B3 Conference - multi-layered, forward-looking, high-caliber and diverse
The program of the B3 Conference takes up current topics and trends in the creative and media industries. International differences and commonalities are highlighted and analyzed.In keynotes, master classes, panel discussions or workshops, personalities from media, art, politics and science discuss and present their insights and opinions on socio-political, artistic, legal, higher-level as well as practice-oriented topics. The B3 audience is always welcome to join the discussion. Please note that participation in specially designated events is exclusively open to accredited professionals.
All talks listed here are shown at the Astor Film Lounge in the heart of Frankfurt.
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no public event, only on invitiation
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Host: Laura Karasek
Time: 06:30 PM
Laura Karasek (Host)
Laura Karasek studied law in Berlin, Paris and Frankfurt am Main and graduated with honors. For a long time she worked as a lawyer in an international business law firm in Frankfurt, until over time she concentrated more and more on her work as a writer and moderator. She wrote the column TIPPT DIE … Read more -
Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
We warmly welcome the participants of the B3 HessenLab 2022. In this four-day training program, the participants can expect thematic workshops and master classes with renowned international professionals from various areas of the media and creative industries.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
Time: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more -
Luc Dardenne is a celebrated filmmaker and producer from Belgium. Together with his brother, he belongs to the exclusive club of those who have received the Palme d'Or multiple times in Cannes.Luc Dardenne was born in Les Awirs in Belgium in 1954. Luc studied philosophy and sociology. In the 1970s he made documentaries with his brother Jean-Pierre, before they founded a production company called "Dérives" in 1975 and a few years later, in 1994, the company "Les Films du Fleuve".In 1987 they made their first feature film, FALSCH, an adaptation of a play about the last survivor of a Jewish family wiped out by the Nazis during World War 2. With ROSETTA they won their first Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999. In 2005, they won a second Palme d'Or for the film L’ENFANT, joining the very exclusive club of two-time award-winning filmmakers. They followed up this great success: In 2022, the Dardenne brothers won the prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for their latest film TORI AND LOKITA.
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Host: Jörg Taszmann
With: Luc Dardenne
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Luc Dardenne
Luc Dardenne is a celebrated filmmaker and producer from Belgium. Together with his brother, he belongs to the exclusive club of those who have received the Palme d'Or multiple times in Cannes. Luc Dardenne was born in Les Awirs in Belgium in 1954. Luc studied philosophy and sociology. In the 1970s … Read more -
Another main prize, the B3 BEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts goes this year to the artist duo Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau. A highly acclaimed retrospective has just been dedicated to them at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and the OK Offenes Kulturhaus in Linz. Their remarkable and enduringly current works are considered "classics of digital art" and inspire other artists through their cross-media approach and the active connection between technology, science and art, thus stimulating new ideas.
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Time: 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Christa Sommerer
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are internationally renowned media artists, researchers and pioneers of interactive art. They have worked at the IAMAS Academy in Gifu, Japan, the ATR Research Labs in Kyoto, Japan, the MIT CAVS in Cambridge US and the NCSA in Champaign Urbana, IL, USA. In … Read more
Laurent Mignonneau
Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are internationally renowned media artists, researchers and pioneers of interactive art. They have worked at the IAMAS Academy in Gifu, Japan, the ATR Research Labs in Kyoto, Japan, the MIT CAVS in Cambridge US and the NCSA in Champaign Urbana, IL, USA. In … Read more -
Esther Mwema uses storytelling to paint the relationship between big tech and digital colonialism. In her AFRO-GRIDS project she marries decolonial narratives and imaginative storytelling to explore the reality of undersea internet cables throughout the African continent. In her first-ever Master Class, the emerging artist and open internet leader will teach how storytelling can be used as a method for challenging digital colonialism, injustice, inequality, and power asymmetries. This Master Class offers explorations on how storytelling as a methodology can foster new imagination and play a central role for envisioning alternative realities for just and equitable digital futures. Esther Mwema shares her creative process in decolonial constructs for counter narratives, character development and indeed, constructive reimaginings.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Esther Mwema
Time: 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Esther Mwema
