Lunch Break

The venue opens at 9:00 am.  

Get ready for the day ahead and debrief the previous day’s sessions over a coffee with fellow delegates. 

How do you make a brand remain timeless and stay true to its heritage in an era where automation and AI are reshaping much of advertising and production?

LVMH advisor and former Louis Vuitton EVP of Image & Communications Blake Harrop explains how an unwavering commitment to human craftsmanship and storytelling protects a brand’s future and its past.

In production and advertising, presence is power and image is currency. Many of us learn to perform a version of ourselves to fit a role: the unflappable agency creative, the visionary director, the confident closer. But what happens to the parts of ourselves we don’t show?

Ali Brown (PRETTYBIRD, Ventureland), Alberto Ponte (Someplace), Sally Campbell (Somesuch), and Jason Kreher (DE-YAN) will unpack the tension between their public persona and private self. Expect a conversation that’s intimate, reflective, and affirming — a reminder that strength can come from vulnerability, and that leadership can be most powerful when it’s most human.

Introducing a new initiative that flips the script, and places young talent at the heart of the conversation around the future of creative work.

FutureFrames is designed to create space for bold, necessary conversations between the industry’s top emerging talent, and its most influential leaders.

Young directors Luna Carmoon (ProdCo), Giordano Maestrelli (Stink), and Lea Thurner (Anorak) will guide the discussion around what they expect from the industry and how they plan their careers amongst its changes, in this session moderated by Florence Jacob (Caviar Paris).

Enjoy conversations with industry peers over barista coffee at the venue.

Step into the surrealist world of Victorian sci-fi drama Poor Things, with one half of the team behind the film’s aesthetic, production designer James Price.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo. Join James to go behind the craft, as he reveals how techniques from modern filmmaking and a bygone era combined, to bring the incredible tale about the evolution of Bella Baxter to life.

Dive into the surreal world of bathtub theatre, with Hornbach’s No Project Without Drama; a cinematic homage to the beauty and chaos of DIY’s realities.

With a hand-built stage, a 30-member choir, and a soundtrack provided by an orchestra recorded in Berlin, this film celebrates not perfection, but perseverance. Not ease, but effort. Join CANADA co-founder & director Lope Serrano, HeimatTBWA\ head creative HORNBACH Guido Heffels, TEMPOMEDIA MD & partner Vera Portz, and HORNBACH international brand director Thomas Schnaitmann, for a peek behind the creative process-curtain of the dramatic spot.

Delegates are welcome to explore the many cafes and restaurants nearby – browse a list of our recommended spots in the area.

Please note that food is not permitted at the venue.

Academy Award-winning film editor Paul Rogers will delve into PARALLAX’s groundbreaking “swarm” editing methodology. Used on projects like Everything Everywhere All at Once and Beyonce’s Lemonade, it involves multiple editors working in tandem, transforming the traditional post-production workflow.

In this talk, you will learn how diverse perspectives are harnessed to foster unparalleled experimentation, leading to dynamic, unexpected, and emotionally resonant storytelling.

What makes the creative relationship in the industry work and how do we move it forward in real life and virtually?

We will talk about how the industry works with close relationships. How we build trust, and how important that is.

How do we make new relationships in the new era of WFH.

Debaters: Lora Shulson, Sara Dunlop, Iwan Zwarts, Jane Dilworth

In this session, Kamey Butler (Netflix), will explore how mindfulness is not just a wellness practice, but a powerful tool for unlocking deeper creative insight, better collaboration, and more courageous ideas.

Through stories, neuroscience, and practical techniques, you’ll discover how presence can sharpen your creative edge and sustain your work with greater clarity, purpose and impact.

Enjoy conversations with industry peers over barista coffee at the venue.

After a day of panels, it’s time to do the one thing we rarely get to at festivals: actually make sh*t happen.

Get Sh*t Done x CICLOPE is a 30-minute, high-energy session designed to flip passive listening into real creative problem-solving. No slides. No panel. Just a room full of smart, curious people rolling up their sleeves and helping each other out.

Come with a problem. Leave with a solution and a community that has your back.

Let’s Get Sh*t Done.

Brent Anderson, Global CCO of TBWA\Media Arts Lab, the dedicated creative agency for Apple, will explore the importance of companies and brands having the courage and commitment to convey emotion and meaning through simple, well-crafted work that can break through at scale.

Steve Rogers (Revolver, Biscuit Filmworks) doesn’t do things by accident.

In conversation with Lynsey Atkin (Baby Teeth), this talk explores creative intent, problem solving and why the darkest work doesn’t happen without an optimistic mind. 

Enjoy an open bar alongside industry peers, hosted at UdK by Compass Rose and its global network of production partners.