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News & events
Banff World Media Festival, Banff, Canada, 12-15 June 2016
On Monday, 13 June @12:30-1:30 Wendy Bernfeld will host a roundtable discussion “OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIES IN VOD/DIGITAL – BEYOND THE BIG 5” , as well as buying for digital platforms clients overseas.
Coming To Your Screens Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1 June 2016
Rights Stuff MD Wendy Bernfeld attends the third annual digital sector conference day for film/ media industry professionals including its first VR forum, as well as attending related Mutek VR Salon events during the week. For CTYS, she moderates a panel entitled “Web Video Offers (OTT and SVOD): Content Production and Underlying Strategies”
VOD Landscape Update: May 2016 article-Cannes Film Festival/The Film Collaborative
In May, during the Cannes Film Festival, Wendy Bernfeld published An Update on International VOD Opportunities Outside the U.S.
Marche du Film, Cannes, France, 11-20 May 2016
Wendy Bernfeld attends Cannes Film Festival wearing a few hats: (I) as a NEXT Pavilion workshop leader on digital /VOD (May 18, 12-1)’' “Beyond the Usual Suspects: International Digital/VOD Opportunities for Indie Film”; (ii) a Producers Network Breakfast Roundtable host re digital sector (May 17th, 10a,-12pm, Plage du Palmes) and (iii) and as sVOD buyer/seller for international platforms and distribution clients.
MIPTV, Cannes, France, 4-7 April 2016
Wendy Bernfeld, MD, attends the market on behalf of various international clients, including: 1. EMEA biz dev/sales for the QYOU curated web channel/services; 2. buying for VOD platforms, and 3. VR scouting.
Cinema 2020 Conference: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24 March 2016
Rights Stuff MD Wendy Bernfeld presents a talk on the latest international developments in creative ‘’windowing'' and VOD around cinema exhibition, from distribution, marketing and industry perspectives, This includes practices of ‘’reverse" windowing (online premieres - including UltraVOD/Premium Home Cinema ), ‘’day and date’’, and accelerated post theatrical windows).
East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, March 7 - 13, 2016
Thurs, 10 March @ 14:00-15:00: Maximizing OpportunitiesWendy Bernfeld attends the Institute of Documentary Film’s East Doc Platform as a guest speaker and tutor for a select group of East European filmmakers and producers who are there to develop their transmedia and outreach campaign film projects. As part of a lineup of international industry experts, Wendy presents a lecture on international digital/VOD /cross-platform...Conference: Convergence of Audiovisual Media, Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture & Science Dept for Media and Creative Industries, Amsterdam, 3&4 March 2016
Wendy attends this international conference as guest, including panel discussions and breakout sessions on digital and the future of European audio-visual media.
Producers Pooling Program, FOCAL, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 29-30 January 2016
On 30 January, Wendy Bernfeld, Rights Stuff MD, participates as a speaker and pitching mentor in a training program for various Swiss production companies that takes place —as an off-site event— alongside the International Film Festival in Rotterdam (IFFR). Wendy presents an overview of international digital/VOD sector opportunities, including VOD business deal models, creative windowing and balancing traditional with digital media players/sales.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 27 Jan-7 Feb 2016
Rights Stuff MD Wendy Bernfeld will be attending the festival and industry sessions on behalf of digital clients.