Emerging Zambian artist, former UN worker, and activist Esther Hadassah Mwema explores digital inequalities in her innovative art. In 2022 she was awarded with the Mozilla Creative Media award for her work 'AfroGrids' which uses afro-futuristic storytelling to examine the relationship between … Read more -
As fascist systems gain international traction, we have to ask who profits from the confluence of ecocide, racialized genocide and femicide and how can artists intervene in a global narrative that privileges the few at the expense of the many? Award-winning eco-artist Aviva Rahmani will address these questions in a master class. What are the root narrative drivers? Are there ways to expand the discourse to be more inclusive and democratic? Where do energy concerns and the consequences of climate change and climate refugees fit into our narratives? Aviva Rahmani is convinced: new paradigms are emerging. And art can represent change as a shift in perception.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Aviva Rahmani
Time: 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Aviva Rahmani
Aviva Rahmani‘s ecoart has won grants, fellowships and been written about internationally. Her work has been included in shows at the KRICT Gallery, Daejeon, Contemporary Art, Colorado, the Hudson River Museum, NY, the Cincinnati Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio, and the Joseph Beuys 100 days of … Read more -
Television, film and video game director Damien Goodwin has worked on over 60 games, including award-winning games such as RETURNAL, WITCHER 3 and VR WORLD. In this masterclass he will discuss the process of directing for video game and how it differs from directing television and film. He gives us his own personal insight into the games industry and talks about the companies that are pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment. Goodwin shares with us his deep fascination with the future of storytelling and talks about his directing project HG WELLS TIME MACHINE, where he uses XR and live performance to create a prototype for playable theater productions.
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Host: Sten-Kristian Saluveer
With: Damien Goodwin
Time: 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Host)
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is a Europe- and Asia-based film and media innovation strategist, awarded producer, public speaker and moderator, and content & technology entrepreneur. He is the founder of Storytek a vertically-focused early-stage mediatech accelerator and innovation hub which projects … Read more
Damien Goodwin
As well as directing TV, film and theatre, Damien Goodwin has built a reputation as a leader in performance capture and voice direction in the video game, VR and interactive industries. He has directed over 60 games and enjoyed acclaim for his work on the multi award winning “Returnal” … Read more -
Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
Humankind is now undergoing the most extraordinary creative, cultural, and technological (r)evolution. Digital creation tools and hardware have shaken up established hierarchies, allowing anyone to express their creative impulse in the highest artistic capacity. Platforms with extraordinary network effects and economies of scale have boosted creators into superstars. Advances in Algorithmic, Data, and Artificial Intelligence tools such as Dall E, Mid journey, or Synthetic Audio have given us deep insights into how to better tailor content and conjure synthetic images, voices, and videos indistinguishable from real humans. And above all, the explosion of avatars, graphic processing, real-time game engines, and the Web3 will soon drive us to experience collaboration between the real and the imagined in creativity, work, and play.
What does this new "real-time reality" mean for us as humans and creators? How is it challenging and transforming our spheres of culture, creativity, and business when an average person spends half of their day with a video screen and with moving content or an algorithmic social media platform acquires half a billion new clients every month? Where, how, and when is the Metaverse coming, and what role are independent creators going to play?
The masterclass by Sten-Kristian Saluveer - Europe and Japan-based film and technology visionary, producer, curator, innovation strategist, and entrepreneur - will explore the most critical waves of technological innovations and transitions that push us towards the new paradigm for Creativity 3.0 and what skills, tools, and resources creatives need to surf the wave of this unprecedented (r)evolution.Informations:
With: Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Time: 06:30 PM – 08:00 PM
Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is a Europe- and Asia-based film and media innovation strategist, awarded producer, public speaker and moderator, and content & technology entrepreneur. He is the founder of Storytek a vertically-focused early-stage mediatech accelerator and innovation hub which projects … Read more -
Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
In this workshop Ioulia Isserlis will talk about challenges that come with the writing of an interactive script and game development in an all encompassing 360 immersive environment, as well as highlight the advantages of working in a medium that blurs the line between cinema and gaming. Her horror games KOBOLD VR and PAGAN PEAK VR will serve as hands on examples.
