films Figures Libres is a french independant production company which has been producing films for over 15 years. Each year, they produce several music, dance and live show programmes which are aired on multiple European and North American channels.

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TELMONDIS Telmondis Distribution presents the largest French catalogue of performing arts audio-visual programmes. All types of quality programmes: operas, concerts, classical and contemporary ballets, theatre, plays, circuses, cabarets, documentaries, portraits are listed in the Catalogue which is open for all French and foreign producers to enhance.

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PANEL ‘COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD’ The digital world calls for new ways of thinking and new ways of working together. Its challenges affect everyone - artists, performing arts organisations, broadcasters and distributers alike. This session will tackle these challenges head on, with new best-practice examples and new creative ideas from three leading practitioners in the field of digital and the performing arts.

SPEAKERS Peter MANIURA Head of Digital Development BBC Arts

14 FEB 15:00 - 16:30 Hotel Scandic, Elk

Peter Maniura examines partnership and creative collaboration in the public service space, through the lens of a major arts sector collaboration on Shakespeare. Peter is the Launch Director of BBC Arts Online, Board Member of Opera North, Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union’s Music & Dance experts group as well as a film and programme maker. He was Creative Director and Curator of the new experimental BBC/Arts Council England digital online arts service ‘The Space’ which promoted digital innovation and creativity in the arts.

John KIESER Executive Vice President and Provost at New World Symphony John Kieser looks at the challenges and opportunities for artists, performing organisations and higher education establishments.John is EVP and Provost of the New World Symphony. Prior to this, John was General Manager of the San Francisco Symphony. While at SFS, he created SFS Media, produced the diverse-media project “Keeping Score”, Grammy© award winning recordings and won Emmy Awards for The San Francisco Symphony at 100 and Sweeney Todd.

Elizabeth W. SCOTT Chief Executive Officer at nRapt Elizabeth Scott is an arts and entertainment leader with 20+ years of experience successfully leading media innovation across commercial and non-profit spheres - from Major League Baseball to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She champions cross-industry content aggregation and builds data collaborations that accelerate digital advancement for the arts and cultural sector broadly. Elizabeth is currently leading the launch of nRapt, an early-stage streaming platform and engagement hub for the performing arts, designed to transform how audiences discover, experience and engage with the performing arts in this connected age.

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‘EBU-IMZ INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION PANEL’ As a follow-up to the EBU-IMZ Coproduction Pitching Session, this panel focuses on the status quo of the winner’s project ‘Soundtrack Europe’ by EuroArts. Attendants of this panel can observe EuroArts’ aim to acquire coproduction partners. Designed as a case study the panel also addresses potential future participants of pitching sessions, outlining the key facts on how to achieve the best possible results in front of a jury. Last but not least general issues of international coproductions will be looked at and discussed.

15 FEB 14:00 - 14:45 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

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Henk VAN DER MEULEN Director of Royal Conservatoire of The Hague Henk van der Meulen was IMZ President from 2002 until 2008 and since then one of its Vice-Presidents. The versatile composer, conductor, pedagogue and author has been a member of the IMZ Board since 1996. Henk van der Meulen has been member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (International Emmy Awards) since 2001.

Since 2008 Henk van der Meulen is principal of the Royal Conservatoire and member of the Board of Management of the University of the Arts The Hague, since 2010 as vice-chairman, and from 2014 as Chairman.

SPEAKERS Arild ERIKSTAD Executive Producer/Editor Music TV at NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Arild Erikstad began his career at NRK as Head of Music TV and Editor for music at NRK2.

Today he is responsible for music co-productions within NRK. He is also music producer, Vice President of the EBU Music Expert Group, President of the IMZ and was twice Head of the Jury Golden Prague.

Marie-Laure DENAY Head of ARTE Concert at ARTE GEIE Marie-Laure Denay studied musicology at the University of Strasbourg, and then began her career in the PR-department of the Opéra National du Rhin. Following her role as music editor for the French-German TV channel ARTE, she has been working as Head of the music streaming platform ARTE since 2013.

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Lothar MATTNER Director, Producer, Editor at WDR Köln Lothar Mattner has worked for SRG Zürich, BR Munich and other media companies in Europe and ever since 1989 has been responsible for music programmes at WDR Köln. He is President of the Music & Dance Expert Group at EBU Geneva and is coordinating the ARTE/MUSICA programmes of ARD. Matthew TRUSTRAM Senior TV Project Manager for Music & Dance at EBU – European Broadcasting Union Matthew Trustram is a TV broadcast industry professional working in international coproduction and distribution projects. He is responsible for the coordinatination of international music & dance projects with and on behalf of EBU member broadcasters.

