OPER IM STEINBRUCH 2022 NABUCCO - GIUSEPPE VERDI © JERZY BIŃ
SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE: IL TABARRO AUS TRITTICO - GIACOMO PUCCINI
ASMIK GRIGORIAN ALS GEORGETTA, ROMAN BURDENKO ALS MICHELE © ORF ROMAN ZACH-KIESLING
The last two years have taught us many things, but no lesson was more vital than the importance of a healthy, active network!
Fortunately, 2022 saw our members getting involved in numerous ways, making connections both online and in person! We saw an excellent turnout during our board election for the 2023-25 term, with quite a few new faces awaiting confi rmation in February! I am both honoured and humbled by the many members who will volunteer their time and expertise over the next three years!
We drew inspiration from numerous sources across all sectors, discussing Web 3.0’s potential at Karajan Music Tech, joining the new European transmedial work group CCI Thrive and contributing to events like Classical:NEXT, ICMA and the iEmmys. Golden Prague ITV saw an insightful panel on sustainability and classical music TV, as well as a great awards gala where we bestowed the EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement Award to soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan.
Next Stage! We also contributed a panel to Sunny Side of the Doc, and our IMZ Round Table discussion format once again proved an eff ective sounding board, allowing any member to weigh in– and even suggest new topics for future editions!
As a network, we rose to the challenge of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, with many Members organizing charity events, signing open letters and sourcing funds for artists from the region. We also arranged a new dancescreen, held for the second time alongside our member, Cinedans in Amsterdam. While it’s always a pleasure to promote dance fi lms, it is a special privilege to do so within the IMZ, with many Members contributing to the festival’s program – and its success!
CONTENT
IMZ Profi le 4
IMZ Membership Benefi ts 5
IMZ Representatives 6
IMZ Activities Market Access + Network 9
Innovation + New Business Models 19
Audience Development 25
Professionalisation 29
Event Preview 2023 33
IMZ Member Organisations 35 IMZ Partners 42
European collaboration saw new heights: Our cooperation with the FEDORA Platform’s Digital Prize continued and we launched a new IMZ Academy in partnership with FEDORA
Finally, I’d like to thank all of our Members and partners on the national and European level for their support – it’s thanks to you that the IMZ is more relevant than ever! And if you’re new to the network, welcome! Growth is critical to ensuring diversity of opinion and enabling holistic, cross-sectoral solutions – we look forward to your perspective and contributions! Either way, we hope you enjoy reading about this successful year – here’s to many more! Warm
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Based in Vienna, the IMZ International Music + Media Centre was founded under the aegis of UNESCO in 1961 to preserve the performing arts as a cultural asset. Our mission is to promote performing arts in and through audiovisual media, thereby exciting and engaging audiences for music + dance. Our activities are based around these four pillars:
As an international business network with more than 150 member organisations, we connect creators in the performing arts – the world’s renowned stages, dance companies, operas and concert houses – with the audiovisual sector: film + TV production, distribution, public + private broadcasting and streaming + VOD platforms. Regular industry gatherings and B2B events not only enhance the quality + reach of our network but also serve as a marketplace for music + dance films.
To ensure a sustainable future for this specialised industry, the IMZ spearheads numerous learning + development opportunities. By disseminating information on current trends, providing crucial resources, encouraging knowledge transfer of industry-specific skills, nurturing new talent and offering pitching opportunities, the IMZ acts as a strong interest group for the sector.
The dissemination of cultural content through audiovisual media offers enormous potential for reaching new audiences. To build on this, the IMZ curates and compiles Music Film Festivals worldwide, as their convivial atmosphere and free admission lower thresholds for attendance. Audience development is therefore a crucial part of the IMZ’s mission.
Innovation and development are deeply embedded in all of the IMZ’s activities. Besides showcasing pioneering technologies and initiating work groups on new approaches + solutions for our specialised industry, we’ve also created Content.Agent, a search engine + digital B2B platform that creates a single global marketplace for film license trading. The IMZ + its members are thereby advancing our own IMZ Standards on Metadata + Copyright for the film industry.
The IMZ is the largest global platform for the cultural fi lm + TV industry, a proactive and versatile network of more than 150 member companies and organisations in 30 countries. An industry hub and primary source of information, we provide customised business opportunities for anyone active at the intersection of the performing arts + media: leading fi lm production and distribution companies, public + private broadcasters, VOD + streaming platforms, opera houses, orchestras, concert halls, record labels, programme editors, dance companies and artists.
The IMZ is your shortcut to crucial information, valuable business opportunities and promising matchmaking in the cultural fi lm industry.
+ Gain a foothold in the international market
+ Promote your business globally
+ Take advantage of exclusive presentation + exposure opportunities
+ Meet potential coproduction partners or fi nanciers
+ Gain access to people and companies that can positively impact your business
+ Enjoy valuable resources + expert advice
+ Stay on the forefront of current developments in the cultural fi lm industry
+ Spread your news through the vast IMZ Network
+ Expand your professional network on a global scale
+ Join in developing the IMZ Standards, common industry formats created with and for our members
+ Purchase state-of-the-art content
+ Present your own productions to an international audience
+ See what’s cutting-edge in the international cultural fi lm business
+ Meet industry representatives, organise coproductions or pool resources
+ Draw inspiration from creative new ideas and innovative concepts
+ Purchase state-of-the-art programmes for your portfolio
+ Boost your business on a global scale
+ Save time and money by meeting major decision makers in one place
+ Gain customised exposure for your productions on an international scale
+ Stay up-to-date with current developments within the industry
+ Showcase your fi lms to major international buyers
+ Meet industry representatives to negotiate coproductions or sharing resources
+ Save on fees for promoting your productions at international fi lm festivals
+ Meet decision makers and experts and get useful advice
+ Receive guidance on how to expand your business, avoiding expensive mistakes
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Full Membership €3,150 p.a. Applies to TV stations, public and private broadcasters, VOD and streaming platforms, fi lm production and distribution companies, publishers, opera houses, orchestras, record companies or educational institutions.