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With: Ioulia Isserlis Max Sacker
Time: 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Ioulia Isserlis
Ioulia Isserlis is a Berlin based VR director, writer and producer. With strong roots in classical filmmaking, Ioulia dove full time into VR production 6 years ago, finding inspiration in a new medium that enables the spectator to enter a cinematic universe. She directed, produced and wrote “Pagan … Read more -
Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
In this workshop, dramaturge Birgit Wittmann will look at the structure and design of the scene in film productions. What function does it have in the script, what type does it correspond to, in what context is it set and what exactly is its content? After an introduction to the topic, there will be a short group exercise to consolidate the contents creatively.
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With: Birgit Wittemann
Time: 11:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Birgit Wittemann
Birgit Wittemann is a freelance dramaturge, editor and lecturer. She worked as a dramaturgy assistant at the Berlin Volksbühne until she began working for Pandora Film. With a grant from the Filmstiftung NRW, she worked there in story development and production. She then attended the writing school … Read more -
Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Laura Turner will discuss her writing process and projects in this "fireside chat" Master Class. She will illuminate her cross-discipline work in theater, film, and audio, and she will specifically address the female experience and perspective in her work. In this Master Class, we'll learn the importance of structure in storytelling and get very personal impressions of Laura Turner's journey, like all writers, to "find her voice."
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Laura Turner
Time: 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Laura Turner
Laura Turner is a screenwriter and playwright whose first feature film LAPWING was released in cinemas in 2021 (Bulldog Distribution). The film, featuring Hannah Douglas, Emmett J. Scanlan and Sebastian de Souza, was selected for the BIFA To Watch List November 2021 and received critical acclaim. … Read more -
Turning one's creativity into a profession and being able to make a living from it - that is the great desire of many creative professionals. To achieve this, however, the output of their creative work must also be relevant to the market.
The market in the moving image sector is constantly expanding. New technologies are being made marketable, and the proliferation of media such as virtual reality goggles is advancing. In addition to the technology, however, it is primarily the content transported via it that is the cornerstone for market acceptance. These must be prepared and edited accordingly so that they fit the respective medium and the user accepts them.
This naturally raises the question of whether creativity is not suffering under the dictates of market relevance, and how one can possibly counteract this. In such cases, it's good to have someone who believes in you, knows the market and is there to offer advice and support, such as experienced producers or festival directors.
Frédéric Boyer, artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, and Torre Schmidt, a German producer who has consolidated his career in Hollywood, will give an insight into their work: At what point do creatives and their work attract the interest of film producers or marketing platforms like festivals? What do they need to bring to the table, and which skills are particularly relevant? Above all, the two will also give an overview of what the producer-side market is currently demanding and will demand in the future.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Frédéric Boyer Tore Schmidt
Time: 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Frédéric Boyer
Frédéric Boyer has been Artistic Director of Tribeca Film Festival since 2012, of Les Arcs European Film Festival since 2009 and of RIFF in Reykjavik since 2020. Prior to that he was Artistic Director and Head of Programming for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. As a youth, he loved to watch … Read more -
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Brave new worlds or the way into the matrix? Opportunities and risks and an outlook into a possible future full of new impressions. with Maria Courtial (VR director and producer; GER), Arif Khan (writer and director; UK), Giovanni Fantoni Modena (filmmaker, VR developer; IT). According to a Forbes article from earlier this year, "the forecast for global sales of virtual reality products is US$22.37 billion by 2025. Up to 74 million VR goggles are expected to be sold annually by 2024. So virtual reality products have long ceased to be a niche business." Virtual reality and its extension augmented reality are not only used in industrial or medical areas, for example, but are increasingly becoming a medium for edutainment and in the narrative and documentary segment. The user is enabled to spatially experience or influence events and stories.
The end user thus becomes a passive or active part of the experience, and not through his or her own imagination. Content thus becomes even more of a sensory experience. In short keynote speeches, artists and producers from the VR/AR field will introduce themselves and their works and then talk together in a panel about the opportunities and risks that their personal focus on this relatively new medium entails and which relevant social, creative and technological transformations could be initiated by them in the near future. A must for anyone who wants to take a little peek into the future.