PRESENTING COMPANY EUROARTS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS ‘SOUNDTRACK EUROPE’ In the search for musical answers to current socio-political questions, the soul musician Joy Denalane embarks on a journey through Europe and encounters the world of folk music. For centuries, this musical genre has provided a vital space for love and romanticism, struggle and revolution, suffering and longing. With deep regional roots, folk music promotes identities yet at the same time builds bridges between cultures and political systems. Beyond clichés of stylized folk nostalgia, this documentary series makes it palpable at first hand: Folk music is local world music, and therefore tailor-made for a new SOUNDTRACK EUROPE.

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AVANT PREMIÈRE TALKS Avant Première Talks are 20 minute-speeches which present what is new and innovative in the industry: newly released products, services for cultural institutions or the audio-visual industry, updates on the development of ground breaking technical equipment for film productions and much more.

CHINA SPOTLIGHT Presented by CICC – China Intercontinental Communication Center Debuting at Avant Première CICC introduces the Chinese film, music and media industry and presents its successful productions & programmes. Furthermore Chinese culture, partners and cooperation programmes are examined. Focus is also put on the ‘Video China’ Database, Website and Copyright Trading Platform as well as the ‘Belt & Road’ Media Cooperation Union, which consists of participants from media outlets, cultural ambassadors and cultural agencies from countries along the Belt and Road routes. An interactive discussion on cooperation rounds off the CICC project launch.

SPEAKERS

14 FEB 16:30 - 17:00 Hotel Scandic, Elk

Li MIAN Director of CICC Communications & Media Relations Li Mian is an experienced producer in documentary production and has won various international and local awards. The film and TV department Lian Mian works for is committed to showcasing China’s natural history, culture and social life to the outside world using the medium of movies, TV dramas, documentary films, TV specials and new media video.

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DANIELLE DE NIESE - THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA Presented by Glyndebourne Danielle de Niese and Glyndebourne present extracts from the documentary ‘The Birth of an Opera’ - a behind the scenes look at the creation of Glyndebourne’s new production of Rossini’s great comic opera, The Barber of Seville.

The film shows the assiduous rehearsal process Glyndebourne undertakes for every production: Glyndebourne’s cast and crew get a full six weeks of preparation, enabling an unparalleled attention to detail and finesse in the finished performance.

The documentary follows de Niese as she prepares to make her debut in The Barber of Seville’s starring role of Rosina.

14 FEB 17:15 - 17:45 Hotel Scandic, Elk

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SPEAKERS Danielle DE NIESE Opera Soprano Danielle de Niese is more than just the most magnetic presence in modern classical music, or the woman described by the New York Times magazine as “opera’s coolest soprano”. She’s also the performer who’s shredding the classical rulebook with her unique combination of artistic credibility and exotic 21st century allure.

George BRUELL Director of Communications at Glyndebourne George Bruell started his career in the City of London working in finance and technology. In 2008 he joined Glyndebourne. As Director of Communications George is responsible for managing Glyndebourne’s brand & PR; marketing, sales & audience insight; filming and content creation & distribution.

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NEXT GENERATION IMMERSIVE MEDIA: 4K, 8K, AND BEYOND Presented by Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH Spin Digital Video Technologies (Spin Digital) is a new company, based in Berlin, that develops high-performance video codecs for the next generation immersive media. These codecs enable applications that require very high resolution (4K, 8K & beyond) as well as emerging formats (HDR, high frame rate and extended color). Alvarez-Mesa will emphasize on Spin Digital having released a complete solution including an encoder and a media player that allow content creators to reduce the file size of super high resolution videos, while keeping the very high quality demanded by emerging media applications such as 4K & 8K UHD-TV, immersive projection and virtual reality.

15 FEB 14:00 - 14:30 Hotel Scandic, Elk SPEAKER MAURICIO ALVAREZ-MESA CEO of Spin Digital Alvarez-Mesa has more than 10 years of research experience in the field of video codecs. He has worked as a researcher for several international institutions such as the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, IBM Haifa, Fraunhofer Institute HHI in Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin.

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PITCH TO THE BROADCASTERS: ONE-ON-ONE EXPERT SESSIONS GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DECISION MAKERS! The One-on-one Expert Sessions are the ideal opportunity for established and young filmmakers and producers to pitch their projects to high representatives of the major public and private broadcasting companies. Providing access to an ideal framework for professional collaborations, it is a unique opportunity to create business opportunities and profit from feedback that counts!

Among this year’s experts are representatives of the BBC, NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, ARTE, Foxtel, SVT Swedish Television, NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation as well as the EBU European Broadcasting Union.