Affiliate Membership €1,575 p.a. Applies to smaller production companies with a maximum annual output of two productions.
Associate Membership €780 p.a. Applies to academic institutions and museums.
Individual Membership €430 p.a. Applies to individuals like musicians, dancers, artists and choreographers.
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ADCE – Art Directors Club of Europe
AEC – Association Européene des
Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et
Musikhochschulen
ALF – Anna Lindh Foundation
AMATEO – European Network for Active Participation in Cultural Activities
CAE – Culture Action Europe
Ars Electronica Center
Circostrada – European Network for Circus Arts and Street Arts
Content Innovation Council (CIC)
creativeSHIFT
EBU – European Broadcasting Union
ECA-EC – European Choral Association – Europe Cantat
ECHO – European Concert Hall Organisation
ECSA – European Composer and Songwriter Alliance
EDN – European Dancehouse Network
EFA – European Festivals Association
EJN – Europe Jazz Network
EMC – European Music Council
ENCATC – The European Network on Cultural Management and Policy
ENCC – European Network of Cultural Centres
ETC – European Theatre Convention
EUNIC – EU National Institutes for Culture Europa Nostra
EUROZINE – Network of European Cultural Journals
FEDORA Platform
FEST Federation for European Storytelling
IETM – International Network for
Contemporary Performing Arts
IMC – International Music Council
JMI – Jeunesses Musicales International
Live DMA – European Network for Music Venues and Festivals
MICA – Music Austria
ÖMR - Österreichischer Musikrat
REMA – Réseau Européen de Musique
Ancienne – European Early Music Network
TEH – TRANS Europe Halles
The IMZ is a tireless champion for both our specialised industry and music in general.But no single organisation is large enough to meet the challenges facing the arts today. We are therefore heavily integrated in both European and international cross-sectoral initiatives whose goals align with ours like CCI Thrive, Cinnovate, Content.Agent and the European Network, and work closely with transnational networks on innovative approaches to challenges like sustainability, digitalisation, streaming, interactivity, copyright and metadata, among many other things.
Our thanks go out to the European Union for doing so much to promote innovation and cultural heritage among its members – and to Creative Europe Media in particular, who supports us in each of their three strands: Culture, Media and Cross-sectoral.
Also, we acknowledge the hard work coming from the numerous initiatives like Spot On MozART, European Agenda for Music, Creative Pact for Skills und Music Moves Europe we’re involved in, as well as the expansive ecosystem of cultural organisations worldwide committed to excellence, creativity and international collaboration. These include (but are by no means limited to): Advantage Austria, the Anna Lindh Foundation, Ars Electronica, BMKOES, ComposerAlliance, Creative Shift, Culture Action Europe, EBU, ECHO, ECSA, EFA European Festival Association, EFM, EMC, European Choral Association, Eurozine, FEDORA, ICMA, IMC, Impala, ISCC, MICA, NEMO, Opera Europa, Stadt Wien Kultur and countless others.
Once again, thank you! Without you, the road we travel would be far more arduous!
14-17 FEBRUARY 2022 online
www.avant-premiere.net #APMMMB
Thierry Baujard, Media Deals / French Tech Berlin (DE)
Wolfgang Bergmann, ARTE (DE)
Michael Bladerer, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (AT)
Nathaniel Brendel, International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (USA)
Antoine Cayrol, AtlasV (FR)
André Comploi, Teatro alla Scala (IT)
Miranda Harmer, Student Network of the Association of European Conservatoires (UK)
Philipp Hoffmann, Rushlake Media GmbH (DE)
Margarete Jahrmann, University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT)
John Kieser, IDAGIO (DE)
Ulrike Köstinger, Operabase (DK)
Claudia Lara Kraus, KlimAktiv (DE)
Reanne Leuning, Advantage Austria (AT)
Amanda D. Lotz, Queensland University of Technology (AUS)
Stéphane Malagnac, PiXii Festival (FR)
Pedro Martinez Maestre, Vialma (FR)
Jure Matičič, KD Franca Bernika Domžale / Mestni kino Domžale (SI)
Kay Meseberg, ARTE (DE)
Daniel Moshel, Moshel Film (DE)
Matthias Naske, Wiener Konzerthaus (AT)
Franz Patay, VBW International (AT)
Jean-Jacques Peretti, Sunny Side of the Doc (FR)
Jan Runge, Rushlake Media (DE)
Peter Schöber, ORF III (AT)
Daniel Serafin, Oper im Steinbruch (AT)
August Schram, Moshel Film (AT)
Stephan Steglich, Fraunhofer (DE)
Simone Wohinz, Vienna State Ballet (AT)
Our flagship event, Avant Première, is the most important trade fair for cultural TV content + performing arts in audiovisual media, combining marketplace, conference, exhibition and networking event. 2022 saw it held online for the second time, with our programme streaming live from the Advantage Austria Headquarters in Vienna from 14-17 February. With 320 participants hailing from 37 countries, it proved even more popular than the previous edition, bringing distributors, broadcasters, streaming platforms, producers and artists together for four days that defined the state of the industry.
As always, the Avant Première Screenings were the centrepiece, offering the chance to see the latest music + dance content – before it premieres! Over 70 organisations showed 580 films, with well over 1,000 views driving business and enabling numerous productions to make it to market and shaping the face of cultural media for the next year.