Presenting and discussing:Maria Courtial, Virtual Reality pioneer and successful entrepreneur. She takes us back in history and to the dawn of all time. Arif Khan, classic narrative content producer and horror expert. He takes us to scary worlds.Giovanni Fantoni Modena, filmmaker, VR developer and the Scotty of virtual reality, who can beam us into the infinite reaches of space.
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Host: Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Time: 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Host)
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is a Europe- and Asia-based film and media innovation strategist, awarded producer, public speaker and moderator, and content & technology entrepreneur. He is the founder of Storytek a vertically-focused early-stage mediatech accelerator and innovation hub which projects … Read more
Maria Courtial
Maria Courtial is Co-founder, CEO and producer at Faber Courtial – a studio for digital worlds, which she established in 1998 with Jörg Courtial. Under her leadership the company developed into one of the leading VR and VFX studios in Germany. Fascinated by new technologies and their possibilities, … Read more
Arif Khan
Arif Khan is a British writer & director, based in Los Angeles and Tokyo. His short films and VR projects have screened at genre festivals all over the world. He's held roles at Airbnb Creative Studio, Warner Animation, and Oculus Story Studio, the Emmy award-winning team dedicated to the … Read more
Giovanni Fantoni Modena
Giovanni Fantoni Modena is a filmmaker, VR developer and the Scotty of virtual reality, who can beam us into the infinite reaches of space. Read moreSten-Kristian Saluveer
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is a Europe- and Asia-based film and media innovation strategist, awarded producer, public speaker and moderator, and content & technology entrepreneur. He is the founder of Storytek a vertically-focused early-stage mediatech accelerator and innovation hub which projects … Read more
Martin Zimper
Martin Zimper is Professor of Cast / Audiovisual Media at the Zurich University of the Arts. He teaches and researches at the interface of storytelling/moving image/social & emerging media. He sits on the Academic Steering Committee of the Media Technology Center at ETH. His current applied … Read more -
Followed by screening of THE GODFATHER in the new Paramount restoration
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia odyssey masterpiece Adrian Wootton CEO of Film London (and Coppola Aficionado) returns to B3 to give an illustrated talk on the making of the epic movie preceding the screening of the new Paramount restoration. Lavishly interspersed with film clips, slides and photographs, Wootton recounts the enthralling behind the scenes real life story (before, during and after the film’s production) that rivals the film’s fictional plot line for dramatic intensity and Machiavellian intrigue!
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Adrian Wootton
Time: 06:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Adrian Wootton
Adrian Wootton OBE is Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission (BFC). He is a Programme Advisor to the BFI London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Noir in Fest, Milan and Founding Director of Shots in the Dark Festival, Nottingham. Adrian is a recognised authority on … Read more -
Only for registered participants and Hessen Lab participants
In one-on-one meetings, registered participants and Hessen Lab participants can get in touch with experts from various fields. The meetings give participants the opportunity to ask specific questions about topics in the film and creative industries. Among others, producers from Film London will respond to questions about production and financing.
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Time: 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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The term NFT (Non Fungible Token) is attracting a lot of attention in the creative scene. But what exactly are NFTs and how do they work? In this masterclass, Prof. Wolfgang Prinz from RWTH Aachen University gives us an introduction to the world of NFTs. He explains the basics for both cryptocurrencies and NFTs and highlights the NFT concept with different examples to discuss its potential for new business models in the creative scene. Finally, Prof. Wolfgang Prinz gives an outlook into the implementation of the technology in the metaverse.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Prof. Wolfgang Prinz
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Prof. Wolfgang Prinz
Prof. Wolfgang Prinz , PhD is a professor at RWTH Aachen University and heads the cooperation systems department as deputy head of the institute at Fraunhofer FIT. He examines the challenges and opportunities of digitalization and develops solutions based on cooperation platforms, mixed reality and … Read more -
Master Class with Niels Juul, one of the great movers and shakers in Hollywood, who are taking different paths than the usual. His company and work credo is "No BS. No Drama. Just great people, making movies that matter". We are happy to welcome this great film producer and visionary at B3. His Master Class will show all creatives and media makers new ways to finance projects or to channel their own creativity. Niels Juul inspires as a TED Talker and will also do so at B3.
