The MPA is organising a five-day week of events for creatives and industry professionals working in and around the audiovisual industry, consisting of training sessions and talks with high-profile international guests.
The conference will cover the gamut of the production process: story structure and development; legal requirements for co-productions and intellectual property; Creative Europe applications; and will open up a discussion on how audiovisual productions from small nations can be distributed and exhibited internationally.
Future Visions is being supported by the Arts Council Malta through its Programme Support Scheme.
DAY 1
23/04
19:30 - 22:30
Embassy Hotel,
Ambassador Suite
CONFERENCE OPENING
Keynote speech and networking reception
In recent years the word ‘narrative’ has become increasingly popular outside of fiction. Every nation has a narrative, every business has a story, every individual has an origin myth. Every advert, every videogame, everything has a story… But what really is a story? How is it formed? And what makes a national narrative? Story expert John Yorke explores how we can use narrative to speak to new audiences, change perceptions, and start conversations on an international stage.
Speaker:
John Yorke
Free for members;
Non-members
EUR30 exc VAT
DAY 1+2
24/04
10:00 – 13:00
Embassy Hotel, Ambassador Suite
STORY WORKSHOP PART #1
What is a story?
24/04
14:30-17:30
Embassy Hotel, Ambassador Suite
STORY WORKSHOP PART #2
Act structure
25/04
10:00 – 13:00
Embassy Cinema, Cinema 5
STORY WORKSHOP PART #3
Walking the talk
Speaker:
John Yorke
Free for members;
Non-members EUR250
exc VAT (for the 3 sessions)
DAY 3
25/04
10:00 – 13:00
Spazju Kreattiv, Cinema
LEGALEASE
Coproduction landscape
25/04
14:30-17:30
EMBASSY CINEMA, CINEMA 5
LEGALEASE
Managing intellectual property
Speakers:
AVV. ANNALISA PUTORTÌ
& Dr Jeanine Rizzo
Free for members;
Non-members EUR20
exc VAT for both sessions
DAY 3
26/04
10:00 – 13:00
Embassy Hotel, Ambassador Suite
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
Understanding the ins and outs of the calls
26/04
14:30-17:30
Embassy Hotel, Ambassador Suite
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
Application case studies
Registered participants will work in groups to gain a better understanding of EU Funding and Tenders Portal focusing on MEDIA. This session facilitates a practical understanding of the application process and enables participants to navigate the portal’s functionalities, exchange insights, and troubleshoot common issues which arise during the process.
Speakers:
Daniela Said
& Martina Petrović
Free for members;
Non-members EUR20 exc VAT
DAY 4
27/04
10:00 – 10:40
Embassy Cinemas, Cinema 5
Independent european film distribution
This session will cover how the acquisitions process works within the sales department. What do sales agents look for when reading scripts or previewing film submissions? What are the affinities, conditions, and possible common ground which inform the sales agents’ choices?
Moving on to the production department, the session will address the differences between actively sought-out projects and those to which the company has become attached due to previous collaborations or contacts. This will be discussed in the context of minor and major co-production countries.
The last part of the session will examine the current landscape of independent and arthouse film sales, including the festival circuit and alternative distribution models.
27/04
10:45-12:15
Embassy Cinemas, Cinema 5
SCREENING
A House in Jerusalem
(Palestine, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar)
27/04
12:30-13:30
Embassy Cinemas, Cinema 5
Q&A with the writer/director
Speakers:
Tajana Kosor
& Muayad Alayan
Free for members;
Non-members EUR10
exc VAT
DAY 4
27/04
10:00 – 13:00
Embassy Hotel, Ambassador Suite
CREATIVE EUROPE DESK - MEDIA Office Croatia
One-on-one consultation with Martina Petrović for Creative Europe MEDIA applications
Fine tuning project details, especially within application forms, is a crucial step in ensuring the success of any endeavour. This session is reserved for individual film professionals (producers or similar) who wish to apply to the Creative Europe MEDIA (co-development and mini-slate) and would like to review specific aspects of their application to ensure it is of a standard to meet the programme’s objectives.
Martina Petrović
Free for members;
Non-members EUR35
exc VAT
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Speakers
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About the speakers
John
YORKE
John Yorke is widely acknowledged as the UK’s foremost expert on story. He has spent years analysing not just how stories work but why they resonate with audiences around the globe, and his book, Into the Woods, is the UK’s bestselling book on the subject.
As former Head of Channel4 Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and MD of Company Pictures, John has tested his theories during an extensive production career working on some of the world’s most lucrative, widely viewed and critically acclaimed TV drama, from EastEnders to Shameless, Life on Mars and Wolf Hall.
John founded and leads both John Yorke Story and the hugely successful BBC Studios Writers’ Academy.
