Cross-Border-Conversation

Cross-Border Conversation: Creating and managing effective international co-productions and collaborations26 November 2025Watch the recording or read the transcript. Film and other creative projects often involve cross-border collaborations and partnerships. Working with international partners can lead to inspiring new thinking and working differently, as well as being driven by financial or contractual needs. What sort of […]

Cross-Border Conversation: Strategies for getting film & other content seen.How do get your screen stories in front of audiences? Wednesday 9 July 2025, 16:00-17:30 UTC  Watch the recording or read the transcript. There are many reasons for sharing your film or other content and many ways to do it. Your choices will be informed by whether

Cross-Border Conversation: AI in Audio Post-Production: Tools, Trends, and Ethical Creative Integration28 May 2025Watch the recording of this talk or read the transcript. How is AI changing the working landscape in audio post-production? How can AI support the creative process of composers and sound designers and where can it make repetitive tasks easier? What tools

Cross-Border Conversation: How do composers realise their final composition from temporary music used in the edit?Wednesday 9 April 2025Watch the recording or read the transcript Many scriptwriters and writer-directors work on screenplays with music in mind, and these ideas can find their way into the temporary score used in the editing process. How do directors

Cross-Border Conversation: Building strong sonic foundations at scriptwriting stageWednesday 26 March 2025Watch the recording or read the transcript We are used to film & TV being considered a visual art form, but the audience experience is equally about sound, from dialogue, to the imaginative aural landscapes that characters inhabit. How can screenwriters include sound notes or

Cross-Border Conversation: The process and creativity of dialogue editing4 February 2025Watch the recording or read the transcript. How does the dialogue editor prepare and execute their work for the best technical and creative results?What are their approaches to working with live-action location material or preparing pre-recorded voices for animated characters? How do they approach working with

Tuesday 19 November 2024 Watch the recording or read the transcript The speakers discussed how they maintain their creativity against other day-to-day commitments – how to spark it alongside a less creative paying job or through periods without work, or nurture it for their own projects despite the demands of a day job. How do

Tuesday 22 October 2024 Watch the recording or read the transcript. The speakers discussed the differences between the working practices for long-form and short-form, and how these vary in different countries. They also talked about the benefits of gaining experience in shorts versus starting a career in long-form film or TV; the differing attitudes towards

Thursday 26 September 2024Watch the recording or read the transcript. How do the roles of writer, director and producer work together? What is the best interplay for maximum effectiveness throughout the development, production and post-production stages? Who ultimately has editorial control? How can these roles best collaborate to maximise creative ambition against budget, location and other practical

Tuesday 16 July 2024Watch the recording or read the transcript. Making a Success of a Move to a New Country: How do you find yourself a role in a different country’s film & TV industry?You may have made the move for family reasons or been forced to relocate, or you may be a freelancer taking