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With: Niels Juul
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Niels Juul
Successful Hollywood producer Niels Juul has worked with the best directors in the industry and has extensive experience in financing and packaging feature films. In 2008, Niels was tapped as the CEO of Italian-American film company Cecchi Gori Pictures where he was instrumental in financing its … Read more -
The crypto market offers new opportunities for financing creativity and its implementation. But are the promises of this new market really sustainable or just an illusion? Project financing is in a state of flux: many things that seem self-evident today may soon be obsolete. Industry experts discuss with creatives about the pros and cons of the crypto market and analyze whether the new possibilities are really sustainable. What will and must change in the future, in their view, in order to offer creatives a certain degree of financial security?
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With: Jan Leitenbauer Gavin Shapiro Daniel Gebhardt Frederico Solmi Alec Empire
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Jan Leitenbauer
Jan Leitenbauer, M.A. is a professional video editor, blockchain enthusiast, and NFT collector. He is the co-founder of the NFT startup MovieShots, which converts still images from movies into NFTs. He completed the MOOC "Introduction to digital currencies" at the University of Nicosia and received … Read more
Gavin Shapiro
Gavin Shapiro is a digital artist whose ultimate goal is to produce work that makes you smile. He focuses primarily on playful conceptual artworks that explore how we can use digital tools to confront our expectations of what’s possible in a traditionally physical art world. His personal work, … Read more -
It's a well-known fact that money isn't just lying around on the street, but once you've successfully benefited from funding, you don't want to miss it.
The European model of national, regional, but also international film, media and cultural funding is thus almost a blessing, as it keeps culture going and enables many people to earn a living. Nevertheless, we ask heretically whether this kind of funding still makes sense in the old tried-and-tested form in times of media (over-)globalization? The market is flooded with content of all kinds and many of the funded projects receive even less attention than before.
Shouldn't new forms of project funding be designed and implemented instead? We ask funders about their plans for the future and what they think is important to ensure that there is no end to the blessings and that more projects can be funded and noticed.
Among others, the wonderfully eloquent and imaginative Anna Schoeppe (HessenFilm und Medien GmbH; CEO), the smart and far-sighted Adrian Wootton (Film London and British Council; CEO) will discuss. A must for all who want to be promoted and seen in the future.
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Host: Sten-Kristian Saluveer
With: Adrian Wootton Anna Schoeppe
Time: 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Sten-Kristian Saluveer (Host)
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is a Europe- and Asia-based film and media innovation strategist, awarded producer, public speaker and moderator, and content & technology entrepreneur. He is the founder of Storytek a vertically-focused early-stage mediatech accelerator and innovation hub which projects … Read moreAdrian Wootton
Adrian Wootton OBE is Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission (BFC). He is a Programme Advisor to the BFI London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Noir in Fest, Milan and Founding Director of Shots in the Dark Festival, Nottingham. Adrian is a recognised authority on … Read more
Anna Schoeppe
Anna Schoeppe studied history and German studies at the Technical University of Berlin and soon laid the foundation for her career in the film industry: After working at the European Film Academy in Berlin and at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, she took over the lead at Kuratorium junger deutscher … Read more -
Crypto art in the metaverse or moving image art at home on the wall? What do collectors and investors think about it? The "classic" art market is changing.
The Internet and its financial market serve as an accelerator for new directions for a market that primarily follows established paths. Thus, in addition to the financial component of the crypto market, one thing in particular has emerged for creators: The platforms on which they can present their content and art are ideally suited to market themselves and become known, or to increase their level of awareness even further. Creatives who previously could not place their art on the physical market have suddenly become trendy artists, and not just in terms of their NFTs. The market is now flooded with artists and their content. But there is still a certain gold-rush atmosphere. In general, though, what do creators need to look out for to survive in markets, whether traditional or crypto, and what opportunities do they have to raise their profile? What do collectors like? What is their driving force to collect and support? Renowned NFT art collector Colborn Bell and established art collector Mario von Kelterborn discuss and show ways to possible success.
