The second residential session of ESoDoc 2024 is taking place in Vilnius (LT) from October 11 to 18. In these days - in partnership with Inconvenient Films - we also organised events open to the public. Join us in Vilnius!
These include the Industry Day on October 14, where we invited representatives from the film, games, cultural, and creative industries to discuss about industry changes and challenges. Topics will include a variety of storytelling methods, the involvement of new media, audience design, impact, independent filmmaking, the importance of artificial intelligence, and more. Here's the full programme of the day:
9:30 - Austėja Milvydaitė (Creative Europe MEDIA): Opportunities for documentary filmmakers
10:15 - Lucie Formánková (Charles Games): Tackling Serious Topics in Gaming
11:15 - Coffee break
11:45 - Hans Block (Director): Digital doppelganger and immortality and in the age of artificial intelligence
12:45 - Lunch break
14:30 - Margje De Koning (Movies That Matter): What is a movie that matters?
15:30 - Laura Longobardi (FIFDH - Impact Days): Better Reach Out! Impact strategies for new audiences
16:30 - Coffee break
17:00 - Panel Discussion: Documentary Dreams – New ways for engaging storytelling?
18:00 - Closing notes
The session will then culminate with ESoDoc Final Pitch, the presentation of the 18 projects developed throughout ESoDoc 2024, and 2 guest projects which joined the ESoDoc group in Vilnius.
The projects will be presented on October 15 and 16, from 9:30 to 13:30.
The international experts on the panel are:
- Margje De Koning - Artistic Director of Movies That Matter Festival (NL)
- Eduardo Fracchia - Producer, Author Stefilm International (IT)
- Philippa Kowarsky - Founder and President of Cinephil (UK)
- Caroline Mutz - Commissioning Editor at ARTE G.E.I.E. (FR)
- Laura Longobardi - Editorial Co-Director FIFDH, Geneva (I, CH)
- Sergi Cameron - Producer, Nanouk Films (ES)
All public events will be held at Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Gediminas ave. 51, Vilnius).
To participate to the Industry Day, please fill in the registration form.