EFFT2018 - New mediums, new audiences, new opportunities

EFFT2018 Session 1: New mediums, new audiences, new opportunities. How can European cinema benefit from the innovative content through the short form, narrative games, and the robotics revolution? // with Ricardo J. Mendez - Technical Director, Samsung Next // Limor Schweitzer - CEO, MOV.AI // Sami Arpa - CEO, Sofy.TV // Marjorie Paillon - Journalist, France24 //

If Europe seems to be behind in the global streaming race, then there is one storytelling driven industry where the continent is a serious contender in the top league. As Mattias Ljungman from top-tier investment firm Atomico claims, “The European games industry is a non-stop unicorn juggernaut: more than a quarter of all the billion-dollar-plus games companies founded over the last 15 years were born here”.
How European audiovisual storytellers and producers can benefit from the success of other transformative sectors and technologies - and what has cinematic storytelling to do with games, short-form content, and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, automatic translations, and robotics?
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The session will present three globally acclaimed innovators from the short form, gaming/ deep technology, and robotics which will discuss how collaboration with these industries will not only open up new opportunities for European filmmakers but also push forward Europe's innovation capabilities through storytelling.
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EFFT2018 was curated by Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Founder & CEO @ Storytek in collaboration with the European Commission, DG CNECT.