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With: Mario von Kelterborn Daniel Gebhardt Colborn Bell
Time: 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Mario von Kelterborn
Mario von Kelterborn is an entrepreneur and art collector. For more than twenty years, he has dedicated himself to the von Kelterborn art collection, for which he acquired the first works together with his wife Julia in 1997. The collection focuses on video art and photography, with an emphasis on … Read more -
Learn more about UPstream, the IP Market for emerging and established talents and the launching pad for your carrier. UPstream is an IP Market devised and delivered by Film London since 2019. It showcases unique and innovative international IP from emerging and established talent to visionary production companies and investors looking to invest in the development of future Film and/or TV series. The IP is presented either online or in-person to an invited selection of production executives, enabling personal introductions and expanding networks for both sides. UPstream’s ambitions are firmly established in the presentation of new voices and talent being exposed to the screen industries for development, whilst creating a must-attend platform for such discoveries. UPstream aims to harness selective international partnerships with like-minded organisations to work collaboratively to create opportunities for exciting IP and the talent behind it.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
Time: 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Helena Mackenzie
Helena Mackenzie is the Head of Inward Investment & Business Development at Film London. She delivers key industry events such as the London Screenings and the Production Finance Market, helping producers to raise finances for their feature film productions. She originates in & outbound … Read more
Jordan McGarry
Jordan McGarry is Film London’s Head of Talent Development and Production, heading the team that discovers and develops London’s emerging filmmakers. Her work includes delivering BFI NETWORK short film funding in the London region, the Microwave feature film fund, and finance and training programs. … Read more -
This workshop with motion graphic designer Sebastian Pfeifer will cover the basics and rules of conduct in the NFT world. Sebastian Pfeifer draws a differentiated picture of his activities in the NFT market and gives valuable tips on how to deal with this volatile market, what to watch out for and which mistakes to avoid. A useful guide for all creatives from film to games to art who are thinking about alternative forms of financing their projects.
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With: Sebastian Pfeifer
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:30 PM
Sebastian Pfeifer
Sebastian Pfeifer aka Everfresh is a german digital animation artist with a background in graphics and motion graphics design and a strong passion for fluid motion and smooth beats. His colourful, whimsical works are mostly defined by his music, which he produces specifically for his animation … Read more -
Followed by screening of BLUE HAWAII
Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London, is a recognized authority on popular music and cinema and has written, lectured and curated extensively on the work of legendary American singer Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
In his second talk of B3 2022 Wootton will precede a screening of the beautiful Paramount digital restoration of BLUE HAWAII 1961, one of Elvis most popular movies, with a comprehensive overview of Presley’s extensive movie career. Ripping away the myths, misunderstandings and misconceptions interspersed with extensive film clips, slides and photographs, Wootton’s talk will give the real stories behind the 31 movies of Elvis 12 year immersion in Hollywood and come right up to date to Baz Luhrmann’s recent biopic.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Adrian Wootton
Time: 07:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read moreAdrian Wootton
Adrian Wootton OBE is Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission (BFC). He is a Programme Advisor to the BFI London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Noir in Fest, Milan and Founding Director of Shots in the Dark Festival, Nottingham. Adrian is a recognised authority on … Read more -
Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
You want to learn how to cut through the noise in social media and get noticed? Marketing strategist and Social Media Expert Birgit Karus will teach you what should be in your marketing toolkit and how to plan and prepare materials that stand out and make an impression. With practical DIY tasks, this workshop is designed for filmmakers and creatives, who want to understand the core of marketing better.