EXPERTS

15 FEB 15:00 - 16:30 Hotel Scandic, Screening Hall

Arild ERIKSTAD Executive Producer/Editor Music TV at NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Arild Erikstad began his career at NRK as Head of Music TV and Editor for music at NRK2.

Today he is responsible for music coproductions within NRK. He is also music producer, Vice President of the EBU Music Expert Group, President of the IMZ and was twice Head of the Jury Golden Prague.

Ditte FEUK Executive producer in Theatre at Opera & Dance at SVT Ditte Feuk produces concerts, operas and cultural events for TV and is always in search of new productions to broadcast and coproduce. Also lectured in scriptwring, visual arts and conducting.

Masumi KAWAGUCHI Senior Producer at NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

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Joined NHK as a mid-career professional. In 2003 produced The Murder of Carmen, an ambitious fusion of arts documentary, music and sitcom at Program Development Department.

Currently a producer involved in many joint projects with broadcasters in Europe and North America, as well as an innovative edutainment programme for children at Music & Theatre Division. She also produced The Book of Tears, a documentary that received awards at the Chicago Film Festival and the US International Film & Video Festival in 2014.

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Rita LOMBARDI Performing Arts Sales Manager at RAI COM Rita Lombardi performs tasks for international platforms interested in broadcasting live from the main Italian Theaters as well as in producing or coproducing in Italy. She is an expert in the field of legal and copyright aspects of music.

Lothar MATTNER Director, Producer, Editor at WDR Köln Lothar Mattner has worked for SRG Zürich, BR Munich and other media companies in Europe and ever since 1989 has been responsible for music programmes at WDR Köln. He is President of the Music & Dance Expert Group at EBU Geneva and is coordinating the ARTE/MUSICA programmes of ARD. Robert PATTERSON Director of ABC Commercials Robert Patterson joined ABC Classics as a Product Manager in 1994. With a wide background in music content creation, distribution and marketing he he took on the management of all the ABC music businesses in 2006. Patterson directs ABC Commercials since 2012.

Dieter SCHNEIDER Commissioning Editor & Head of Theatre, Pop, Event at ZDF/ARTE Dieter Schneider has worked as a director’s assistant for theatres in Bonn & Hamburg and as a freelance filmmaker for ZDF, 3sat & ARTE. Schneider is Commissioning Editor for ZDF/ARTE and since 2012 Head of Department Theatre, Pop, Event/ARTE in ZDF. Fraser STARK Group Channel Manager at Foxtel Arts & Music Channels Fraser Stark has managed several genre groups at Foxtel including Factual, General Entertainment and Premium Drama. In March 2015 he established Foxtel Arts which he oversees now as part of Foxtel’s Arts & Music channel group.

Jan YOUNGHUSBAND Head of Music & Events Commissioning on BBC Television Commissioning docs & acquiring concerts for BBC since 2009, Jan Younghusband also delivers the pan-BBC music strategy alongside Director of Music Bob Shennan. Prior to this, Jan was Head of Arts & Performance at Channel Four (Bafta Best Film 2009 “Hunger“, Oscar Winner 2009 “Peter and the Wolf“). Also a producer & writer (Emmy winner “Concerto!“).

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BOOTH AREA Maximise your visibility to the industry and approach your target group with a stand at the Avant Première Booth Area located in the heart of all activities – the Networking Lounge. Take the exclusive opportunity to book a stand and display your work, your organisation and your professional focus. Present your latest productions or your strategic effort to the business audience. A booth is the ideal opportunity to raise interest, to start conversations with possible counterparts, to find partners, to start common projects and to make business in the professional surrounding of your own stand.

AVANT PREMIÈRE EXHIBITORS 2017 ACCENTUS MUSIC www.accentus.com C MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT www.cmajor-entertainment.com CICC – CHINA INTERCONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION CENTER www.cicc.tv CLASART CLASSIC www.clasart-classic.de EUROARTS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL www.euroarts.com LUKARN www.lukarn.fr TELMONDIS DISTRIBUTION www.telmondis.fr

