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The Great Drama-Summit 2013

What’s the hottest TV-series at the moment has not only become a common household discussion but has sparked discourses on a new quality of fictional TV entertainment all over the world. Most people don’t only own the box-set of their favorite show, but tend to always have another great show to keep an eye on up their sleeves. Fictional storytelling on television has pointed out the borders feature film may sometimes be suffering from. Epic serial productions for TV are now taking their time to provide horizontal storytelling as well as meticulous and careful character development over longer periods of time. But big productions aren’t all big names and lots of talent – they also take a great amount of effort. What can be described as a “democratization of fictional storytelling” on the international stage is a long and ongoing process. And yet, now more than ever, many international producers and broadcasters dare to tackle bigger and more ambitious stories to provide top-notch fictional entertainment for viewers all over the world. This year’s Great Drama-Summit aims to figure out what it takes to produce quality fiction and will
try to answer the question how successful international co-productions develop. We will give an outlook on new ways of distribution for fiction, that have today become more important than ever and we are trying to find a way to apply these insights to the German media landscape.

Host

Scott Roxborough, German Bureau Chief, The Hollywood Reporter, Cologne

10:00 hrs • Welcome

10:15 -11:00 hrs • Kick-Off Lecture

What’s Hot. What’s Not. Fictional Entertainment Worldwide
Guy Meredith, Screenwriter and Story Consultant, London, UK

11:00 - 11:45 hrs • Keynote

Successful TV-Series Goes Film. New Roads for German Fiction
Ralf Husmann, Vice President, Executive Producer “Stromberg”, Brainpool TV GmbH, Cologne *

11:45 - 12:15 hrs • Coffee Break

12:15 - 13:00 hrs • Keynote

Nordish by Nature. Scandinavia and the Renaissance in Crime-Drama
Piv Bernth, Head of Drama, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Producer “The Killing”, Kopenhagen

13:00 - 14:00 hrs • Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:45 hrs • Keynote

Making a Killing. “Broadchurch” as Crime Feast
Richard Stokes, Producer “Broadchurch” Kudos Film and Television, London

14:45 - 15:30 hrs • Keynote

Recipes for Success. Producing for a Global Audience
Laurie Zaks, Executive Producer “Castle”, ABC, Los Angeles

15:30 - 16:00 hrs • Coffee Break

16:00 -17:00 hrs • Panel-Discussion

New Impulses for Fictional Storytelling. Strategies for German Broadcasters
Marcus Ammon, Vice President Film, Sky Deutschland, Unterföhring, Germany
Klaus Bassiner,
Programming Director, Servus TV, Wals bei Salzburg, Austria
Hansjörg Füting, Geschäftsführer, ndF – Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft, Munich, Germany
Prof. Gebhard Henke, Head of TV Movie, Feature Film & Series, WDR, Cologne, Germany
Daniel Hetzer, Managing Director, action concept Film- und Stuntproduktion GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Prof. Dr. Peter Nadermann, CEO, Nadcon, Munich/Cologne, Germany

When

08. May 2013
10:00 - 17:00 hrs

Where

Foyer Nord of MMC Film & TV Studios
Am Coloneum 1
50829 Cologne
Germany