In addition, the jewelry and mask artist Carina Shoshtary gives an insight into her artistic career, as well as into the creation and development of the Instagram page @fashionforbank_robbers (FFBR), on which Shoshtary has been showing the most exciting and innovative masks of artists from all over the world for four years. Instagram has had a lasting impact on Carina Shoshtary's artistic career. FFBR has become a community for mask artists and interested people, where they can get inspired and exchange ideas, where collaborations start and artists' careers get a boost.Informations:
With: Birgit Karus Carina Shoshtary
Time: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Birgit Karus
Birgit Karus is the founder of the digital marketing agency NOH Production, which provides services to various European companies in different sectors. Besides her marketing agency, Birgit has built a startup in the music industry. She is an expert at building clever technical solutions and … Read more
Carina Shoshtary
Carina Shoshtary is a German-Iranian artist based in a little village in Bavaria, Germany and working in the field of contemporary jewelry and wearable art. She trained as a traditional goldsmith, and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany. She works with contemporary jewelry … Read more -
Daragh Carville is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter and best known for hit series like THE BAY. In a Master Class, he shines a light on the process of developing a drama series for television using his successful crime drama The Bay as a case study. THE BAY has sold to over 130 territories worldwide since its debut in 2019 and is now going into its fourth series. In this Master Class, Daragh Carville will discuss the role of the writer in production, and will provide an overview of the industry in the UK and internationally from the point of view of a series creator, writer and executive producer.
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Host: Daniel Gebhardt
With: Daragh Carville
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Daragh Carville
Daragh Carville is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from the UK. He wrote and created THE BAY, the highly-rated british prime-time drama series for ITV. His character-driven writing is vivid and energetic with wide-ranging appeal. His extensive TV experience includes episodes of THE … Read more -
Journalism must be able to be free to a certain extent in research and in the expression of opinions, and often and increasingly it cannot. Courageous journalists in restrictive regimes show us what the fourth power in the state can achieve and how it must act in order to make itself heard and maintain a critical voice. What does the future offer in order to be able to freely express one's opinion in a democratic sense? This conversation teaches us what is possible to make one's voice heard and when one reaches one's limits due to political repression or ethical constraints. A conversation with Veronika Munk, tba.
In cooperation/association with Creative Europe Desk NRW.
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With: Veronika Munk Corrective Collektiv
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Veronika Munk
Veronika Munk is an award-winning Hungarian journalist, co-Founder and Head of Content Development of the independent Hungarian online news daily Telex. She was the deputy editor-in-chief at Index, Hungary’s largest online news daily, from where she and her colleagues resigned in July 2020 due to … Read more -
Dr. Mariana Bozesan will give a keynote speech on democracy and new socio-political systems. Afterwards, Dr. Mariana Bozesan, Dr. Emilia Roig, Prof. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber and Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis will discuss live in a panel and with the audience.
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With: Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Time: 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Dr. Mariana Bozesan is an award-winning integral investor, futurist, and renowned author of several books including the report INTEGRAL INVESTING: FROM PROFIT TO PROSPERITY. She is, furthermore, an empowering speaker and a successful serial entrepreneur focusing on exponentially growing … Read more -
Due to the enormous transformation processes that society is currently undergoing, in our focus on democracy we explore which sociopolitical systems might take the lead in the world in the future. The question arises whether democracy is not increasingly decomposing itself democratically. What would this mean for society and the individual? Democracy seems to be the only practicable form of government for us in westernized countries. However, the majority of people today live in autocracies, for example.
Societies and individuals are confronted with the question of how far they are willing to accept freedom as the freedom of those who think differently, to quote Rosa Luxemburg, who formulated it so aptly 100 years ago. What would therefore have to change in order for the notorious social gap not to widen so much and for the majority of humanity to be able to live together in a more peaceful and civilized way? What role can and should creatives play as portraitists, chroniclers and critics of our time or as visionaries with a view to a possible future within processes of change? What form of society would be right for them and in their eyes?
Experts, thinkers and creatives will discuss these questions live in a panel and with the audience. Dr. Mariana Bozesan will give an introductory keynote on the topic. Afterwards, Dr. Mariana Bozesan, Dr. Emilia Roig, Prof. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber and Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis will discuss live in a panel and with the audience.
