How to get your film into Cannes? And what about audience design and filmmakers’ resilience? – The Industry Days programme is now out!
The Industry Days programme has been announced! We’ll be welcoming nearly thirty inspiring speakers from across Europe. There’s something for everyone in the Industry Days programme, whether you’re a filmmaker, producer, cinema professional, cultural professional, teacher or educator.
The highlight of the programme will be the International Industry Forum (IIF), which will take place on November 6 at KP Smíchov.
What to expect?
The IIF will begin with a series of keynotes, followed by parallel thematic roundtables in smaller groups, giving participants the opportunity to choose the sessions that interest them most. This interactive format will create space for sharing experiences, finding inspiration and connecting professionals from different areas of the audiovisual and cultural sectors.
KEYNOTES
How to get your short film into Cannes?
Gregory Coutaut (Semaine de la critique Cannes)
Rethink your teenage audience strategy: from target to early engagement
Dea Larsen (PUBLIKUM.io)
Audience Testing for Audiovisual Projects for Children and Youth: Why Does It Matter?
Petr Pláteník (KRUTÓN)
ROUND-TABLE PRESENTATIONS
What Have We Learned About Running a Festival Since 1970?
Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Tampere Film festival
The magic of cinema. The importance of film education for the youngest
Christine Kopf, Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum – DFF
Programming and Industry of a Short Film Festival
Sigrid Hadenius, Uppsala Short Film Festival
Data: Youth, Film, Entertainment 2026
Petra Průšová, Kantar
BFI Film Audience Network and Young Audiences
Kirsten Geekie, BFI FAN
Distribution of Short Films in Germany
Anne Jagemann, Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
Cinekid and Short Films for Children
Chloë van Baar, Cinekid Festival
Documentary film in film education
Kathi Seemann, DOK.fest München
Culture Recovery and Resilience Plan
Francesca Balej, Otvorená kultúra
Health, emotions and the body in film education
Lara Kuom, DOXS-RUHR
Taking Children Seriously: Cultural Rights, Film Education and Regional Engagement
Pantelis Panteloglou, Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Cinemini EDU
Samira Jakobi, Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum – DFF
Film Educators’ Team (ZEF) and film education in Poland: Successes and Challenges
Karol Szafraniec, ZEF
Audiovisual Literacy in Film Archives and Cinemas
Fruzsina Vajda a Nóra Hurtík, National Film Institute – Film Archive
Tomáš Lizna, Kino Boskovice
Petr Pláteník, KRUTÓN
Audiovisual Connect LAB
Michal Brenner, KRUTÓN
Moderator: Barbora Kucsa Prágerová (Director of the Metro 70 cinema in Prostějov and Vice-Chair of the Czech Association of Cinema Operators).
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Choose your workshop!
Share ideas and work in focused smaller groups with leading experts: Vincent Förster (Berlinale Generation), Monika Luczyk (audience designer), Dea Larsen (audience consultant), Daniel Vadocký (sales agent at Pluto Film) and Jasper Vreken (film educator).
Producer or filmmaker?
Choose from: Audience Design for Producers and Filmmakers and Resilience or Plans Were Made or From Insight to Action – Working with Young Audience Data in Practice.
Cinema operator?
Recommended: Audience Design for Cinema Operators or From Insight to Action – Working with Young Audience Data in Practice.
Professional in culture?
There is for you From Insight to Action – Working with Young Audience Data in Practice.
Teacher or educator?
The ideal choice for you is: How to Approach Audiovisual Literacy and From Insight to Action – Working with Young Audience Data in Practice.
Industry Days is supported by: International Visegrad Fund, Czech-German Future Fund, Audiovisual Connect LAB, Creative Europe MEDIA.