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List as of 30 Jan 2017

3 minutes West

Adrienne Liron

Producer

NL

3B Produktion – Büro für bewegtes Bild

Linn Sackarnd

Production Manager

DE

3B Produktion – Büro für bewegtes Bild

Bernhard von Hülsen

Managing Director

DE

3B Produktion – Büro für bewegtes Bild

Maria Willer

Producer

DE

ABC Commercial

Anne McGrath

Sales Manager Europe & Inflight Sales

AU

ABC Commercial

Robert Patterson

Director

AU

Accentus Music

Günter Atteln

Senior Producer

DE

Accentus Music

Yukie Bürkner-Damm

Producer

DE

Accentus Music

Christin Linße

Production Assistant

DE

Accentus Music

Anne-Kathrin Peitz

Producer

DE

Accentus Music

Paul Smaczny

Managing Director

DE

Accentus Music

Maria Stodtmeier

Producer

DE

Allegro

Christian Poccard

VP Acquisitions & Programming

US

Andrea Kaul Marketing Consulting

Andrea Kaul

Marketing Consulting

DE

Anna&Paul Film&TV AB

Magnus Ader Berg

Director

SE

Anna&Paul Film&TV AB

Anna Hellman

CEO & Executive Producer

SE

Anna&Paul Film&TV AB

Paul Möllerstedt

Ariane Gray Hubert

Ariane Gray Hubert

Singer, Songwriter, Concert Pianist, Composer

ARRI - Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co Betriebs KG

Johannes Steurer

Principal Engineer Research & Development DE

ARTE Deutschland TV

Wolfgang Bergmann

Managing Director ARTE Germany & ARTE - ZDF Coordinator

DE

ARTE Deutschland TV

Paul Gengenbach

Multimedia

DE

ARTE Deutschland TV

Annina Zwettler

Program Coordinator & New Media

DE

SE

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ARTE France

Emelie De Jong

Head of Arts & Music Department

FR

ARTE France

Alec Herrmann

Head of Catalogue and Home Video Acquisitions

FR

ARTE France

Esther Lehoczky

Commissioning Editor

FR

ARTE G.E.I.E.

Marie-Laure Denay

Head of ARTE Concert

FR

ARTE G.E.I.E.

Claire Isambert

Directrice de l’Unité Culture ARTE G.E.I.E FR

ARTE G.E.I.E.

Kay Meseberg

Head of Virtual Reality/360@ARTE, Host & Curator of VR at Avant Première 2017 FR

ARTE G.E.I.E.

Kornelia Theune

Head of Cultural Department

ARTE G.E.I.E.

Jean Wittersheim

Associate Director Cultural Department, Head of Performing Arts FR

Arthaus Musik

Torsten Bönnhoff

General Manager

DE

Arthaus Musik

Felix Ette

Senior Key Account Executive & Sales

DE

Arthaus Musik

Markus Steffen

Chief Operation Officer Sales & Marketing DE

Audiovisual Division / Naxos Deutschland

Julia Brunzlow

Licensing Manager

DE

Audiovisual Division / Naxos Deutschland

Yasuki Iwatare

Licensing Manager

DE

Audiovisual Division / Naxos Deutschland

Matthias Lutzweiler

CEO Naxos Germany

DE

Audiovisual Division / Naxos Deutschland

Erwin Stuerzer

General Manager Naxos Audiovisual Division

DE

Auditorium Films

Reza Ackbaraly

President

FR

Auditorium Films

Natalie Gomez

International Distribution

FR

Avoca Blue Pty Ltd

Lillian Yau

Vision Director

AU

BBC Arts Online

Peter Maniura

Launch Director

GB

BBC Music

James Stirling

Editor

GB

BBC Music

Jan Younghusband

Head of Commissioning, Music & Events TV (In-house independent production) & IMZ Vice-President GB