Our programme focused on the burning issues surrounding our industry, with a special Innovation Day covering the potential – and pitfalls – of new technology. 480 viewers tuned in as six institutions – KlimAktiv, AtlasV, Fraunhofer FOKUS, the Austrian Ministry of Arts + Culture, French Tech Berlin and our very own Content.Agent joined speakers Prof. Amanda D. Lotz and Miranda Harmer to tackle subjects like streaming, sustainable media, virtual reality, going viral, avant-garde digital arts, content innovation and film license trading. In addition, we also hosted Special Presentations on the EU project Cinnovate, a special Europe-wide concert to commemorate ARTE’s 30th anni-
versary and the documentary miniseries “Masters of the Vocalverse” about vocal coach Neil Semer and his students.
Like the previous year, we extended meetings into the digital realm, allowing easy connections thanks to its online participants list, matchmaking function and personalised agenda – even remotely or on the go. It proved highly effective, allowing for over 1,200 virtual meetings as well as 15 online exhibitors and the full screening programme, all accessible in one place. Our One-on-One Expert sessions were also as popular as ever, with 28 industry professionals offering guidance over 78 individual meetings – either in the category “Meet the Buyers,” or “Meet the Cross-sector Experts.” Networking opportunities were additionally supplemented with mentoring sessions and virtual mingling between programme points.
Last but not least, we were delighted to host a very special presentation on 14 February, celebrating St. Valentine’s Day with an industry dialogue over the positive aspects of the last two years. Featuring pianist Andreas Fröschl and mezzo-soprano Sofia Vinnik as musical guests, representatives from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft, VBW International and the Vienna State Ballet weighed in on mastering recent challenges and the things that truly matter: love, music + passion.
Thank you to our many partners, experts, participants and everyone who made this year’s Avant Première a resounding success! We’ll see you in Berlin next time!
Our triennial dance fi lm competition dancescreen demonstrated the state of the art for dance fi lm once again, attracting legions of enthusiastic viewers to the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with a fourday spectacle and reaching even more online!
Held for the second time in cooperation with IMZ Member Cinedans after a successful cooperation in 2010, the festival featured an amazing schedule packed with screenings, panels and special events; special programmes like Ballet Unleashed; Black Dance Matters and Focus: Taiwan; and – of course –networking opportunities galore for the many industry representatives in attendance. The IMZ was especially pleased to see so many of our Members in person again – both at our board + directorate meeting and during the festival! As a special treat, living ballet legend Hans van Manen attended personally just a few weeks before his 90th birthday, and even fi elded questions following the world premiere of the documentary “Hans van Manen – Just Dance the Steps.”
The screening schedule boasted an astounding 171 fi lms from 79 countries selected from 650 submissions, with many entries from IMZ Members. 40 of them competed for the three jury prizes, with an additional three audience awards reserved for deserving fi lms who won over the crowd.
Competition was tight, with the jury settling on “Dive” by the Scottish Ballet (Best Dance Short); “Memory Loss Inside” by Ann van den Broek (Best Performance Relay & Camera Work); and “STOMPEN” by Thomas Bos (En-
couragement Award); the audience awards went to “Why We Fight?” by Mirjam Devriendt & Alain Platel (Best Documentary); “Mother Melancholia” by Samatha Shay (Best Dance Short) and “POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut” by IMZ Member the Hofesch Shechter Company (Best Live Performance Relay + Camera Rework). Congratulations to the deserving winners!
This year’s trophies were designed by Dutch artist and Vienna resident Martijn Straatman, who crafted sweeping metal arches patterned after a dancer‘s movement, framing stained glass that changes with the light. A fi tting tribute to the creators, choreographers and dancers working at the very forefront of the performing arts!
The IMZ was pleased to bring this momentous event to life with Cinedans, additionally contributing a panel with the EBU – European Broadcast Union on the future of dance on TV, as well as some well-attended One-On-One Expert Meetings and a Pitching Session held alongside Cinedans and NOWNESS, where “Breaking Language” by Sofía Castro emerged as the winner of €1,000 in prize money!
We’d like to thank Cinedans director Martine Dekker and her fantastic team for being such a gracious partner, and the amazing audience that attended; it’s reassuring to see the dance fi lm sector alive and well!
22-26 JUNE 2022
Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.dancescreen.com www.cinedans.nl
Dive
“Best Dance Short” - Oscar Samson, Scottish Ballet
Memory Loss Inside
“Best Performance Relay & Camera Rework” - Ann van den Broek
STOMPEN
“Encouragement Award” - Thomas Bos
Why we fight?
“Audience Award Best Documentary” Mirjam Devriendt + Alain Platel
Mother Melancholia
“Audience Award Best Dance Short” Samantha Shay
Hofesh Shechter’s POLITICAL
MOTHER: The Final Cut
“Audience Award Best Live Performance Relay + Camera Rework”
Hofesh Shechter
Arild Erikstad, IMZ President, NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NO)
Gabri Christa, Choreographer, Filmmaker + Curator (NL)
Loránd János, Director of Choreoscope - Barcelona Dance Film Festival (ESP)
Erwin Stürzer, Naxos Audiovisual Division (DE)
Helen Westerik, Film Historian + Teacher (NL)
Arild Erikstad, IMZ President, NRK (NO)
Thomas Freundlich, Lumikinos Productions (FI)
Daniel Gorjão, RTP2 (PT)
Stephen James-Yeoman, BBC Arts and Classical Music (UK)
Guro Nagelhus Schia, Nagelhus Schia Productions (NO)
Marc Wagenbach, Tanzrauschen (DE)
A major international marketplace for documentaries and narrative experiences, Sunny Side of the Doc in picturesque La Rochelle, France, draws thousands of industry insiders annually, enabling numerous projects to tell amazing stories by facilitating coproductions and cofi nancing. The IMZ joined up again for their 33rd edition this year, prominently placed amid 2,000 participants from 67 different countries and 1,100 accredited companies in a centrally-located stand alongside Content.Agent, promoting our network and representing the performing arts in fi lm!
