SPOTLIGHT

PRODUCER TALK PRODUCER Andrea Occhipinti

The MioCinema platform provides a new way of streaming that does not cause arthouse cinemas to lose out on anything.

act and therefore I don’t like to imagine that cinemas will survive. I prefer to state that they will thrive, also thanks to the new conditions we have established. Cinemas must be places capable of offering great experiences with a wide variety of content that ranges in many directions.

How do you think that the role of platforms like Amazon, Warner or Disney will change in the future? Will they still invest in the big screen? AO The audiovisual industry is still not back to normal and everyone is trying to figure out the right solutions. All of the studios that started with a streaming service are fending off the likes of Amazon and Netflix by restructuring. Amazon bought MGM because it has a huge archive of titles that it wants to make use of, but I hope it will never stop believing in cinematic releases. Various distribution models can coexist and complement one another! And the business of cinemas is still very strong: While in the U.S., for example, TVOD (transactional video on demand, which allows users to buy single films instead of offering a subscription model, ed.) is very successful, this is not the case in Europe and the rest of the world, where earnings from cinemas are still significant. T#13

SPOTLIGHT Eva Lageder

EVA LAGEDER, 41, is currently seeking co-producers for a new documentary project produced by BAGARRE Film. Personal is about migrant women working in a South Tyrolean hotel and how they keep the tourism industry running, virtually unseen. “A lot of viewpoints are incorporated into this project through the diverse backgrounds of the all-female team, which really enriches the film,” Lageder explains. Lageder attended the ZeLIG documentary film school in Bolzano and started her career as a camera and sound operator, taking on other on-set roles as well. As an early member of the South Tyrol Film Association (FAS), she lobbied successfully for the creation of a film-funding entity in South Tyrol. In 2017, a new sphere opened up for Lageder: South Tyrolean director Ronny Trocker and his sister, director Carmen Trocker, were looking for support for their company BAGARRE Film. With them, she produced Ronny Trocker’s second feature Human Factors. After Covid-related obstacles and an online premiere at Sundance, the film was shown to audiences for the first time in an open-air theater at the Berlinale in June. “That feeling of actually being in the cinema is so very special,” Lageder enthuses.

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