BBC Music Television

Francesca Kemp

Producer

GB

Bel Air Media

Adrien Castello

Sales Coordinator

FR

Bel Air Media

Xavier Dubois

Producer

FR

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Bel Air Media

Francois Duplat

General Manager & Producer

FR

Bellevue Virtual Media

Kurt Danner

Managing Director

AT

Bellevue Virtual Media

Frank Stahmer

CEO

AT

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Henning Målsnes

Communications Director

NO

Berlin Phil Media

Marcus Forchner

Director Software Development

DE

Berlin Phil Media

Olaf Maninger

Managing Director

DE

Berlin Phil Media

Patricia Rosner

Director of Cooperations & Social Media DE

Berlin Phil Media

Robert Zimmermann

Managing Director

DE

Berliner Festspiele

Thomas Oberender

Director of Berliner Festspiele

DE

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images

Michaela Noa

Chief Financial & Marketing Officer

AT

Brno Philharmonic

Marie Kucerova

Managing Director

CZ

Brunel University London

Christian Stiegler

College Director Social Sciences, Media and Communications

GB

C Major Entertainment

Niklas Arens

Sales & Marketing Manager

DE

C Major Entertainment

Nadja Joost

Senior Sales

DE

C Major Entertainment

Elmar Kruse

Managing Director

DE

C Major Entertainment

Kerstin Kruse

C Major Entertainment

Ira Rost

Senior Sales

DE

C Major Entertainment

Nishrin Schacherbauer

Sales Manager

DE

China Intercontinental Communication Center

Mian Li

Director of CICC Communications & Media Relations

CN

China Intercontinental Communication Center

Wei Liu

Director of Global Communications

CN

China Intercontinental Communication Center

Yi Tong

Representative

CN

Clasart Classic

Katharina Biro

Senior Manager Classical Music Department

DE

Clasart Classic

Katja Raths

Head of Classical Music Department

DE

CLC Productions

Pierre Moitron

Producer

FR

Creative Europe

Uta Eberhardt

Creative Europe Desk Berlin-Brandenburg DE

Culture Monster

David Donnelly

Owner/Culture Monster

DE

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Czech Philharmonic

Robert Hanc

General Manager

CZ

Czech Philharmonic

Tomas Kudrna

Project Manager

CZ

Czech Television

Jiri Hubac

Creative Producer

CZ

Czech Television

Tomas Motl

Executive Director

CZ

Czech Television

Viktor Prusa

Head of Production Department

CZ

Czech Television

Andrea Savane

Manager for International Relations

CZ

Czech Television

Veronika Slámová

Executive Producer

CZ

Czech Television

Vitezslav Sykora

Creative Producer

CZ

Dachverband Tanz Deutschland e.V.

Michael Freundt

Managing Director

DE

DBI INC.

Kiminobu Kumamoto

Managing Director

JP

DEEP Inc. Canada

Thomas Wallner

Founder / CEO

CA

Dutch National Opera

Anne Marie Hoogland

General Manager

NL

Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.

Peter Worsley

MD Digital, Production & Theatrical

GB

EBU – European Broadcasting Union

Matthew Trustram

TV Project Manager

CH

Eclair Live

Bruno D’Isidoro

Business Director

FR

Edel Germany GmbH

Christian Kellersmann

Director Content & Creative

DE

Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival

Josh McNorton

Festival Producer

GB

EFM – European Film Market

Volker Hörich

Head of Administration

DE

EFM – European Film Market

Matthijs Wouter Knol

EFM Director

DE

EFM – European Film Market

Jana Wolff

Initiatives & Partnerships

DE

Eliette und Herbert von Karajan Institut

Matthias Roeder

Managing Director

AT

ERR – Estonian Public Broadcasting

Heidi Pruuli

Head of Programme

EE

Espresso Media International

David Hooper

Managing Director

GB

EuroArts Music International

Jan Bremme

Head of Production

DE

EuroArts Music International

Bernd Hellthaler

Managing Director EuroArts Music International GmbH / Chairman Idéale Audience Group & IMZ Treasurer

DE

Producer

DE

EuroArts Music International

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EuroArts Music International

Sandrine Laffont

Head of International TV Sales

DE

EuroArts Music International

Grete Liffers

Producer

DE

EuroArts Music International

Maryam Nikbin

International Sales Manager

DE

EuroArts Music International

Janet Oelschläger

International Sales Manager

DE

EuroArts Music International

Hanno Plate-Andreini

Head of Label

DE

European Commission

Barbara Gessler

Head of Unit Creative Europe

BE

FilmCollect Clearing GmbH

Ralf Schulze

CEO

DE

filter Media GmbH & Co. KG

Jochen Hermann

CEO

AT

Foxtel Networks

Fraser Stark

Channel Manager Foxtel Arts

AU

France Télévisions

Nicolas Auboyneau

Director of Culture

FR

François Roussillon et Associés

David Reboul

Development & International Sales

FR

François Roussillon et Associés

François Roussillon

Producer & TV Director

FR

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Max Nyffeler

Freelance Journalist

DE

Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme FOKUS

Stephan Steglich

Director of Business Unit Future Applications and Media at Fraunhofer Fokus DE

Fundació Gran Teatre del Liceu

Maria Basora

Audiovisual Production Manager

ES

Glyndebourne Productions Limited

George Bruell

Director of Communications

GB

Glyndebourne Productions Limited

Danielle de Niese

Opera Soprano

GB

Google

Niko Schröer

Business Development, Android Apps EMEA at Google

DE

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Eva Essvik

Business Developer

SE

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Marco Feklistoff

Planning Director

SE

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Måns Pär Fogelberg

Producer GSOplay

SE

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Urban Ward

Communications Director

SE

Hammars Drama Productions AB

Ingmar Bergman

Chairman

SE

Hammars Drama Productions AB

Claes Du Rietz

Hazel Wright Media Ltd.