In addition, we also contributed a panel discussion on arts + culture streaming and sponsored a special prize for the arts + culture pitches – for the fi fth time running! This year, the IMZ award went to Celtic Utopia, a mu-
sic documentary directed by Dennis Harvey + Lars Lovén and produced by MDEMC: Currently in development, it’s an exploration of contemporary Irish identity via the local musicians who seek to reshape their culture. The production team won three tickets to next year’s Avant Première Music + Media Market in Berlin – we look forward to seeing them there!
As always, the IMZ was happy to represent its members and industry, encouraging new partnerships and collaborations, expanding potential markets, and – above all – supporting documentary fi lmmaking. We can’t wait for the IMZ x Sunny Side of the Doc Pitching Sessions at Avant Première 2023 and look forward to returning to La Rochelle next year!
SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC / PIXII FESTIVAL + IMZ PITCHING SESSIONS
14 February 2022, online www.avant-premiere.net
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNING PITCHES
This is not a Kanga
Wonder Maria / Bruno Cabral (PRT) “Performing Arts Documentary”
Alternates (Bergantian)
CinemaLeap Inc. / Lynn Song (CHN) “Digital Creation”
PITCHING SESSION AT SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC 20-23 June 2022
La Rochelle www.sunnysideofthedoc.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER:
Celtic Utopia
MDEMC + Plainsong Films (SWE)
EXPERTS PANEL DISCUSSION “ARTS + CULTURE STREAMING”
Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, ORF Enterprise (AT)
Isabelle Pasquesoone, QWEST TV (FR) Ulrike Köstinger, Operabase + CueTV (DK)
Miika Maunula, YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (FI)
Kay Meseberg, ARTE (DE)
The Kaiser of Atlantis
Sebastián Alfie, Sintonía Media, Rosinante, Czech TV, De Productie
Vivaldi’s (uncertain) Four Seasons ARMIDA FILM GMBH
Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness Inbornmedia, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP), Play Button Media
Yenakis: Revolution, Builder of Sound Cinetévé
Alice François Roussillon et Associés
La Bohème
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Hosted by Czech Television and still going strong after 59 editions, Golden Prague ITF is a beloved showcase of the cultural television industry; as in previous years, the IMZ Network maintained a strong presence in 2022! Our outgoing board welcomed the IMZ Board Elect for 2023-25 for an inaugural meeting, while also selecting a new Directorate – to be confirmed alongside the new Board at our General Assembly in February 2023. Later that day, the FEDORA Platform presented the 12 nominees for its Prizes Biennale: We wish them the best of luck in February, when the winners are announced in Paris! Our joint panel with the EBU European Broadcasting Union was another high point, featuring experts from the EBU, London Symphony Orchestra, KlimAktiv, NRK, RTP and SVT exploring “Sustainability + Classical Music TV”. But the main attraction was the Gold-
en Prague Festival Awards, where IMZ Members ARTE, ARTE France, Czech TV, France Télévisions, François Roussillon et Associés, medici.tv, RAI and ZDF were honoured with the Czech Crystal! The IMZ was also part of the ceremony, joining the EBU to present celebrated soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan with the 2022 EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement Award! A champion of contemporary music and supporter of new talent, she is a worthy addition to previous recipients Brian Large, Bruno Monsaingeon, Anca-Monica Pandelea + Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim, Christopher Nupen and Peter Sellars!
Once again, a highly productive Golden Prague! A big Thank You to Czech Television, EBU, FEDORA and all the experts who sat on our panel – here’s to next year’s 60th Edition!
After 33 jurors spent an intense day selecting the best works in the categories “Arts Programming” and “Best Performance by an Actor,” the Vienna section of the 50th International Emmys Semi-Final Round of Judging came to a spectacular end on 12 September with a fantastic Cocktail Prolongé!
A great show of solidarity and unity within the audiovisual sector, numerous luminaries from Europe’s television industry were in attendance, with the picturesque Palais Schönburg and its extensive gardens off ering a fi tting backdrop for this prestigious evening of celebrating the very best in television programming worldwide.
The winners were eventually crowned at the annual International Emmy gala in New York
on 21 November, with many IMZ Members nominated and ABC Australia, BBC, France Télévisions, NRK and SVT involved in winning productions!
The IMZ has helped bring the International Emmys to Vienna since 2002; we would like to thank ORF-Enterprise for being a great partner for the last eight years and epo-fi lm for joining us this year!
12 SEPTEMBER 2022 VIENNA,
INTERNATIONAL EMMY®
AWARD CEREMONY 21 November 2022
New York City, USA www.iemmys.tv
Ernst Buchrucker, Unitel (DE)
Daniel Celarec, RTV Slovenija (SLO)
Ditte Feuk, SVT Swedish Television (SE)
Barbara Fränzen, Austrian Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport (AT)
Frank Gerdes, ServusTV (AT)
Katharina Jeschke, IMZ (AT)
Elmar Kruse, C Major Entertainment (DE)
Sandrine Laffont, EuroArts Music International GmbH (DE)
Stephan Mathieu, Kobalt Productions (DE)
Tomas Motl, Czech Television (CZ)
Jan Schmidt-Garre, PARS Media (DE)
Nayo Titzin, Master of Art Film Festival (BG)
ICMA INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD 21 April 2022 Luxembourg , Luxembourg www.icma-info.com
As a major international performing arts and media network for over 60 years, the IMZ and its Members frequently serve on the juries of festivals and international competitions, or provide insight during conferences and panel discussions.
and Juliet” by Sky Arts – congratulations!
