Film market in Ukraine is undergoing a process of rapid development and growth seeking new opportunities both on the local and international levels.  It is also boosted by numerous factors such as developing economy of the whole country, an enormous yearly growth margin of Ukrainian film market (average of 30% growth a year). Even such a stand alone factor of Ukraine being a large country with the population of 45 mio in the very heart of Eastern and Central Europe with all of its opportunities it can offer - cannot remain unnoticed for the cinematographic community of the world.

Who should attend:
-  investors and financiers;
-  Ukrainian and foreign film market industry insiders: film producers, distributors, TV-producers;
-  media companies TOP management;
-  authorities

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
 
8:45
Registration

9:45 – 10:00
Welcome speech by organizers

10:00 – 12:00
Part 1. Film production as business: positive factors of Ukrainian market development
 
Moderator:
Iryna Kostyuk,  Media Resources Management, Media consulting company, Ukraine
10:00
 
Victoria Yarmoschuk,
Deputy Director of “Media Resources Management”
Current status of Ukrainian feature film production and distribution market: figures, potential, forecasts of development, investment opportunities.

10:20
Armen Dishdishyan,
General Director of “Central Partnership Sales House”, Russia
Film production in Russia: peculiarities of the market, forecasts of its development, cooperation with Ukraine, perspectives of opening a Ukrainian office.  

10:40
Michael Schlicht ,
General Manager XX Century Fox, CIS
Major studios in Russia: experience of entering the market, perspectives of presence in Ukraine

11: 00
Andrey Dyachenko,
General Director “Gemini”, Ukraine
Film distribution industry in Ukraine: market overview, main problem zones and challenges, investment opportunities.

11:20
Aleksey Naslednikov,
Director of “Kinosistema” - chain of movie theaters, Ukraine
Industry of cinema theaters in Ukraine: overview of the market of cinema theater chains, problem zones, opportunities, development forecasts, investment opportunities.

11:40
Oleg Kokhan,
Director of “Sota Cinema Group”, Ukraine
Feature film production in Ukraine: achievements, problem zones, development forecasts, investment opportunities.

12:00 – 12:20
Coffee break                                                             
 
12:20 – 14:00
Part 2. Governmental regulation and support of film industry
 
Мoderator: Vladimir Voitenko, cinema critic, TV anchor, editor-in-chief of Kino-Kolo publication
 
12:20
Vasyl Vovkun,
Minister of culture and tourism of Ukraine
Welcome speech

12:30
Anna Chmil,
Head of State Department of Cinematography of Ukraine
Governmental regulation of film business in Ukraine: regulation, support, main problem zones and strategies of problem solving

12:50
Sergey Lazaruk*,
Head of State Department of Cinematography of Russia
Governmental regulation of film business in Russia

13:10
Gaetano Blandini*,
Director of State Department of Cinematography of Italy
Governmental regulation of film business in Italy

13:25
Agnieszka Odorowicz*,
Head of  Institute of Cinematography of Poland
Governmental regulation of film business in Poland

13:40
Alexander Tkachenko,
Joint owner of Odessa Film Studio and cinema theater chain “Linia Kino”
Odessa Film Studio: experience of production in Ukraine and cooperation with authorities

14:00 – 15:00
Lunch
 
15:00 – 16:40
 
Part 3. Film production industry financing
Panel discussion and case studies on: different ways of film financing in the countries of Western Europe
Moderator: Jonathan Olsberg, Chairman Olsberg SPI, UK 
 
Panelists:
Richard Miller, Managing Director, Olsberg SPI, UK;
Bernhard Stampfer, Senior Vice President of Deutsche Bank, Germany;
Jane Wright, Commercial Affairs and General Manager of BBC Films, UK;
Kim Magnusson, President of production at Nordisk Film, Denmark

16:40 - 17:00
Coffee break
 
17:20
Oleg Malishevskiy,
CEO of “Yalta Film”, Ukraine
Case study: film production financing in Ukraine as demonstrated by the example of “Sapho” feature film (Ukrainian box office – $ 1 000 000)

17:40
Phillip Kreuzer,
Attorney-at-law, Head of Film- and TV-Financing and Co-Production at Bavaria Film, Germany
Feature Film Financing and Co-Production in Europe

18:00
Close of conference
 
18:30 – 20:00
Cocktail party
 
*TBC