Virtual reality, the emergence of new global majors, diversity and the future of independent cinemas are some topics in focus in the Nostradamus Screen Visions report, released today at the Nordic Film Market.
The aim of the Nostradamus project, launched by Göteborg Film Festival and Lindholmen Science Park in 2014, is to deliver fact-based predictions about the film industry's very near future. The report is based on interviews with key industry players and discussed by an expert panel at the annual seminar.
This year's report interviewees are Carsten Andreasen, Head of Market Insights for Northern Europe, Google/YouTube; Julie Bergeron, Head of Industry Programs, Marché du Film in Cannes; Stefan Borgquist, Head of TV, TeliaSonera Sverige; Liselott Forsman, Executive Producer International Drama, YLE, and Head of European Fiction, EBU; Peter Gerard, Director of VOD, VIMEO; Tine Klint, CEO, LevelK ApS Film Sales and Matthijs Wouter Knol, Director, European Film Market.
Nostradamus is run by Johanna Koljonen, Swedish journalist and writer of the report, and Cia Edström, Head of Industry and Nordic Film Market at Göteborg Film Festival.
Johanna Koljonen:
– This year’s Nostradamus report brings a lot of good news. The industry has a few rocky years ahead, but in many ways there is actually less reason to worry than just a year ago. There will be great films of high quality, there will be a strong cinema culture, there will be an audience. We will also see an increase in diversity on and off screen. And there are new directions like VR, whose impact will be extremely interesting to follow in the next few years to come.
The report can be downloaded here.
The seminar will be made available to watch on the Nostradamus website: www.nostradamusproject.org.