CLASSICAL:NEXT
17-20 May 2022 Hanover, Germany www.classicalnext.com
The IMZ is a longtime partner of the ICMA International Classical Music Awards, providing nominees and contributing to the judging process. This year, many IMZ Members were among those nominated, with Accentus Music, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images and the Berliner Philharmoniker among the elated winners! The IMZ would like to congratulate everyone involved!
VENICE TV AWARD
28 September 2022
Venice, Italy www.venicetvaward.com
Our network was well represented at this major trade fair for classical + art music: We shared a stand with Advantage Austria and Switzerland and held a reception with the same, and also received productive feedback during our panel discussion on “Austrian fi elds of innovation” alongside Content.Agent! We would like to extend our thanks to our gregarious partners, and the many visitors who stopped by!
Since 2018, the Venice TV Awards have celebrated the best in broadcasting, with the IMZ part of the jury for the Performing Arts category. We were very pleased to see numerous productions by our members among the nominees this year, including entries by ORF, Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, Unitel, NHK, Wiener Staatsoper and the BBC, with the win going to the National Theatre’s production of “Romeo
It is the IMZ’s mission to promote peaceful cultural dialogue globally. We therefore stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all people aff ected by this war. As an open international network, the IMZ is deeply involved in European-level collaborations, supporting our colleagues with resources and helping them grow their international networks to show Ukrainian cultural productions to the world. We also continue to spread the word on the many charitable campaigns, open letters and benefi t concerts organised by our members through a dedicated website, our newsletter and other communication channels: We ask all IMZ Members to share their initiatives + collaborations defending peace + freedom.
GET INVOLVED www.imz.at/imz-online-services www.contentagent.net
THE IMZ ACADEMY SESSION “CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN A DECENTRALISED + DEMOCRATISED ONLINE WORLD 8 April 2022
Karajan Music Tech Conference, online
CLASSICAL:NEXT 19 May 2022
Hanover, Germany
The IMZ International Music + Media Centre Online Services actively encourage innovation by crafting new tools for the benefit of performing arts films, and ultimately, the film and audio industry as a whole. Our mission led us to create Content.Agent, the search engine + film license trading marketplace, as well as the IMZ Standards.
Featuring input from over 140 companies, Content.Agent is a single, unified platform that allows buyers, sellers and distributors to find, negotiate, trade and acquire film licences worldwide. With a powerful search engine and tools for promotion and catalogue placement, Content.Agent uses the IMZ Metadata Standard to categorize content, the ISCC ID - a unique film content identifier – and the European license ledger to ensure transpar-
ent and clear copyright situations, as well as secure digital negotiation rooms and a pitching, coproduction and financing platform. 2022 saw momentous changes as Content. Agent was spun off: staffers Christian von der Recke and Frank Schulleri switched over, bridging the gap between the non-profit IMZ and our new LLC. New technological partners were brought on, while funding was secured by receiving a three-year grant from Creative Europe Media. Content.Agent is now well-positioned to realise its vision for a sustainable media marketplace.
Built by our members, for our members, the IMZ is thrilled at the progress of Content. Agent and encourages our entire industry to join us as we move toward into the future –your commitment is key to our success!
BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (DE)
Ars Electronica (AT)
BetaSeries (FR)
Centrica (IT)
IMZ International Music + Media Centre (AT)
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (NL)
SpielFabrique (DE)
CCI THRIVE FIRST CONSORTIUM MEETING
28-29 September 2022 Vienna, Austria
Christine Sauter, BGZ (DE)
Martina Hilmer, BGZ (DE)
Pablo Bes Alonso, Ars Electronica (AT)
Vanessa Hannesschläger, Ars Electronica (AT)
Maxime Valette, BetaSeries
Marco Capellini, Centrica (IT)
Christian von der Recke, Content.Agent (AT)
Katharina Jeschke, IMZ + Content.Agent (AT)
Thierry Boujard, IMZ (AT)
Max Güntert, IMZ (AT)
Michael Witte, Fraunhofer (DE)
Rasa Bočytė, Netherlands Insitute for Sound & Vision (NL)
Benoit Bissery, SpielFabrique (DE)
Odile Limpach, Spielfabrique (DE)
What do data have to do with creativity and culture? A lot, as it turns out: The successor project to Digital Cross Over (2019-2021), CCI Thrive explores technology as a means to increase competitiveness within the creative and cultural sectors, inspiring new business models while boosting revenue + granting insight into audience preferences. In addition, CCI Thrive furthermore accommodates vital aspects of cultural creation such as content, green transition, ethical and cultural values.
Always intrigued by cross-sectoral approaches to the challenges of our industry, the IMZ wholeheartedly embraces this initiative! Co-Funded by the Creative Europe programme and the EU, CCI Thrive is set to run until 2024 and is coordinated by the BGZ Berliner Gesellschaft für internationale
Zusammenarbeit, with high-profile partners like the Ars Electronica festival, the Italian digitization expert Centrica, the Dutch Institute for Sound + Vision, the European gaming accelerator SpielFabrique and the streaming assitant app BetaSeries joining our search for new, innovative solutions.