He has trained some of the most successful and prolific screenwriters working today, who have created on gone on to write for shows including The Crown, Killing Eve, Pure, Father Brown, Doctor Who, Watership Down, and Deadwater Fell. Alumni have nominations and wins for a range of awards, including an Emmy, Oscar, and BAFTA.
Muayad Alayan is a Palestinian film director and producer whose award-winning work has been seen by audiences all over the world.
He was named among the 100 most important names in the Arab film industry by the Arab Cinema Center. His directorial debut LOVE, THEFT AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS (Palestine 2015) premiered in Panorama at the Berlinale in 2015. His second feature film, THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM (Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/Mexico 2018), won the Special Jury Prize of the Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Competition and the Hubert Bals Audience Award.
It won top prizes at Seattle IFF and Durban IFF and has been distributed in over 50 territories. Alayan’s first narrative short, LESH SABREEN, premiered in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2009. His third feature, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM (Palestine/United Kingdom/ Germany/Netherlands/Qatar 2023), premiered in Rotterdam and was nominated for the UNESCO Ghandi Medal and for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Muayad worked extensively with youth and community centers and non-governmental organizations on projects promoting cinema culture and cinema infrastructure in Palestine. He also acted as instructor of directing and cinematography at several academic institutions. Alayan is a member of the ACE producers network and has occasionally served as a jury member on several international and regional film festivals and funds.
MUAYAD
ALAYAN
- Film director & producer
- youtube
Martina Petrović holds a BA in International Relations (major) and Psychology (minor). From 2008, she has been involved in establishing the Croatian AV Centre, where she has stayed, after being chosen as the Head of MEDIA Desk Croatia.
Following the success in ensuring the MEDIA financing resulted in receiving the first Albert Kapović Award by the Croatian Producers Association (2010). She has been active in organising events – important tools for education and networking between EU professionals.
MARTINA
PETROVIĆ
Graduated in Law with honors from the University of Roma Tre in Rome in 1999 where she was a researcher and assistant professor of Private and Civil Law, she subsequently obtained a PhD in European Studies and a MBA in 2007 from SDA Bocconi in Milan and UCLA Anderson of Los Angeles.
Currently Partner of the Rulli Putortì & Partners Law Firm in Rome specialized in the protection of intellectual property, copyright and audiovisual rights, dealing in particular with internationalization operations, European cinematographic co-productions and international joint ventures, trademark filing in Italy and Europe and patents, study and creation of business networks, clearance operations in television and general consultancy for artists, production companies and Film Festivals.
Before joining the law firm, she worked for several years as head of contracts and business development of two large Italian holding companies such as Aeroporti di Roma and Fincantieri S.p.A. collaborating with the top management of both Italian and international industries in M&A operations and Joint Ventures as well as supporting negotiations within military programs with Foreign Navies and commercial programs with industrial groups.
Since 2019 she has held courses on copyright, co-production and audiovisual contracts both in Italy (e.g.Rossellini Foundation in Rome) and abroad, she is a mentor of the “Circle – woman doc Accellerator” program financed by the European Creative Media and speaker in various Film Festivals and audiovisual producers’ associations.
Together with her law partner, she is also involved in promoting the issue of gender equality and the protection of women by participating and assisting the “Mujeres del Cinema” Association.
AVV. ANNALISA PUTORTÌ
Jeanine Rizzo is a lawyer graduated from the University of Malta who has furthered her legal studies in the specialised fields of intellectual property law and art & antiquity law at Masters level at University College London.
While in London she was a research assistant to the late Professor Norman Palmer, carrying out research on the law of bailment and on art law. Upon her return to Malta, she built a practice in intellectual property law and art law at Fenech & Fenech Advocates for 11 years.
She has now ventured forward with her own consultancy, RIZZO. Jeanine specialises in Copyright (both new and old media), trade marks, patents, design rights, entertainment law, music law and film law. Her experience has taken her into the depth of the creative industries with tailored legal expertise to all matters concerning the industry. She is also a lecturer and examiner at the University of Malta and at MCAST, is frequently published writing about the subject, is the General Secretary of the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association (MEIA) and is a former member of the Chamber of Commerce RTDI Committee.
DR JEANINE
RIZZO
- B.A., LL.M (Lond.), LL.D.
Daniela Said joined the Creative Europe Desk team in the second half of 2023, coming from a varied background in the arts. With her formation having its roots in music, her practice has led her from being an active performer to working within different aspects of the creative industry, especially through the production and management of multi-disciplinary projects.
Through her collaborations with various entities and performers, she has fine-tuned her skills to truly act as the bridge between the artists and the organisational aspect of projects, leaving as much space as possible for all artists to manifest their potential to the full.
DANIELA
SAID
