OUR VISION Future of cinema, few know, few share, we do both! We are taking this think tank on the road throughout the global festival circuit. Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us. Our first stop is Cannes, with possible next stops on the festival circuit in Paris, Rome, Ischia, Stockholm and more.

FUTURE OF CINEMA SALON Series FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2008

CONTEXT

Fest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada are proud to present another installment of our Future of Cinema Salon Series at the Cannes Film Festival. This year promises to be a stellar line up that includes MingleTalk at the Canadian Pavilion - an event that will be brokering conversations around the future of distribution amongst a varied group of maverick directors, rebellious producers and daredevil distributors. We will also be hosting in the Palais des Festivals our annual Future of Cinema Blockbuster Panel that brings together international voices around the table, plus a special hands-on demo of some of the most innovative works coming out of Canada, including Late Fragment a critically-acclaimed dramatic interactive feature film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

OUR VISION

Future of cinema, few know, few share, we do both!
We are taking this think tank on the road throughout the global festival circuit.
Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us.
Our first stop is Cannes, with possible next stops on the festival circuit in Paris, Rome, Ischia, Stockholm and more.

THE PROGRAM

MINGLETALK
conversations about the future of distribution
Tuesday May 20th, 2008
Canadian Pavilion
3:00PM - 5:00PM

Come to the Canadian Pavilion where, with coffee in hand, The Future of Cinema Salon Hosts will introduce you to daredevil distributors, maverick producers, and rebellious directors for some lively contextualized networking under the sun. Ask your questions. Engage in a debate. Tell your point of view. MingleTalk is the new Future of Cinema Salon format where the serious gets social.

Future of Cinema Blockbuster Panel
in association with Moving Pictures Cineuropa.org and Film & Festivals Magazine
Wednesday May 21st, 2008
Jean-Louis Bory Auditorium, Palais des Festivals
10:00AM - 11:00AM

Moderated by Eliott V. Kotek - Moving Pictures, Editor

For the third consecutive year, Future of Cinema Salon presents an international roundtable of innovators engaged in changing the way we make, market, distribute, see and think about films. With the video revolution on the web underway, 3D cinema garnering audiences, and interactivity migrating from games to films, this panel promises to be a spirited discussion about how we need to adapt to the changes being forced upon us by not only technology but our very own audiences.

Get Your Hands on The Future Of Cinema

a demonstration of Canadian innovation in association with Telefilm Canada
Wednesday May 21st, 2008
Jean-Louis Bory Auditorium, Palais des Festivals
11:00AM - 12:00PM

Introduction by Wayne CLARKSON - Telefilm Canada, Executive Director

See first hand how an interactive film works. Based on the groundbreaking interface model co-created by Lars von Trier in 2000, Late Fragment is an interactive film that lets audiences piece together, both literally and figuratively, the cinematic narrative in front of them. Late Fragment is like many of the non-linear movies we have come to love including Crash, Short Cuts, and Amores Perros. But with Late Fragment audiences now impact what scene they may get next.

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