Global Film Commission Network Summit
This year’s summit will be introduced by Marnie Gee, BC Film Commissioner at Creative BC and followed by panels on the following topics :
- 50 Years of AFCI – celebrating the organization’s half-century of advancing screen sector development worldwide
With Bavi Yassin (Founder & Chairsperson at Kurdistan Film Commission Slemanie), Daniel Celli (Rio de Janeiro’s Film Commissioner), Kristen Scholtman (President & CEO at Film Cincinnati), Melissa Heuer (Amazon MGM Studios) and Ruriko Sekine (Secretary General/Film Commissioner at Japan Film Commission)
- AFCI’s Best Practices in Screen Tourism – featuring examples from New Zealand and Athens, Greece
With Erik Nachtrieb (CEO & Co-Founder at SetJetters), Marj Galas (Senior Director, Members & Education at AFCI), Philippa Mossman (Head of International Attraction and Marketing at New Zealand Film Commission), Stathis Kalogeropoulos (Founder at Athens Film Officer)
- Commissions & Collaborations – exploring partnerships to drive regional screen sector and community development
With Anne Seibel (Board of Advisors at Production Designers Collective), Inya Lawal (Founder at Africa Creative Market & WIFT Africa), Jeffrey Stepakoff (President & Co-Founder at Content Talent South), Lola Legros (International Promotion Manager at Film Paris Region), Marysela Zamora Villalobos (Costa Rica Film Commissioner & Costa Rica Media Market Director)
- Inside “The Substance” – a case study of the production model behind last year’s Cannes breakout film
With Daphne Lora (Head of Film France at CNC) and Nicolas Royer (Producer at Voulez-vous Productions)
Introducing AFCI’s Partner — Higginbotham
AFCI is pleased to have partnered with Higginbotham, a Los Angeles-based insurance and financial solutions company that is the Presentation Sponsor of the AFCI Summit.
Higginbotham’s entertainment practice team brings over a half-century of worldwide expertise serving every aspect of the industry, from feature films, television, commercial production, documentaries and animation to VFX, gaming and new media. The firm supplements coverage with year-round loss control, risk management technology and claims advocacy from in-house professionals.
