Please find below the Agenda of the 2023 edition. Agenda for the 2024 edition will be published mid September.

Monday, 17 October 2022
 EUROPEAN WORK IN PROGRESS COLOGNE DAY 1 (Cinenova)
from 10:00 amArrival & Accreditation
12:00 pmLight Lunch & Refreshments
01:00 pmWelcome // Official Opening
01:15 – 03:00 pm1. Round of Pitching Sessions
03:00 – 03:30 pmCOFFEE BREAK
03:30 – 05:15 pm2. Round of Pitching Sessions
05:30 – 07:30 pmOne-to-One Meetings
07:30 pmClosing Day 1
08:30 pmDinner at Stadtgarten on invitation of MMC Film & TV Studios and Film Festival Cologne
Monday, 16 October 2023
 EUROPEAN WORK IN PROGRESS COLOGNE DAY 1 (Cinenova)
from 10:00 amArrival & Accreditation
11:30 amLight Lunch & Refreshments
12:30 pmWelcome // Official Opening
01:00 – 03:00 pm1. Round of Pitching Sessions
03:00 – 03:30 pmCOFFEE BREAK
03:30 – 05:30 pm2. Round of Pitching Sessions
05:45 – 07:30 pmOne-to-One Meetings
07:30 pmClosing Day 1
08:30 pmDinner at Stadtgarten on invitation of MMC Film & TV Studios and Film Festival Cologne
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
 EUROPEAN WORK IN PROGRESS COLOGNE DAY 2 (Cinenova)
from 09:30 amAccreditation
10:00 – 11:45 am 3. Round of Pitching Sessions
11:45 – 01:00 pmPanel:
African-European synergies: How can coproductions and distribution shape new communal audiences?

What are the current challenges for an African-European collaboration? Recent developments in the African cinema culture could provide elementary impulses for the global film industry in the near future. This spotlight will enrich our vision with projects and perspectives that have great innovative power both for cinema as a cultural social authority and for the dynamics of shaping and addressing new forms of audiences.

Our experts will discuss the most recent developments:

Yanis Gaye (Gorée Cinéma, Senegal)
Aaron Kassaye (History Film Company, Ethiopia)
Victoria Ogar (FilmOne Studios, Nigeria)
Sarika Hemi Lakhani (One Fine Day Films, Germany)
Sébastien Onomo (Special Touch Studios, France)

Presentation of the out of competition project GERMAINE ACOGNY – ROMANCING THE SHADOW.

Moderation: Fabian Massah (Endorphine Production, Germany)

In Cooperation with Creative Europe Desk NRW and International Film Distribution Summit.
01:00 – 02:00 pmLUNCH BREAK
02:00 – 03:45 pm4. Round of Pitching Sessions
04:00 – 05:30 pmCase Studies I & II:
Best Practices – International Distribution & Marketing Strategies for European Arthouse Cinema illustrated via two MEDIA funded films: CLOSE and HOLY SPIDER

CLOSE:
Thania Dimitrakopoulou (The Match Factory, World Sales), Lena Kettner & Susanne Margraf (Pandora Film Verleih, Germany), Anne Marte Nygaard (Arthaus, Norway), Fabio Massaro (Lucky Red, Italy)

HOLY SPIDER:
Sol Bondy (One Two Films, Production), Vera Nikolai (Alamode Film, Germany), Daniel Bajo (Karma Films, Spain)

Moderation: Benjamin Cölle (Pluto Film Distribution, Germany)

In cooperation with Creative Europe Desk NRW, Creative Europe Desks Germany and International Film Distribution Summit.
05:45 – 07:30 pmOne-to-One Meetings
07:30 pmClosing Day 2
08:00 pmAward Ceremony // Gala Dinner on invitation of TorinoFilmLab
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
EUROPEAN WORK IN PROGRESS COLOGNE DAY 3 (Filmpalast)
from 10:00 amAccreditation
11:00 – 11:15 amOfficial Opening International Film Distribution Summit
11:15 – 12:00 pmKey Note 1:
Engaging and cultivating digital native audience for foreign language films

Speaker:
Hiroko Oda, CEO, Flag Pictures (Japan)

Moderation Q&A:
Steffen Gerlach, CEO, Capelight Pictures (Germany)
12:00 – 12:45 pmKey Note 2:
Creator, digital, previews — I Wonder Pictures strategies for young cinephiles

Speaker:
Andrea Romeo, CEO I Wonder Pictures (Italy)

Moderation Q&A:
Katharina Günther, Head of Marketing, Plaion Pictures (Germany)
12:45 – 01:15 pmCOFFEE BREAK
OFFICIAL ENDING OF EWIP 2023
The programme will be continued at the Filmpalast as International Film Distribution Summit (18. & 19.10.2023) …

Please find further information on the detailed agenda of the International
Film Distribution Summit (IFDS) here:
www.international-distribution-summit.com

Find the agenda 2022 here