Hazel Wright

Managing Director

IE

headtrip – virtual reality well told

Arne Ludwig

Chief Sales Officer

DE

SE

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Heliox Films

Pierre-François Decouflé

Producer

FR

Houseseat

Mikos Pieters

Founder

NL

HRT – Croatian Radiotelevision

Sanda Vojkovic

Advisor

HR

Idéale Audience

Pierre-Olivier Bardet

President

FR

Idéale Audience

Marc Welinski

Producer

FR

Il Volo

Ignazio Barone

IT

Il Volo

Piero Barone

IT

Il Volo

Gianluca Ginoble

IT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Sofia Faget-Auersperg

Project Assistant

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Katharina Jeschke

Director

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Claudia Kruzik

Project Management

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Franz Patay

Secretary General

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Ruth Pfletschinger

Director

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Sophie Schneider

Office + Project Management

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Joel Abraham Shroff

Marketing & Communications Assistant

AT

IMZ International Music + Media Centre

Christian von der Recke

Marketing

AT

INVR.SPACE GmbH

Sönke Kirchhof

CEO

DE

Kamyk Music

Robert Kamyk

Producer, Director

PL

klangmalerei.tv

Michael Zöllner

Co-Founder

DE

Kobalt Productions

Stefan Mathieu

CEO

DE

Kobalt Productions

Hannes Rossacher

Director & Producer

DE

Kroma Productions Ltd.

Marikki Hakola

Executive Producer & Film Director

FI

Kroma Productions Ltd.

Anni Wessman

Sales and Production Manager

FI

Kultura TV Channel

Lyubov Platonova

Director of Directorate of Chief Executive Producer

RU

Kultura TV Channel

Irina Varvinskaya

Head of International Department

RU

Latvian National Opera and Ballet

Daina Markova

Member of the Board

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Latvian Television

Ieva Rozentale

Head of Culture

LV

Les Films Figures Libres

Boudreault Clement

Project Management

FR

Les Films Figures Libres

Sonia Paramo

Producer

FR

Les Films Figures Libres

Lauze Patrick

Director

FR

Les Films Jack Fébus

Nathalie Labid

Head of International Sales and Acquisitions

FR

Les Films Jack Fébus

Laurent Lesperon

Producer

FR

Les Films Jack Fébus

Simon Marre

Executive Producer

FR

LGM Télévision

Emmanuelle Enjalbert

Producer

FR

LGM Télévision

Sabrina Iwanski

Executive Producer

FR

LOFT music GmbH

Manfred Frei

Managing Director

DE

LUKARN

Sandrine Frantz

General Manager

FR

Lumikinos Production OY

Thomas Freundlich

CEO & Creative Lead

Lutz Gregor

Lutz Gregor

Director, Author

DE

M21 entertainment – filmfestivals.com

Bruno Chatelin

Editor

FR

Marquee Arts Ltd

Kathleya Afanador

Director, Partnerships

GB

Marquee Arts Ltd

Marc Kirschner

Head of Content

GB

MEDIA DEALS UG

Thierry Baujard

Founder/CEO

DE

MEZZO

Isabelle Pasquesoone

Director of Development

FR

MEZZO

Christophe Winckel

Director

FR

Michael Witte Research Management

Michael Witte

Head

DE

Music Traveler GmbH

Aleksey Igudesman

Director

AT

Music Traveler GmbH

Hyung-ki Joo

Director

AT

Music Traveler GmbH

Sebastian Leitner

Filmmaker, Editor

AT

Myriam Hoyer

Myriam Hoyer

Video Director

DE

NDR / ARTE Department

Claudia Cellarius

Commissioning Editor

DE

New World Symphony

John D Kieser

Executive Vice President & Provost

US

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NHK Berlin Bureau

Tetsuya Baba

Cameraman

DE

NHK Berlin Bureau

Junko Noda

Bureau Chief

DE

NHK Berlin Bureau

Anke Schröder

Producer

DE

NHK Berlin Bureau

Ivo Tuchel

Producer

DE

NHK Enterprises Inc.

