The Everchanging
Landscape of Production

Doors open at 9:00 am (but guests can check in at any time).

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Join ECD and Director William Bartlett and CTO Lincoln Wallen from Framestore as they guide the audience through the current and future role of AI in content production and virtual worlds and learn about Framestore’s Intrinsic-ai approach; empowering artists with unparalleled control over every element in a scene, while delivering the speed, detail, and complexity synonymous with cutting-edge AI.

For the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, Nike explored the minds of the world’s greatest footballers, and the mad lengths they go to for footballing brilliance. From cryochambers to eating cow hearts, obsessing one skill to training sessions that would make us mere mortals shudder, these athletes have unleashed something that lies in all of us waiting to be awoken: a little madness.

In this session, a team of star players will take the stage together to go behind the work: Nike VP Brand Creative Jordi Pont, W+K’s Becca Pottinger, and director Sam Pilling.

In this talk, filmmaking duo King She explores the challenges of executing high-concept projects with limited resources, how they’ve learned that skill stacking is crucial, and why it’s important to be versed in a lot of roles to ensure success in complex environments. They delve into the art of world-building, character development, and how to find ways to infuse work with your own unique, personal style. And how to navigate the pitfalls of finishing is the end game of any successful project.

Food is not allowed at the venue.

Attendees are welcomed to enjoy the culinary experience around the venue. For more information, you can browse through a list of our recommended spots in the area.

As technology continues to reshape the creative industry, production suppliers are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities for evolution and growth. In this session, Dave Rolfe, Global Head of Production at WPP and Hogarth, Daniel Bergmann, Founder and President of Stink Films, and Paulina Anna Embart, Director and Global Head of Production at LEGO, will share insights into the new production landscape, where collaboration and transparency can help navigate the process.

Neuroaesthetics is the cutting-edge field of neuroscience exploring how our brains and bodies react to culture, stories, and aesthetics. Lighting up our senses, these have a profound impact on our actions and emotions, meaning what we consume and create can transform our feelings and behavior.

Kinda, the neuroscience studio and lab is pioneering a new way of applying these insights directly into creative projects to enhance their impact. Learn about using Science-Informed Design, translating the neuroscience of emotion, sound and storytelling into creative, and explore the latest neurotechnology to test, iterate, and validate campaigns.

Sharon Horgan, founder of production company Merman, has written, directed and appeared in some of the most important and ground-breaking comedy of the twenty-first century. David Shane (from O Positive) is one of the advertising industry’s greatest comedy directors of all time. Between them, they know how hard it can be to ensure the funniest outcome reaches the screen, and, in what promises to be an illuminating session, they will explain the importance of taking comedy seriously.

Barista coffee & networking.

Believe in Chicken has been called many things from a “surreal masterpiece” down, and has made some TV viewers want to “rip their eyes out” after watching it. But it has helped attract unfair attention and helped to change the conversation on the OG of fried chicken.

In this session, which will be a moderated conversation, join the team to see how this was all made – from the initial brief from KFC to making sure “realistic chicken dance movements” were captured.

Info coming soon.

End of Day 1!

Open to all ticket holders. Spaces are limited and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Kabelmann is part love story, part odyssey, and part bloodbath. It’s directed by Björn Rühmann and produced by Smuggler and Zauberberg. The story, created by Mother Berlin, is inspired by the creative process of the artist himself, Paul Kalkbrenner.

The screening will be at Cinema Paris (Kurfürstendamm 211, Berlin), and will be followed by a Q&A with director Björn Rühmann.