The Summit is bringing together politicians, innovators, researchers and documentary professionals to discuss the future of the audiovisual industry. The Summit is taking place on the 24th of March 2025, 12:30 – 17:30 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Mark Edwards, former Head of International Coproductions at ARTE France and Director of Documentaries in Europe for Netflix, has curated the program.
Photo: Norwegian Film Institute
In the past 10 years, streamers and tech companies have had a disruptive effect on the European media landscape, creating radical change, and leading to consolidation in the private sector and calls for reform in the public sector. In the meantime, a majority of Europeans now learn what’s going on in the real world through social media. As Europe continues to take steps towards a single digital market, several European countries are only one election away from voting for illiberal and anti-democratic leaders. The vibrant but fragile documentary sector has a key role to play in this brave new world, and it’s a great time for funders, programmers, regulators and independent filmmakers to put their heads together to better engage the public.
Ultimately, we are all here to serve audiences, to bring them truthful and original stories about what is happening in our world. But we can do more by teaming up with journalists, artists and thinkers to make these stories even stronger, more human and more visible, and bring them to audiences, where they are, across Europe and around the globe.
Public broadcasters and film funds are busy navigating these changes, season by season, film by film. As they look into the future, how are they redefining their role and reinforcing their position as trusted sources of information and promoters of creativity and democratic debate? How can they better share rights and distribution networks? In this new digital landscape, are we putting our resources in the right places?
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