Dylan Leiner Confirmed As Keynote Speaker For The Real Deal 2012
The Galway Film Fleadh heralds the return of the annual Real Deal: The Business Of Creativity conference on Thursday July 12th in the Radisson Hotel, which this year focuses on building sustainability for the future. The busy line-up includes a keynote address from and conversation with Dylan Leiner, Sony Pictures Classics' Executive Vice President of Acquisitions & Production whose slate of recent and upcoming projects include To Rome With Love, Waiting For Sugarman, Celeste And Jesse Forever, Midnight In Paris, The Guard, Take Shelter, A Separation, Rust And Bone and this year's Palme D'Or winner Amour.
Other highlights of the day-long conference include a discussion on creative producing with Swedish producer Marianne Gray of Yellow Bird Films (Headhunters, The Millenium Trilogy, Wallander) and UK producer Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films (Made In Daghenham, Byzantium, Great Expectations); a panel on the expected future trends in sales and distribution; an exploration of potential new revenue sources for filmmaking and an interactive session focusing on the advancement of VFX and post production technology in Ireland.
For more information on the sessions, please see the full schedule below. The participants biographies can be downloaded from this page.
The Real Deal: The Business Of Creativity is joint initiative between Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) and the Galway Film Fleadh.
It will take place in the Radisson Hotel, Galway on Thursday 12th July from 10.15 - 16.20.
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THE REAL DEAL: THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY
10.15 - 16.20 Radisson Hotel, Galway
The 2012 Edition: Future Ideas - Future Business - Future Conversations
As the old adage goes, you don't know what you don't know. But for filmmakers failing to anticipate what the future might hold could be costly. With the moviemaking landscape in a constant state of flux, the 2012 edition of the Real Deal will focus on ways of building a sustainable career into 2013 and beyond.
10.15 - 10.30
Welcome address by James Hickey, Chief Executive, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board (IFB)
10.30 - 11.45 "Filmmakers First" Dylan Leiner (Sony Pictures Classics)
Keynote speech followed by an interview hosted by Alan Maher (IFB)
11.50 - 12.50 Future Ideas: "Money Talks and Art Matters"
With the vast arrays of distribution options available to filmmakers, this panel will explore the future trends and how to plan for them.
- Jeremy Baxter (Protagonist, UK)
- Eamon Bowles (Magnolia, USA)
- Lucas Webb (Fox Searchlight / Ingenious, UK)
- Vincent Lucassen (Under The Milky Way, Austria)
Chair: Stephen Kelliher (Bankside Films, UK)
12.50 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Future Conversations: "The Future Is Unwritten"
Building strong creative partnerships is vital to the sustainability of any production company, two extremely successful producers discuss how and why?
- Marianne Gray (Yellow Bird Films, Sweden)
- Elizabeth Karlsen (Number Nine Production, UK)
Chair: Jackie Larkin (Newgrange Pictures, Ireland)
14.35 - 15.25 Future Business: ‘The Money Pit'
The emergence of new funding schemes in the UK and US means that there are now potential new sources of funding available to Irish filmmakers. How can the Irish tap into this revenue?
- Paul Brett (Prescience, UK)
- Lenny Crooks (Killer Films, USA)
- Dean Fisher (Scanner Rhodes, UK)
- John Byrne (Crowe Horwath, Ireland)
Chair: Mark Byrne (Element Pictures, Ireland)
15.30 - 16.20 Future Ideas: ‘To Boldly Go....."
With the enhancements in VFX and post production technology, is the sky is the limit for Irish filmmakers?
- Liam Neville (Egg Post Production)
- Ed Bruce (Screenscene)
- Ciaran Crowley (Windmill Lane)
Moderator: Bill Daly