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Time: 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM
Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Dr. Mariana Bozesan is an award-winning integral investor, futurist, and renowned author of several books including the report INTEGRAL INVESTING: FROM PROFIT TO PROSPERITY. She is, furthermore, an empowering speaker and a successful serial entrepreneur focusing on exponentially growing … Read more
Prof. Dr. Stephan Brunnhuber
Prof. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber holds a doctorate in medicine and is an economic sociologist, psychiatrist and economist. His interests are diverse and include considerations of resource wars and peacekeeping, post-growth and ecological sustainability. He combines a wide range of knowledge from … Read more
Dr. Emilia Roig
Dr. Emilia Roig is the founder and executive director of the Berlin-based Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), a nonprofit organization that advocates for justice, equality, and lives free from systemic oppression for all. Her experience growing up in an Algerian-Jewish-Caribbean family in … Read more
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, born in France in 1988, lives and works in Paris and Brussels. As an artist, he develops a "cinématière," a hybrid artistic practice that extends cinema into the realm of contemporary art. His works question digital identity, memory, the virtual, and explore the porous … Read more -
Jeder Ton im Film ist eine Lüge. Warum? Das erklärt Toningenieur Stephan Busch in dieser Masterclass. Denn abgesehen von den Dialogen sind natürlich aufgenommene Geräusche oft langweilig und unoriginell und die Aufnahmen von Atmosphäre und Action-Sounds am Filmset erfüllen selten die Erwartungen. Doch glücklicherweise gibt es Sound Effect Künstler:innen wie Jack Donovan Foley. Sogar Star Wars-Produzent George Lucas hat einmal gesagt: „Der Ton macht 50% des ganzen Films aus“. Stephan Busch entführt uns in dieser Masterclass in die Welt der real klingenden und doch unwirklichen Geräusche. Und stellt uns einen der gefährlichsten Sounds der Welt vor…
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Host: Stephan Busch
Time: 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Stephan Busch (Host)
Stephan Busch (born 1970) is a freelance sound engineer, recording studio owner and operator. He completed his training as an audio engineer at SAE Frankfurt in 1993 and has worked for film and sound production studios in Frankfurt since 1995. Technically specialized in voice recordings and … Read more -
From the very beginning of film history, especially since their mass appeal, fictional and non-fictional films, respectively moving images and their narratives have played a major role for state systems and thus also for democracies. We need narratives in communication for democracy.
Narratives, framing and attitude are important communication keys for any form of state. Yet it matters a great deal what doors these keys unlock and what worldviews, values, and truths are behind them and communicated. This raises the question of how much independence film, the moving image and its narrative need in order to strengthen democracy? Does independent communication exist at all? People like whistleblowers contribute to the correction of narratives and in the best case strengthen independent communication and free forms of government, like democracy. In today's world, whistleblower protection is especially important for the freedom of film and media makers.
How can free communication be guaranteed, and what is the role of this so important protection of those who try to find the right keys to the door that leads to the truth? Award-winning filmmaker and moderator Dr. Ina Knobloch will discuss this with distinguished guests.
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With: Dr. Ina Knobloch
Time: 04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Dr. Ina Knobloch
Dr. Ina Knobloch is an award-winning filmmaker and bestselling author who was already in front of the camera and working as a journalist during her school and university years. After a stay in Canada, she studied and earned her doctorate in biology in Frankfurt, Paris, Cologne, Basel and Costa Rica … Read more -
Please note! No public workshop. Access by invitation only. Only for participants and mentors of the HessenLab
HessenLab: final group talk and award ceremony
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
Time: 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more -
Bestselling English author Jo Baker had her international breakthrough in 2014 with the novel LONGBOURN. The New York Times included it on its Notable Book list. In her most recently published book, THE BODY LIES, she looks at male violence in fiction and in life. She will provide insight into creative writing and read from her works.
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Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner
With: Jo Baker
Time: 07:30 PM
Johannes Grenzfurthner (Host)
Johannes Grenzfurthner is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, author, and performer. With his art he manipulates people to positively respond to his lies and made-up realities. He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally acting art-technology-philosophy group. His … Read more
Jo Baker
Jo Baker is a British writer and the author of seven novels, including the bestselling LONGBOURN. She has also written short stories for BBC Radio 4 and reviews for The Guardian and The New York Times Book Review. In 2018, she was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the Queen's University Belfast, and … Read more