We were happy to host the first two-day workshop on cross-sectoral cooperation and metadata usage from 28-29 September, welcoming representatives from all of CCI Thrive’s project partners and enjoying highly fruitful discussions! We thank Creative Europe and our partners for their insights and look forward to continued collaboration over the next 24 months, as well as the next two workshops in Berlin and Florence, respectively!
A European platform for opera and dance, FEDORA encourages innovation with prestigious prizes and grants. Their Prize Biennale features categories for Opera, Dance, Education and Digital, investing €1.7 million and supporting over 57 new coproductions which boosted the careers of over 900 artists. Always eager to promote cross-sectoral innovation and creativity, the IMZ as Expert Partner has provided – and chaired – the jury for their Digital Prize since 2019. Rewarding novel forms of artistic expression and access to opera and ballet through digital innovation, The FEDORA Digital Prize funds its winners to the tune of €50,000, as well as granting the support of the global consulting fi rm Kearney. The competition heated up in 2022 with many IMZ Members entering, and three nominees for the Digital Prize named in the fall: The Sound Voice Project, a
series of immersive digital opera installations cocreated with partners in healthcare, technology and people who’ve experienced voice loss; SÉISME, a participative physical and online conversation between humans and the Earth; and Erwartung, a VR game that lets you play through Schoenberg’s melodrama as its heroine. The three hopefuls received further support through crowdfunding campaigns on the FEDORA Platform’s homepage before voting for the Audience Prize commences in January 2023; the people’s choice will be announced alongside the 12 winners of the Prizes Biennale on 10 February!
We would like to thank FEDORA again for an amazing partnership, and our members for being so engaged; we can’t wait to see who wins!
FEDORA ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZES NOMINEES 2022 22 September 2022 Prague, Czechia www.fedora-platform.com
The Sound Voice Project: Exhibition V Britten Pears Arts (UK)
SÉISME - An interactive opus” Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier Occitanie (FR)
Erwartung Stiftung Staatstheater Augsburg (DE)
Peter Maniura, IMZ Academy Director, Freelance Director + Digital Strategist Katharina Jeschke, IMZ + Content.Agent (AT)
Martin Ajdari, Paris National Opera (FR)
Laetitia Bochud, Virtual Switzerland, XR4Europe (CH)
Renata Borowska-Juszczyńska, Poznań Opera House (PL)
Ditte Feuk, SVT (SE)
Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab (US) Alistair Spalding, Sadler’s Wells (UK)
Supporting sustainable innovation in opera and dance on, behind and beyond the stage.
The FEDORA Platform’s mission is to support and showcase sustainable innovation on, behind and beyond the stage in the fields of opera and dance in Europe.
We provide visibility and new funding opportunities to innovative cutting-edge co-productions created by emerging artists, that are still in the making, through the world’s largest opera and dance competition: the FEDORA Prizes initiated by Jérôme-François Zieseniss, FEDORA’s President.
In 2020, FEDORA and Opera Europa launched the Next Stage Initiative through which we provide financial support and skills development to boost innovation through sustainability, inclusivity, and digital transformation. Learn more on www.fedora-platform.com
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RATHAUSPLATZ
2 July–4 September 2022
Vienna, Austria
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FESTIVAL
2 July–4 September 2022
Vienna, Austria
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A key element of our mission to bring the performing arts to new audiences, our IMZ Music Film Festivals make cultural outreach easy, sustaining global dialogue and attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors worldwide. Inspiring audiences with the magic of music, opera and dance films, they fulfil our mission to offer a low-threshold to culture, with free and easy-access screenings.
One of the most renowned examples is the Film Festival at the Wiener Rathausplatz, for which we curate and provide the entire programme: Debuting in 1990, it’s our first and longest-running festival: Boasting an eclectic mix of genres as diverse as classical, world music, jazz, pop, ballet and contemporary dance, a highly popular food court and a weekly opera festival for children, it’s one of
the city’s favourite summer hangouts. Its 32nd edition kicked off on 2 July and went on until 4 September, opening with a recording of We Stand with Ukraine, a charity concert featuring the cream of Austria’s music scene. Many other top-tier recordings were shown over 65 entertaining evenings, including films featuring Queen, Amy Winehouse, Lang Lang featuring Herbie Hancock, John Williams with AnneSophie Mutter + the Vienna Philharmonic, show tunes from the musicals of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, productions of Turandot, Fidelio + Carmen and even a delayed live transmission of Rossini’s Il Turco In Italia from the nearby Vienna State Opera!
We’d like to thank all of our partners for yet another enchanting festival, and look forward to many others in 2023, in Vienna and worldwide!
CINNOVATE PARTNERS
Access Cinema (IE)
Art kino mreža Slovenije (SI)
Event Cinema Association (UK)
IMZ International Music + Media Centre (AT)
Folkets Hus och Parker (SE)
Rushlake Media (DE)
SpielFabrique (DE)
A partnership between media organisations and industry associations including the IMZ, CINNOVATE is a cross-sectoral initiative exploring how cinemas can reach new audiences through digital innovation and new types of content, including performing artsbased media. At the heart of the project are arthouse cinema networks Folkets Hus och Parker (Sweden), access Cinema (Ireland) and Art kino mreža Slovenije (Slovenia) who have established VOD services that include a range of innovative content features. A key objective of the project is to test how online off erings and theatrical exhibition can not only co-exist but nurture each other.
As part of the project, a number of theatres have organized Virtual Reality showcases to attract new audiences. In another work strand,
a VOD platform features fi ne arts-based documentary fi lms to promote similar fi lms that will be exclusively released in theatres.
