Script Summit – The Program
@Tekstin Talo
Wed May 29th
9.30 – 10.00: Morning coffee and tea at Bar Typo (ground floor)
10.00 – 12.15: Conversation with Susan Soon He Stanton (sixth floor)
Screenwriter-showrunner Jemina Jokisalo talks about screenwriting with Succession writer-producer Susan Soon He Stanton.
12.15 – 13.15: Lunch break
Vegan buffet lunch at Bruket Café (free of charge)
13.15 – 13.30: Results of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s AI Survey (sixth floor)
Screenwriter Anton Breum goes through the results of the AI survey conducted across Nordic screenwriters guilds.
13.30 – 14.00: Where are we with AI right now? (sixth floor)
Screenwriter-showrunner Katri Manninen gives a brief overview on what every screenwriter should know about AI right now.
14.00 – 15.00: Case Study: Makta (Norway) (sixth floor)
Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO Liselott Forsman moderates Makta producer Vilje Hagen (Motlys) and executive producer Alec Thom’s (NRK) discussion on the process of creating the hit series Makta and what risks were involved in commissioning and making it.
15.00 – 15.30: Coffee and tea break at Bar Typo (ground floor)
15.30 – 16.30: How to commission a hit? (sixth floor)
Screenwriter Ninni Saajola moderates a discussion on the difficult art of commissioning “hit” content for different mediums and audiences with Executive Producer Alec Thom (NRK), Commissioner of Fiction Films Elina Pohjola (YLE), Executive Producer Sari Lempiäinen (Elisa Viihde) and Executive Producer Riikka Takila (YLE Nuoret).
16.30 – 17.30: Networking event at Bar Typo (ground floor)
Sparkling wine and the opportunity to network with colleagues.