EFM Event Schedule 2025

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DocSalon Breakfast Circle

DocSalon Breakfast Circle

Access: Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Networking Event With: FFF Bayern, Deadline
Description
The EFM invites you to start your day at the DocSalon: with a brief impulse on a documentary focus, followed by an informal “meet & mingle”. Touch base with the documentary community at DocSalon “halftime”, exchange ideas and forge new connections – all while enjoying your coffee & croissant.
Tags: #DocSalon
Sun Feb 16 09:30 – 10:30 DocSalon at Café Connect
on-site only
The Big Picture: Decoding Newest Industry Trends and Shifts

The Big Picture: Decoding Newest Industry Trends and Shifts

With: Manuel Fioroni (he/him), Guy Bisson (he/him), Karin Chien (she/her), Sofie Hvitvedt (she/her), AC Coppens (they/them) Access: Market Badge & Online Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Talk
Description
Catch up on macro trends with presentations on theatrical performance in Europe in 2024 and trend foresights based on recent market data! We will then contextualise the trends on an international scale, look into what’s coming up through the lens of a futurist and explore what this all means for producers on a practical level.
Tags: #Producers #Innovation
Sun Feb 16 10:00 – 11:00 Event Hall at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
VOD planned
Future Narratives - Utilising Societal Insight in Development

Future Narratives - Utilising Societal Insight in Development

With: Mikko Annala (he/him), Vera Djakonoff (she/her), Amy Shepherd (she/her), Annika Ranin (she/her) Access: On pre-registration Organiser: EFM Type: Workshop With: Demos Helsinki
Description
What will capture audiences in 5-10 years? What are the talking points of the future? This workshop creates an interaction between leading societal insight and the film industry, looking at how societal insight can act as a development tool in identifying crucial future narratives ahead of time.
Tags: #Producers #Innovation
Sun Feb 16 10:30 – 11:30 Producers Hub at Gropius Bau
on-site only
Meet the Festivals

Meet the Festivals

Access: On pre-registration Organiser: EFM Type: One-on-One
Description
Join one-on-one sessions with festival programmers from the fields of fiction, documentary, animation & series.
Tags: #Animation #Documentary #Producers #Series
Sun Feb 16 11:00 – 13:00 Café Connect at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
on-site only
Level Up: Bridging the Worlds of Gaming and Filmmaking

Level Up: Bridging the Worlds of Gaming and Filmmaking

With: Igor Simic (he/him), Christina Caspers-Roemer (she/her), Maite Woköck (she/her), Mafalda Duarte (she/her), AC Coppens (they/them) Access: Market Badge & Online Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Talk
Description
This session will explore how the gaming industry - often at the forefront of technological innovation - can intersect with filmmaking, offering storytelling techniques, audience building, tools, skills, pipelines and business models that can inspire and benefit the film world.
Tags: #Tech #Innovation #Producers
Sun Feb 16 11:30 – 12:30 Event Hall at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
VOD planned
Presentation & Networking Reception - Navarra Film Industry

Presentation & Networking Reception - Navarra Film Industry

Associated Event
Access: By invitation only Organiser: External organisation Type: Presentation & Reception With: Navarra Film Industry
Description
Organized by NFI, representing the audiovisual sector in Navarre, the event will provide an insight on the booming ecosystem of the region as well as an opportunity, in a relaxed atmosphere, to learn firsthand the advantages of working in the region and meet the main agents operating in Navarre, and to develop and create new opportunities.
Tags: #Distribution #Documentary #Producers
Sun Feb 16 12:00 – 14:00 CinemaxX Lounge
on-site only
Masterclass - How to Make a Real-time CAM Your Biggest Ally

Masterclass - How to Make a Real-time CAM Your Biggest Ally

With: Maria Tanjala (she/her), Augustina Costa Varsi (she/her), Paula Vaccaro (she/her) Access: Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Workshop With: FilmChain
Description
The session will demystify concepts from often misunderstood finance and recoupment plans. The speakers will discuss the award-winning film Diciannove/Nineteen as a case study. The moderator will have an interactive approach to discussing complex topics and integrating the audience.
Tags: #Producers #Innovation #Tech #Sustainability
Sun Feb 16 14:00 – 15:00 Producers Hub at Gropius Bau
on-site only
Consult The Experts

Consult The Experts

Access: On pre-registration Organiser: EFM Type: Consultation
Description
Group consulting sessions with experts from fiction / documentaries / series / animation in the sections funding / packaging / financing, sales / distribution, impact producing / marketing / Press+PR / (co-) producing.
Tags: #Animation #Distribution #Documentary #Producers #Series #DocSalon
Sun Feb 16 14:00 – 17:30 Café Connect at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
on-site only
How to work with France? Explore coproductions opportunities and how to benefit from the Tax Rebate for International Productions.

How to work with France? Explore coproductions opportunities and how to benefit from the Tax Rebate for International Productions.

Associated Event
With: Michel Plazanet, Charles Audinet, Thomas Buchwalder Buchwalder , Janine Jackowski, Tomasz Morawski, Daphné Lore Access: Free access Organiser: External organisation Type: Round Table With: Film France-CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Description
2.30pm – 3.30pm : presentation on how to coproduce with France
3.30pm – 4.30pm : presentation on how to shoot in France with the TRIP (15-minute pitch of the TRIP followed by a 45-minute panel discussion around Delicious and Chopin, Chopin)
Tags: #Distribution #Producers #Innovation #Tech
Sun Feb 16 14:30 – 16:30 Conference Lounge at Gropius Park
on-site only
EFM Startups: Insights and Tools Making the Industry Ready for the Future

EFM Startups: Insights and Tools Making the Industry Ready for the Future

With: Tambay Obenson (he/him), Will Rowan (he/him), Timor Kardum (he/him), Justine Atkinson (she/her), Ian Grant (he/him), Carlos Jiménez (he/him), DongKong Kim (he/him), Ben Johnson (he/him), Ruby Walden (she/her), Charles Beale (he/him), Simona Vasyte-Kudakauske (she/her), Sebastian Wegner (he/him), Tim Dams (he/him) Access: Market Badge & Online Market Badge Organiser: EFM Type: Presentation With: Screen International
Description
Our industry is at an inflection point. As the production and distribution industries continue to struggle, it’s time to take stock and bring innovative solutions to the fore. The founders behind EFM Startups are doing just that: designing and implementing ground-breaking tools, AI solutions and proprietary software designed to take the industry to the next levels. Join this year’s 11 EFM Startups as they pitch their innovative tools and solutions for an evolving industry.
Tags: #Tech #Producers #Distribution #Sustainability #Innovation
Sun Feb 16 14:45 – 15:45 Event Hall at Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
VOD planned
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