The IMZ’s role in this EU-funded project is to help source potential digital content from its Member Organisations and explore the emerging event cinema market – opera, ballet and theatre performances screened in cinemas and on their VOD platforms, expand the distribution possibilities for IMZ Members and establish new markets. Thank you to both the European Union and all our project partners for driving innovation in this sector!
www.imzacademy.com #IMZAcademy
“LIVE
26-28 April 2022 Gothenburg, Sweden
hosted by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maniura, IMZ Academy Director, Freelance Director + Digital Strategist (UK)
Krišs Russman, Director + Filmmaker Måns Pär Fogelberg, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Yvonne Craven, Script Supervisor/Tutor Film + Television training
A master class series for professionals in audiovisual music + dance production, IMZ Academies provide highly practical workshops and interactive seminars. Featuring renowned experts, they facilitate knowledge transfer and establish sustainable, interdisciplinary networks for participants + institutions around the globe.
Covering topics like performance capture, streaming solutions or 360° filming, as well as audience development and marketing strategies for the performing arts in the digital age, they’re held in small groups of up to 30 to ensure that every attendee is fully involved. Practical application and workshop sessions are an important element, allowing participants to tackle concrete challenges and encouraging cross-sectoral exchange.
While an IMZ Academy is an interactive workshop usually taking place over two days, an IMZ Academy Session is a shorter training unit held alongside another institution or event in order to foster synergy + connection.
Another resounding success, this year’s IMZ Academy Workshop on live multi-camera directing in classical music was hosted by the GSO Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, granting attendees a chance to gather practical, hands-on experience while working with renowned artists!
Preparations began with much anticipation on 5 April, with 16 participants from institutions like BBC Philharmonic, Lumikinos Pro-
duction and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague joining an initial online tutorial led by award-winning director Peter Maniura. The full-day seminar covered the basics of concert coverage via multiple camera setups with lectures by Maniura and fellow director Krišs Russman, followed by an outline on the role of script supervisor by Yvonne Craven and a brief introduction of the GSO by producer Måns Pär Fogelberg.
But grasping the theory was only the beginning: A few weeks later, participants got to apply themselves on site in Gothenburg, Sweden, further honing their skills over three days by shooting their own concert fi lm featuring the host orchestra alongside world-famous soprano (and EBU-IMZ Outstanding Achievement Award-winner) Barbara Hannigan and acclaimed violinist and conductor John Storgårds.
Ever eager to foster innovation within the cultural fi eld, our fruitful cooperation with the FEDORA platform continued on 28 June, when we teamed up along with Opera Europa for a joint online course which explored the pitfalls and best practices of delivering cultural content online.
Moderated by IMZ Academy Director Peter Maniura and attended by numerous representatives from renowned opera houses, the course delved into the lessons learned from institutions and individuals with practical experience in commissioning and delivering digital projects, reviewing benchmarks and helping participants draw their own conclusions on how to enter the next stage of digitalization. As always, there was ample time for networking and connecting with fellow attendees.
Held as part of the IMZ Member Karajan Music Tech’s Conference “NFTs, Web3, DAOs,” this IMZ Academy session refl ected on current practices and standards and put those into comparison with a promising proposition made by the ISCC Foundation.
Titled “Digital Content Management In A Decentralised + Democratised Online World,” it looked at how blockchain technology and web 3.0 can empower users, while also looking at the emerging challenges of identifying and protecting digital assets.
Hosted by IMZ Secretary General Katharina Jeschke and Frank Schulleri of Content.Agent, prominent experts explored current standards and practices before contrasting them with a proposition by the ISCC (International Standard Content Code). We thank Karajan Music Tech and all the experts who attended for a highly productive discussion!
Held after our regular R&D Research Academies, this members-only format explores current topics highly relevant to our industry, with a panel of experts fi rst weighing in on an issue before opening the conversation to all participants. This year, we tackled “The New Power of Music Labels” on 21 April, followed by a lively discussion on balancing growth and fi nancial concerns in “Money Makes the World Go Round?” on 5 October.
All IMZ Members are encouraged to participate and share their experiences with the network, facilitating exchange and keeping everyone up to date on the state of the art – be sure to join next time!
IMZ ACADEMY X FEDORA NEXT STAGE “OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN CREATIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION” 28 June 2022 online HOST
Peter Maniura, IMZ Academy Director, Freelance Director + Digital Strategist (UK)
James Bingham, Irish National Opera (IE)
André Bücker, State Theatre of Augsburg (DE)
Hannah Conway, Sound Voice (UK)
Eva Essvik, Gothenburg Opera House (SE)
Miranda Harmer, Student Network at AEC
Tina Lorenz, State Theatre of Augsburg (DE)
MUSIC TECH 8 April 2022
Karajan Music Tech Conference, online www.karajanmusictech.com
Raphael Eckhart, EuroArts Music International (DE)
Katharina Jeschke, IMZ + Content.Agent (AT)
Titusz Pan, ISCC Foundation, Craft AG (NL/DE)
Sebastian Posth, Posth Werk, ISCC Foundation (NL)
Frank Schulleri, Content.Agent (AT)
Daniel Simon, CTO digital images GmbH (DE)
14-17 February 2022, online www.avant-premiere.net
Marc Allenby, Trafalgar Releasing (UK)
Emma Cahusac, BBC Music (UK)
Grainne Clark, ECA (UK)
Emmanuel Cocq, European Commission
Katrin Mathe-Cotillon, Kinepolis Cinema Group (BE)
Edilia Gänz, FEDORA (FR)
Silvana Grujic, RTS (CH)
John Kieser, IDAGIO (DE)
Laetitia Huberti, RTBF (BE)
Marc Kirschner, Marquee.TV (FR)
Fiona Morris, The Space (UK)
Stephan Königfeld, Channel Factory(DE)
Esther Lehoczky, ARTE France (FR)
Veronika Liebl, Ars Electronica (AT)
Isabelle Pasquesoone, QWEST TV (FR)
Dieter Schneider, ZDF/ARTE (DE)
Peter Schöber, ORF III (AT)
Olga Sismanidi, EACEA (BE)
22-26 June 2022
Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.dancescreen.net
Agnė Biliunaite, LRT (LTU)
Martine Dekker, Cinedans (NL)
Arild Erikstad, IMZ President, NRK (NO)
Sarah Fortescue, The Space CIC (UK)
Michael Freundt, Dachverband Tanz (DE)
Andreas Hannes, Cinedans (NL)
Marley Hansen, NOWNESS (UK)
Reiner Moritz, Poorhouse International (UK)
Henk van der Meulen, Royal Conversatoire of The Hague (NL)
As part of our mission to nurture our sector and provide new business opportunities to our members and the performing arts as a whole, the IMZ regularly holds pitching sessions. Featuring expert juries drawn from major industry players, they allow fi lmmakers to present before an audience of their peers and receive immediate feedback.