Kazuko Taguchi

Senior Manager/Acquisitions & Strategic Development

JP

NHK General Bureau for Europe, Paris

Keiichi Imamura

Bureau Chief

FR

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

SHIORI AIBA

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

TOSHIYUKI ARAKI

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Takayuki Imamura

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Keiichi Imamura

NHK Europe (Paris)

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Masumi Kawaguchi

Senior Producer

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Yukinori Kida

Executive Director

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Kazuto Kimura

NHK Cosmomedia London

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Yasuko Kobayashi

Senior Producer

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Naomi Leweck

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Ross Macgibbon

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Nozomi Nakazawa

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Motoko Namba

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Junichi Nogami

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Junichi Ochiai

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Hiroyuki Ookubo

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Kazunori Sasaki

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Ikuko Sawaya

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Yasushi Seitou

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Hiroshi Senoo

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Futaba Sunami

JP

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JP JP

JP NHK COSMOMEDIA London

Senior Producer

JP

JP JP

Senior Producer

JP

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NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Takehiro Suzuki

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Toru Uchiyama

JP

NHK – Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Kazunori Yuki

Head of Music & Theatre Programmes Division

JP

nikita ventures GmbH

Antoine Schmidt-Roy

CEO

DE

NordicStories AS

Stein-Roger Bull

Producer

NO

NordicStories AS

Zuzana Svobodova

Producer

NO

Nordisk Drama & Dokumentär AB

Jörgen Bodesand

Producer

SE

Nordisk Drama & Dokumentär AB

Fredrik Stattin

CEO

SE

nRapt

Elizabeth W. Scott

Chief Executive Officer

US

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Kerstin Asplund

Project Manager

NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Arild Erikstad

Executive Producer / Editor Music TV / Responsible for International Cooperations & IMZ President NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Gjertrud Helland

Production Manager

NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Gustav Iden

Photographer

NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Mette Larsen

Assistant Director

NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Anne Rothing

Managing Director TV Music - Cultural Dep. NO

NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Torstein Vegheim

Director

NO

Okio-Studio

Antoine Cayrol

Partner / Producer

FR

Okio-Studio

Pierre Zandrowicz

Partner / Creative Director

FR

Opéra National de Paris

Laurent Métivier

Audiovisual Service Manager

FR

Opus Arte / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Tony Followell

Head of ROH Media

GB

Opus Arte / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ben Pateman

Executive Producer

GB

Opus Arte / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Jeremy Wilkinson

Head of Sales

GB

Opus Arte / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ashley Woodfield

Head of Ballet Press

GB

ORF Radio Österreich 1

Julia Schlager

Journalist

DE

ORF – Österreichischer Rundfunk

Angelika Müller

ORF/3sat Programme

AT

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ORF – Österreichischer Rundfunk

Siegfried Steinlechner

Board Virtual Reality Association Austria AT

ORF – Österreichischer Rundfunk

Martin Traxl

Head of Culture Department / TV

AT

ORF – Österreichischer Rundfunk

Karin Veitl

Head of Music & Theatre

AT

ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG

Marion Camus-Oberdorfer

Head of Content Sales International

AT

ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG

Armin Luttenberger

Sales Director TV

AT

Ozango Productions

Thierry Delaigues

Head of sales

FR

Ozango Productions

Lise Lemeunier

Executive Producer

FR

Pan Dream

Enrico Castiglione

Artistic Director

PARS Media GmbH

Jan Schmidt-Garre

Managing Director

DE

PARS Media GmbH

Marieke Schroeder

Producer & Director

DE

Peiling Film & TV

Anders Lindstad

Producer & Director

NO

Perkypark Music GmbH

Peter Hayo

Poorhouse International

Tony Britten

Director

GB

Poorhouse International

Heike Connolly

General Manager

GB

Poorhouse International

Reiner Moritz

Managing Director

GB

Poorhouse International

Elke Riemann-Moritz

Editor

GB

rada film

Andrea Andermann

Producer

IT

RAI COM

Rita Lombardi

Performing Arts Sales Manager

IT

RAI COM

Mattia Oddone

Head of International Sales

IT

RAI COM

Marc Olivier

Rammstein GbR

Svenja Rieck

Project Manager

DE

Rammstein-Portugal

Daniel Gil

Editor

PT

REBEAT Digital GmbH

Robert Klembas

COO

AT

Rise and Shine World Sales UG

Diana Karklin

Sales & Acquisitions Manager

DE

Rising Alternative GmbH

Giovanni Cozzi

President

DE

Royal Conservatoire of The Hague

Henk van der Meulen

Principal & IMZ Vice-President

NL

Royal Swedish Opera

Ann-Christin Danhammar

Project Manager

SE

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DE

IT

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RSI – Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Giovanni Conti

Producer

CH

RSI – Radiotelevisione Svizzera

Christian Gilardi

Head of Music Department

CH

RTBF – Belgian Public Radio & Television

Marina de Waha

Coordinator of classical music productions BE

RTBF – Belgian Public Radio & Television

Laetitia Huberti

Director of Musiq’3 & Chief Editor of Classical Music

BE

RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal

Daniel Gorjão

Performing Arts Consultant

PT

RTV / TV Slovenija

Danica Dolinar

Head of Music & Dance

SI

RTV / TV Slovenija

Judita Klatzer

Production Manager

SI

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Soren Schumann

ARTE Representative RBB

DE

SCARLATTI Arts international s.l.

