Monday June 3
Registration open
Registration is open from 4pm – 7pm
Tuesday June 4
Registration open
Registration is open from 8am – 6pm
FUTURE CONTENT TRENDS REPORT
Leading analysts discuss the current trends affecting the CEE content business and outline the key drivers for change in 2024. This panel features a set of presentations from the leading players which put the CEE market in perspective and provides a road map for development in the year ahead.
KEYNOTE SESSION: NETFLIX
In this opening keynote session Michael Azzolino, Netflix’s VP of content for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Benelux and Turkey, and Łukasz Kłuskiewicz, the streamer’s director of film and content acquisitions in CEE, come together to focus on the long-term partnerships Netflix is building with creators in the region. They will also discuss the company’s richly varied slate of Polish original productions, with an array of new shows and films scheduled to launch this year.
CONTENT TRENDS: Current trends and future opportunities in CEE
Leading industry players discuss the international and local trends impacting the CEE content business and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next 12 months.
CONTENT STRATEGIES: Pan-regional commissioning focus
Executives from key international and pan-regional platforms discuss how they are investing in content across CEE and drill down into their content strategies and opportunities for partnership.
CEE SCREENING: Sony Pictures Entertainment
BY INVITATION ONLY
Sony Pictures Entertainment hosts the studio’s 2024 CEE Showcase at Content Warsaw, offering clients and buyers from across the region an exclusive mix of clips, sizzles, and full episode screenings of key titles from the studio’s slate.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hosts the studio’s 2024 CEE Showcase at Content Warsaw, offering clients and buyers from across the region an exclusive mix of clips, sizzles, and full episode screenings of key titles from the studio’s slate.
CEE100 cocktail
Content Warsaw hosts a cocktail to celebrate the executives profiled to date in the CEE100, which profiles the 100 leading executives from from channels, platforms and producers who are redefining the content business across Central and Eastern Europe.
Wednesday June 5
Registration open
Registration is open from 8am – 6pm
CEE SCREENING: Viaplay
Viaplay Content Distribution, Viaplay Group’s division for content sales, Viaplay Select and international SVOD channels, is hosting its 2024 CEE Showcase at Content Warsaw, with a diverse range of scripted and non-scripted shows rooted in true stories of the region.
CEE100 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: SkyShowtime chief content officer Kai Finke
SkyShowtime chief content officer, Kai Finke, shares his Central and Eastern European content strategy, including acquisitions, original commissions and coproductions with local partners.
CONTENT TRENDS: CEE production boom
Leading execs and producers discuss how scripted production is currently booming in CEE. Studios are full and expanding, new studios are setting up, strong tax incentives and crews are keeping local producers busy and bringing new producers into the market. Is CEE protected from the crisis and downturn facing the rest of the business or is the bubble about to burst? How are producers planning for the future?
C21 PITCH: Content Warsaw CoPro Pitch
The Content Warsaw Copro Pitch showcases some of the most exciting development scripted and unscripted projects from established producers within the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), looking for wider partnerships across the region or internationally.
The winning projects (one scripted and one unscripted), selected by an esteemed panel of judges, will receive a US$15,000 C21Media marketing prize to support development and pre-sales promotion of the show.
CEE SCREENING: United Media
United Media is set to host a screening of The Demon’s Fall.
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Bulgarian with English subtitles
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Bulgarian with English subtitles
COPRODUCTION: Inside the Baltics coproduction alliance
ERR’s Toomas Luhats and LRT’s Gytis Oganauskas discuss coproduction opportunities in the Baltics and outline a new coproduction alliance between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia’s public broadcasters and the first project to come out of the agreement.
CEE SCREENING: Disney
BY INVITATION ONLY
Disney will introduce a slate of US and European TV Series spanning a variety of sub-genres which are all available for second window after a period of exclusivity on Disney+.
Disney will introduce a slate of US and European TV Series spanning a variety of sub-genres which are all available for second window after a period of exclusivity on Disney+.
Meet the Pitch Finalist’s
Networking cocktail to announce the winner of the Content Warsaw pitch
Content Warsaw Party
Content Warsaw Party 9pm – Late
Thursday June 6
Registration open
Registration is open from 8am – 6pm
CEE SCREENING: LatAm Showcase
In this dedicated LatAm screenings block, Televisa, Caracoal and Globo will showcase some of their latest content to the CEE market.
KEYNOTE SESSION: Warner Bros. Discovery – XR technology and XR Studio
In this keynote session WBD executives Wiktor Przeorski and Łukasz Poniński will discuss how XR technology is shaping the future of content production, provide technical insights and guidance as to what this means for content creators and partners across the CEE region.
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: Maciej Gozdowski, GVP streaming, Warner Bros. Discovery
Maciej Gozdowski, group vice president, streaming at WBD takes to the stage in this keynote interview to present Max, WBD’s new global streaming platform. Gozdowski will discuss the launch of Max in Poland and outlines his streaming strategy and opportunities for partnership.
FUNDAMENTALS: New models for international distribution, coproduction and partnerships
Key distributors discuss the demand and opportunities for CEE content internationally and what lessons can be learned from other global exporting success stories, such as Turkish drama.
FROM DEVELOPMENT TO DELIVERY: 30 AI tools to supercharge your creativity and productivity
A rapid-fire overview and practical demonstrations of 30 user-friendly AI tools being deployed in the TV and online video industry, spanning the lifecycle of content from idea conception through to programme delivery and distribution. This fast-paced session will give you a practical insight into which AI tools to use, and how to use them. Nearly all of the tools selected for this session are suitable for absolute beginners and are relatively low-cost to use, plus there will be previews of some AI tools coming soon to the market. Demos will include: Text based AI chatbots, Project planners, Team productivity tools, Deck creation tools, Generative Image tools, Generative Video/Animation,Voice reproduction and voiceover, Automated transcription, Legal co-pilots, AI driven archive search, AI dubbing, Automated editing, Reversioning and social optimization tools.
English (UK)