In addition, our One-On-One Expert Sessions are held in a fast-paced, speed dating format, pairing presenters with buyers, broadcasting executives and producers in order to promote new projects, enable new ventures and foster emerging + established talent.
The IMZ joined forces for the third time with
Sunny Side of the Doc / PiXii Festival, the market place for documentary + narrative experiences, hosting sessions for both “Performing Arts Documentary” and “Digital Creation.” With the chance to take your project to Sunny Side of the Doc in June, the 8 pre-selected 15-minute pitches met with unbridled enthusiasm, and were eventually narrowed down to 2 winners: “This Is Not A Kanga” by Wonder Maria in the former category and “Alternates (Bergantian)” by CinemaLeap Inc. in the latter.
This year, Cinedans teamed up with arts + culture channel NOWNESS and the IMZ to off er creators a forum to submit new dance fi lm proposals: an amazing 52 projects were submitted from all over the world, with 7 fi nal-
ists selected to pitch at Cinedans FEST ’22. A lucky winner eventually emerged, earning €1,000 and a showcase on all partner platforms: “Breaking Language” by Sofía Castro. Congratulations once again!
Held online for the second year, Avant Première’s One-On-One Expert Sessions were divided in two to best refl ect the fi elds of expertise of the 20 respective experts: Hopefuls could either learn what broadcasters and streaming services want straight from the source at “Meet the Buyers,” or talk to major fi gures from neighbouring industries, sharing information and experiences at “Meet the Cross-Sector Experts.”
Our triennial dance fi lm competition, dancescreen, hosted an additional Expert Session tailored to dance fi lm creators seeking to broaden their network, receive feedback and fi nd international partners! Held in Amsterdam this year in cooperation with IMZ Member Cinedans FEST, eight industry insiders off ered up their time and expertise, ten minutes at a time.
Once again, we were overwhelmed by all the positive responses and look forward to many more sessions to come! Thanks to all our members for providing experts and helping our industry grow!
CIMIx - Creative Industries Meet Industry 12-13 January 2023 / Vienna, Austria
FEDORA Prizes Biennale Award Ceremony 10 February 2023 / Paris, France
Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin 18-22 February 2023 / Berlin, Germany
IMZ Academy Session at Karajan Music Tech Conference 15 March 2023 / Salzburg, Austria
IMZ at International Classical Music Awards 2023 21 April 2023 / Wroclaw, Poland
IMZ Academy in cooperation with FEDORA Next Stage 19 + 26 April 2023 / online
CCI Thrive Consortium Meeting 15-17 May 2023 / Florence, Italy
IMZ at Bach 2 Future 5-6 June 2023 / Budapest, Hungary
International Emmy® Awards Semi Final Round of Judging 14-15 June 2023 / Vienna, Austria
IMZ at Sunny Side of the Doc 19-22 June 2023 / La Rochelle, France
Film Festival at Vienna Rathausplatz July-September 2023 / Vienna, Austria
Vienna Music Film Festival in Pristina July-September 2023 / Pristina, Kosovo (tbc)
IMZ Academy Workshop: Live Multi-Camera Directing Autumn (tbc)
IMZ at Ars Electronica 6-10 September 2023 / Linz, Austria
IMZ at Golden Prague International Television Festival 20-23 September 2023 / Prague, Czechia
IMZ at MIPCOM 2023 16-19 October 2023 /Cannes, France
IMZ at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 18-22 October 2023 / Frankfurt, Germany
3 NRK, Natascha Unkar & Isabelle Köhler / 9 Jaime Korbee / 11 Marko Kovic/WKO, 12 Jaime Korbee / 16 Cyrus Allyar, Czech Television-Miroslav Kučera, 17 ORF Enterprise/Christian Jobst / 19 Marko Kovic/WKO / 23 Czech Television-Petr Čepela, FEDORA / 25 stadtwienmarketing-Johannes Wiedl / 26 stadt wien marketing, Theresa Wey + Johannes Wiedl / 27 Art kino mreža Slovenije / 29 Francis Löfvenholm / 30 Francis Löfvenholm, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / 31 FEDORA / Jaimee Korbe, Yonathan Kellerman/OnP, Heliox Films / 34 Francis Löfvenholm, Czech Television-Petr Čepela + Miroslav Kučera, ORF Enterprise/Christian Jobst, Jaime Korbee, Marko Kovic/WKO / 36 ORF Enterprise/Christian Jobst
The IMZ projects have been funded with the support from the European Commission.
The European Commission‘s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which refl ect the views of the authors only, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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