25-06-2014

Geoff Gilmore leads line-up of cultural leaders for ICO flagship course

    The Independent Cinema Office (ICO - the UK’s national organisation for the development and support of independent film exhibition) is excited to announce details of speakers for Developing Your Film Festival, its flagship course this summer.

    Chief Creative Officer of Tribeca and former Director of Sundance, Geoff Gilmore, will deliver this year’s keynote at the Developing Your Film Festival (DYFF) training course. One of the most accomplished creative forces in the industry, Geoff has led two of independent cinemas’ most powerful institutions and will be sharing his vision for “The Film Festival of the Future”.

    Developing Your Film Festival (DYFF) takes place in July in the UNESCO World Heritage mediaeval hilltop town of Motovun in Croatia, an intensive high-level training programme that brings together like-minded film festival professionals from across Europe to improve business skills, develop creative strategies for building audiences, and nurture collaborations. Joining Geoff Gilmore as speakers and tutors are Mikael Fellenius, CEO of Göteborg Film Festival, Alessandro Raja, CEO & Founder of Festival Scope, Mindaugas Morkunas, Vilnius Film Festival's Head of Festival Development, Domenico La Porta, Chief Editor of Cineuropa, as well as specialists on communications, audience trends and sales/distribution.

    Catharine Des Forges, Director of the ICO, said:

    “We are thrilled to welcome our pioneering speakers who join a growing list of industry experts on our flagship training course this summer. Our participants' mission is bringing cultural cinema and a wider range of films to audiences, maximising their business and marketing skills is key, and at this course offers top level training informed by a culturally-led approach.”

    Developing Your Film Festival is supported by MEDIA/Creative Europe and Creative Digital Marketing by Creative Skillset.

    To know more, please contact Catharine Des Forges, tel 0207 636 7120

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    Read more: www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/training


    Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is the national organisation for development and support of independent film exhibition in the UK. We exist to bring a wider range of films to a wider range of audiences. Activities include training, film programming, distribution, advice and consultancy. Since 2003 ICO have booked 26,000 films, trained over 1000 professionals from 635 organisations, distributed 235 films and achieved audience figures of over 6 million. www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

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