MONDAY | DECEMBER 09^th 2024

• NEM Scriptwriting Workshop @ VERN' University of Applied Sciences

  09:00 - 17:00 - Emotional Storytelling… Won’t Be the Same Old Story

TUESDAY | DECEMBER 10^th 2024 - All events in Esplanade Zagreb Hotel

• Registration Desk @ Hotel Entrance

  09:00 - 20:00 - Participant registration and info point

• NEM Scriptwriting Workshop @ VERN' University of Applied Sciences

  09:00 - 13:00 - Emotional Storytelling… Won’t Be the Same Old Story

• NEM Awards | The Council of Europe Series Co-production Development Award Pitching @ Meeting Area

  10:00 -14:00 - Invitation only

• Future Projects from Croatia by HDNP & SPID @ NEM Lounge

  12:00 - 15:00 - Invitation only
  
  Moderator: Robert Knjaz, Croatian Television Presenter, Director and Actor, Sirovina i Sinovi

• Opening Ceremony @ Panel Room

  15:00 - 15:15 - Welcome speech by Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Minister of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
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  NEM Awards | Best Pre-Development Project Award Pitching @ Panel Room

  15:15 - 16:15 - Top 3 projects presented by the finalists from two categories:
  
  SCRIPTED SERIES
  
  Ivan Knežević, “Angela“
  
  Lana Sabljarić, “Mirabelle, Pickles & Oliver“
  
  Teodora Markova and Staņislavs Tokalovs, “The Last Divorce of Communism“
  
  ENTERTAINMENT FORMAT
  
  Darko Karanfilov, “Scratchcards“
  
  Đorđe Stanković, “The Right Question“
  
  Sean Patterson, “Around the World in New York“

• Panel | The Power of Casting in TV Formats @ Panel Room

  16:15 - 17:00 - Moderator: Maria Chiara Duranti, Founder & Chief Editor, Formatbiz
  
  Denis Karam, CEO, ProudCloud Productions
  
  Krisztina Gallo, Producer, 318 Productions
  
  Lee Hobbs, SVP of Discovery Networks and Creative Agency, EMEA, Warner Bros. Discovery 

• Panel | Success stories 'Volcano' & 'Reykjavik Fusion' - sponsored by Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia @ Panel Room

  17:00 - 17:30 - Moderator: Martina Petrović, Head of Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia
  
  Nebojša Taraba, Producer and Partner, Drugi plan
  
  Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson, Writer, Producer, Lawyer and CEO of ACT4
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  NEM Awards | Best Pre-Development Project Award Pitching @ Panel Room

  17:30 - 18:30 - Top 3 projects presented by the finalists from two categories:
  
  SCRIPTED FEATURE-LENGTH FILM
  
  Anastasia Pashkevich, “Unfettered“
  
  Andreas Relster, “Monsters of Art“
  
  Selena Stanković, “Mileva: Frau Einstein“
  
  DOCUMENTARY SERIES/FEATURE-LENGTH FILM
  
  Réka Pigniczky, “Concrete Jungle Dreams: The Human Impact of Housing Projects“
  
  Sanja Matovina Janski, “The Laundresses from Preko“
  
  Timea Huszár and Daniel Washington, “Underneath the Waves“

• Panel | Content That Pops: Which are Decisive Factors for Broadcasters? @ Panel Room

  18:30 - 19:15 - Moderator: Julian Clover, Editor, Broadband TV News
  
  Zane Valeniece, Head of Acquisitions, Latvian Television
  
  Branko Čakarmiš, Strategic Adviser, POP TV
  
  Katarina Pavlović, Program Director, Prva TV and B92
  
  Kerrie McEvoy, Head of Factual Channel DNETS EMEA & Scripted Acquisitions (CEE), Warner Bros. Discovery

• Co-Production Gathering @ NEM Lounge

  19:30 - 21:30 - Networking

WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 11^th 2024 - All events in Esplanade Zagreb Hotel

• Registration Desk @ Hotel Entrance

  08:00 - 20:00 - Participant registration and info point

• Coffee Break @ NEM Lounge

  08:30 - 09:30 - Networking

• Script Surgery for Top 3 in Best Pre-Development Project Award @ Board room

  09:00 - 17:00 - Private event
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  Panel | Alliances: Join Forces for a Stronger Future @ Panel Room

  09:15 - 10:15 - Moderator: Yako Molhov, VP and Founding Partner at CEETV, TVBIZZ
  
  Rahela Štefanović, Editor in Chief, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)
  
  Natalija Gorščak, President of the Management Board, RTV Slovenia
  
  Bartosz Witak General Manager, SVP of CEE, MENA and Turkey, BBC Studios
  
  Lenka Szántó, Creative Producer, TV Nova/VOYO, Czech Republic 

• The Council of Europe Series Co-production Development Award Presentation @ Panel Room

  10:15 - 11:05 - Selected 5 projects
  
  Antitalent, “Jinx”
  
  Arcadia Media, “Letters to Leonard”
  
  Harald House, Born Wild & Locomotive, “Brux”
  
  Visual Walkabout & Wunderlust, “And Then We Took Berlin”
  
  Nira Pro, “List of Small Things”

• Panel | Public Service Media: A Fight Worth Fighting For @ Panel Room

  11:05 - 12:05 - Moderator: Jonathan Broughton, Head of Research, PlumResearch
  
  Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Minister of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
  
