Convincing Pitch: How to Talk About Your Story
Presentation by Gabriele Brunnenmeyer, BPF Pitching Tutor (Germany)

Pitching Training – part I (for selected participants only)

Pitching Training – part II (for selected participants only)

Lunch break

Script Consultant in Project Development: Mentor, Ally, or an Antagonist?
Presentation by Anna Bielak (Poland)
In partnership with Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Lithuania

Get to Know the Key Players in the European Short Film Industry
Presentations by: Sari Volanen, YLE TV – National Finnish Broadcaster (Finland), Sadhbh Murphy, Network Ireland Television (Ireland), Gábor Osváth, Boddah (Hungary), Ben Vandendaele, Radiator IP Sales (Belgium), Alessandro Giorgio, ShorTO Film Market (Italy), Diāna Trope, Latvian Short Film Agency (Latvia), Laurent Crouzeix, Euro Connection, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF and Short Film Market (France)

Pitching Sessions (streamed online)*

Debriefing and Group Work (for selected participants only)

BPF Awards Ceremony (Invitation only)

Distribution for Shorts in the Long Run
Presentation by Wouter Jansen, Square Eyes (Austria)

In partnership with Audiovisual Works Copyright Association AVAKA

Creative Europe MEDIA: Opportunities for Short Film Community
Presentation by Austėja Milvydaitė, Head of MEDIA Office at Creative Europe Desk Lithuania

Croatia: Everything You Wanted to Know About Co-production Possibilities
Presentation by Jadranka Hrga, Head of Department for Development, Film Production and Complementary Activities, Croatian Audiovisual Centre (Croatia)

Journey After BPF: Alumni in Focus
Presentations by Eglė Davidavičė and Agnė Adomėnė, director and producer of “The One Who Knows”, BPF2020 alumni (Lithuania), Sergo Kibus, director of  “Schrödinger”, and Kadriann Kibus, producer of “Schrödinger” and “Pulcinella”, BPF2021, BPF2023 alumni (Estonia), Lizete Upīte, director of “Riga’s Lilac”, BPF2016 alumni (Latvia)

Co-Producing Animation in the Baltics: Navigating Possibilities and Challenges
Panel discussion with Agnė Adomėnė (Art Shot, Lithuania), Kadriann Kibus (Rebel Frame, Estonia), Lizete Upīte (Latvia) moderated by Laurence Boyce

Lunch break

Best of Croatian Shorts from Zagreb Film Festival

IMPORTANT

Time zone: UTC+3

Venue: National Gallery of Art (Konstitucijos ave. 22, Vilnius).

Public events are free of charge. In order to attend, pre-registration is required.
Pre-registration for public events is here.

*Pitching sessions will be live-streamed and accessible only to registered industry professionals.