9.30-9:40: Welcome, Live Cinema: Current State of Play
Dr Sarah Atkinson (King’s College London), Helen Kennedy (University of Brighton) & Lisa Brook (Live Cinema UK)
9:40-10:00: Introduction by Prof. Martin Barker
(Aberystwyth University & author Live to Your Local Cinema: The Remarkable Rise of Live casting)
10.00-11:30: Panel 1: Cultures Separated by a Common Language: What do we mean by Live Cinema? (Chaired by Prof. Martin Barker)
- Melissa Cogavin (Event Cinema Association)
- Isabelle Fauchet (Live Digital Cinema)
- Polly Betton (Edible Cinema)
- Stuart Brown (Head of Programme and Acquisitions, BFI)
- George Wood (Luna Cinema)
- Emma Keith (NT Live)
- Lucy Jones (comScore)
11.30 – 12.00 Break/Network/Demonstrations
12.00 – 1.30: Panel 2: Live Cinema Sound: Soundtracks, Singing & Scoring
- Jason Wood (Home)
- Guy Morley (No Nation)
- Lucy Noble (Film with live orchestra series, Royal Albert Hall)
- Ben Freedman (Producer, Singalonga Productions Worldwide)
- George Bruell (Director of Communications, Glyndebourne)
- Lisa Brook (Live Cinema Ltd.)
- Kate Wellham (Live Cinema Ltd./Freelance)
1.30 – 2.15 Lunch – Network/Demonstrations
2.15 – 3.45 Panel 2: ‘Building Your Own Industry’
Delegates will preselect from one of the following:
Intellectual Property (IP) & Licensing Master class
- Prof. Charlotte Waelde (Professer of IP, Coventry University)
- Dr Barbara Lauriat (Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London)
- Matt Parritt (Associate, Harbottle & Lewis LLP)
- Bryony Forde (Theatrical Sales Executive, Icon Film Distribution)
Audience Development & Marketing Masterclass
Chaired by: Jay Arnold (Projects Director, Live Cinema Ltd.)
- Victoria Murray (Marketing Manager National Theatre Live and Touring)
- Marc Allenby (Head of Distribution at Picturehouses)
- Johnny Carr (Alternative Content Manager, Vue Entertainment)
- Dominic Davies (Founder & Creative Director of Backyard Cinema)
- Diane Henderson (Deputy Artistic Director, Edinburgh Film Festival)
- Gerry Cottle Jr. (Rooftop Film Club)
Funding ideas lab
Chaired by Lisa Brook (Director, Live Cinema Ltd.) &
- Kate Dunton (Collaborative Teaching, Research and Learning Manager, King’s Cultural Institute)
- Dr Alan Ashton-Smith (Research Development Manager (Arts & Humanities, King’s College London)
- John Kieffer (Chair of Board of Trustees, Situations)
Training, Development & Education Workshop
Chaired by Hilary Carty (chair) (Co-creatives)
- Dr Bridget Conor (King’s College London, and co-editor of Gender and Creative Labour)
- Tim Brown (CineCity and BFI Audience Hub South East)
- Dan Simmons (Head of Partnerships, Creative Skillset)
- George MacPherson (CineLive)
3.45 – 4.15 Break/Network/Demonstrations
4.15- 5.45 Panel 3: Participants, CoCreators, Pawns: new audiences in the experience economy (Chaired by Helen W. Kennedy, University of Brighton)
- Mark Atkin (Sheffield Doc Fest)
- Jade Desumala (Rooftop film club)
- Julia Benfield (Sneaky Experience)
- Sam Smail (Choose Your Own Documentary)
- Paul Vickery (Head Programmer, Prince Charles Cinema)
- Tony Jones (Director, Cambridge Film Trust)
- Irene Musumeci (Film Marketing Manager, Curzon Cinemas)
5.45 – 6.00 Summary & Closing Remarks
6.00 – 6:45 Reception