Martin Pichl

CEO & Executive Producer

ES

SCARLATTI Arts international s.l.

Volker Werner

Producer

ES

Seelmannfilm GmbH

Hülya Israel

Seelmannfilm GmbH

Florian Seelmann-Eggebert

CEO

DE

Serendipitous

Steven Maes

Manager

BE

ServusTV

Frank Gerdes

Head of Culture

AT

Signed Media Produktion

Lena Kupatz

Author / Development

DE

Signed Media Produktion

Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa

Producer / Managing Director

DE

Sintonia Media Productions

Ángela Álvarez Rilla

CEO & Executive Producer

ES

Sintonia Media Productions

Javier Perez

Sonuma S.A.

Sebastian Lami Dozo

Head of Sales

BE

sounding images

Claus Wischmann

CEO

DE

Spin Digital

Mauricio Alvarez Mesa

CEO

DE

SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Peter Bürli

Managing Editor/ Jazz (Radio)

CH

SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Sandra Roth

Journalist

CH

SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Markus Wicker

Managing Editor/Music & Events (TV)

CH

Staatsoper im Schiller Theater – Stiftung Oper in Berlin

Matthias Schulz

Intendant

DE

Stanza Media Ltd

Chris Hunt

CEO

GB

DE

ES

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Stingray Europe

Maarten Walraven-Freeling

Channel Manager Stingray Europe

NL

studio.tv.film

Norbert Busè

Produzent

DE

SVT – Swedish Television

Ditte Feuk

Executive Producer SVT Drama

SE

SVT – Swedish Television

Henrik von Sydow

Acquisitions Executive

SE

Technology Joint Corporation

Akihide Nagara

Executive Office

JP

Telmondis Distribution

Emilie Huc

International Sales & Acquisitions Manager FR

Telmondis Distribution

Céline Lespagnol

International Sales

FR

Telmondis Distribution

Denis Morlière

General Manager

FR

Telmondis Distribution

Antoine Perset

CEO

FR

THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET

John Walker

Producer

US

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Tatsuyoshi Okiyama

Managing Executive Officer/General Manager Classica Japan

JP

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Naoko Onishi

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Kinuyo Taira

General Manager

JP

Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Tetsu Uemura

President & CEO

JP

TV SKYLINE Film- und Fernseh GmbH

Robert Kis

Managing Director

DE

TVP Kultura

Michal Warchol

Head of Music Programmes

PL

Unitel

Ernst Buchrucker

Managing Director Unitel GmbH & Co KG DE

Unitel

Johannes Everding

Managing Director Classica GmbH

DE

Unitel

Magdalena Herbst

Producer

DE

Unitel

Thomas Hieber

Head of Business & Legal Affairs

DE

Unitel

Jan Mojto

CEO

DE

Vienna Musik Film Festival

Anastasia Chernetskaya

Executive Director

RU

Vienna Musik Film Festival

Maria Zashlyapina

Director

RU

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts

Julia Fabrick

Director Vienna Shorts Agentur

AT

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts

Alexandra Valent

Marketing, Kooperationen

AT

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

Georg Vlaschits

Marketing Manager

AT

YLE – The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Miikka Maunula

Executive Producer

FI

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YLE – The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Jyrki Nokkonen

Acquisitions Executive/Music & Entertainment

FI

YLE – The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Minna-Mari Parkkinen

Head of YLE Cultural Programmes

FI

YLE – The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Heikki Valsta

Senior Producer

FI

ZDF Enterprises GmbH

Sylvia Brucker

Vice President

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Tobias Feilen

Designated Head of Music and Theater DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Jörg Hitzemann

Editor

DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Christopher Janssen

Editor

DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Birgit Lorbeer-Claussen

Editor

DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Simon Ofenloch

Commissioning Editor in the Cinema Department

DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Martin Schneider

Editor

DE

ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Elke Schwenck

Editor

DE

DE

IMPRINT The Avant Première 2017 Guide is published by IMZ International Music + Media Centre Stiftgasse 29 1070 Vienna Austria office@imz.at www.imz.at EDITOR RESPONSIBLE Franz Patay, Katharina Jeschke EDITOR IN CHIEF Ruth Pfletschinger EDITORIAL TEAM Linda Esslinger, Sofia Farget Auersberg, Joel Abraham Schroff, Claudia Kruzik, Sophie Schneider GRAPHIC DESIGN Christian von der Recke © IMZ 2017 To view the photo credits please visit www.avantpremiere.at/programme/2017/guide

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