  Natalija Gorščak, President of the Management Board, RTV Slovenia
  
  Robert Šveb, General Director, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)
  
  Noel Curran, Director General, EBU

• Content Showcase | Best from Heart of Europe @ Panel Room

  12:05 - 12:45 - Selected projects:
  
  Yuriy Dvizhon, Director and Anastasiia Alieksieieva, Producer, "Step Into the Comfort Zone"
  
  András Kocsányi, Director and Éva Török, Producer, Screenwriter, "Sine Morbo"
  
  Jevgeni Supin, Producer, "Girl From Tallinn"
  
  Jean-Nicolas Gilles-Hopfer, Creative Co-Producer and Marta Hopfer, Producer and Screenwriter, "Good Enough"
  
  Sergiu Scobioala, Producer, "The Prince"

• Panel | The Secrets of Music in Films and TV series: Why We Cry, Cheer, and Remember @ Panel Room

  12:45 - 13:30 - Moderator: Vassilis Economou, Public Relations & Senior Writer, Cineuropa.org
  
  Dariusz Jablonski, Founder, CEO, Producer, Director, Apple Film Production
  
  Frank Spotnitz, CEO, Executive Producer, Big Light Productions
  
  John Altman, Film Composer, Music Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor and Saxophonist
  
  Filip Bobiňski, Producer, Show-runner, CEO Dramedy Productions
  
  Nicholas Hooper, Film composer, Founder of Wordandnote
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  Best Pre-Development Project Award Gathering & Brunch @ Meeting Area

  13:30 - 15:00 - Invitation only

• Panel | State of Play in the CEE vs. High-Production Countries @ Panel Room

  15:00 - 15:45 - Moderator: Maria Rua Aguete, Executive Director, Technology Fellow, Omdia
  
  Steve Matthews, Content Executive, Banijay
  
  Marc B. Lorber, Executive Producer, The Art of Coproduction
  
  Marina Williams, Co Founding Partner, Asacha Media Group
  
  Karolina Socha - Kalinowska, Head of International Relations, Telewizja Polska

• Content Showcase | "When Will You Marry" @ Panel Room

  15:45 - 15:55 - Presented by Andriy Nogin, CEO and General Producer, United Content HUB

• Content Showcase | Best from Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, Serial Killer and Riga IFF @ Panel Room

  15:55 - 16:25 - Selected projects:
  
  Pablo Barrera, Director and Begoña Herrero Bernal, Production Assistant, "Destape"
  
  Teodora Markova, Screenwriter and Martichka Bozhilova, Producer, "Gold War"
  
  Stjepan Klein, Showrunner and Greta Akcijonaitė, Development Producer, "Cold"

• Keynote Q&A | The European Producers Club @ Panel Room

  16:25 - 16:55 - Moderator: Sanja Božić-Ljubičić CEO, Pickbox, Mediatranslations, Mediavision and NEM
  
  Dariusz Jablonski, Founder, CEO, Producer, Director, Apple Film Production

• Panel | From Concept to Capital @ Panel Room

  16:55 - 17:40 - Moderator: Jonathan Broughton, Head of Research, PlumResearch
  
  Anna Rohde, International Creative Executive, Beta Film
  
  Alex Traila, Programme Manager, Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions, Council of Europe
  
  Danna Stern, Global Content Executive
  
  Emmanuel Eckert, Deputy Acquisitions Director, Mediawan
  
  Tibor Forizs, International Sales Manager, National Film Institute Hungary
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  Welcome Drink by ERT @ Emerald Ballroom

  20:00 - 20:30 - Networking
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  Christmas Party by Mediavision @ Emerald Ballroom

  20:30 - 00:00 - Networking

• NEM Awards Ceremony @ Emerald Ballroom

  20:30 - 21:00 - Top projects awarded from six categories

THURSDAY | DECEMBER 12^th 2024 - All events in Esplanade Zagreb Hotel

• Registration Desk @ Hotel Entrance

  09:00 - 13:00 - Participant registration and info point

• Script Surgery for Top 3 in Best Pre-Development Project Award @ Board Room

  09:00 - 17:00 - Private event

• Coffee Break @ NEM Lounge

  09:00 - 10:00 - Networking

• Introduction | Presentation - EU Showrunner Programme - sponsored by Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia @ Panel Room

  9:45 - 10:00 - Presented by Martina Petrović, Head of Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia
  
  Carolin Große Hellmann, Head of Serial Storytelling / European Showrunner Programme at ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln

• Workshop | European Showrunner Think Tank - sponsored by Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Croatia @ Panel Room

  10:00 - 11:00 - Moderator: Daria Stilin, Screenwriter and Director
  
  Teodora Markova (“Soviet Jeans”)
  
  Teresa Fernandez-Valdés ("Grand Hotel", "Velvet", "The Cable Girls", "The Cocaine Coast")
  
  Marie Roussin (“Mixte”, “Lupin”, “Borgia”, “Les Bracelets Rouges”)

• MasterClass by John Altman @ Panel Room

  11:00 - 12:15 - Presented by John Altman, Film Composer, Music Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor and Saxophonist

• MasterClass by Larry Bass @ Panel Room

  12:15 - 13:30 - Presented by Larry Bass, Founder & CEO, ShinAwiL