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AVANT PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET VIENNA 2022

14-17 FEBRUARY 2022

online

www.avant-premiere.net #APMMMB

THE AVANT PREMIÈRE PROGRAMME WAS DESIGNED + DELIVERED WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM

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) Ourflagshipevent,AvantPremière,isthemost 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.

FRONT ROW SEATS

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.

CUSTOMISED PROGRAMME

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 anniversary and the documentary miniseries “Masters of the Vocalverse” about vocal coach Neil Semer and his students.

CONNECTING THE INDUSTRY

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.

LOVE, ACTUALLY

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!

DANCESCREEN 2022 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CINEDANS FEST ‘22

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.”

HONORING EXCELLENCE

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 (Encouragement 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!

SUPPORTING OUR INDUSTRY

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

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS

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 fi ght?

“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

JURY MEMBERS

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)

EXPERTS IMZ EBU PANEL “SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DANCE ON TV”

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)

SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC

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 aup 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 music 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)

IMZ AT GOLDEN PRAGUE ITF

EBU-IMZ OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

21-24 SEPTEMBER 2022

Prague, Czechia www.zlatapraha.ceskatelevize.cz

WINNER OF THE EBU-IMZ OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Barbara Hannigan

GOLDEN PRAGUE WINNERS 2022

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 SymphonyOrchestra,KlimAktiv,NRK,RTPand SVT exploring “Sustainability + Classical Music TV”. But the main attraction was the Golden 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! Onceagain,ahighlyproductiveGoldenPrague! 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!

INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS SEMI FINAL ROUND OF JUDGING

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, AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD CEREMONY

21 November 2022 New York City, USA www.iemmys.tv

JURORS 2022 IN THE CATEGORY ARTS PROGRAMMING

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 Laff ont, 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)

JURY ACTIVITY + INDUSTRY GATHERINGS

ICMA INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD

21 April 2022 Luxembourg , Luxembourg www.icma-info.com

CLASSICAL:NEXT

17-20 May 2022 Hanover, Germany www.classicalnext.com

VENICE TV AWARD

28 September 2022 Venice, Italy www.venicetvaward.com

#UKRAINE SPECIAL NEWS

www.news.imz.at 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.

ICMA INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS

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!

CLASSICAL:NEXT

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!

VENICE TV AWARD

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 and Juliet” by Sky Arts – congratulations!

#STANDWITHUKRAINE

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.

FURTHER INDUSTRY GATHERINGS

In addition to our direct involvement in the preceding events, we were also represented at the following in 2022:

+ Stakeholder Meeting CLC SEA (20 January) + creativeSHIFT (22 January) + Pact4Skills: Online Focus Group (14 March) + Bach 2 Future (12-13 May) + WKO Export Day (28 June) + Salzburg Media Summit 2022 (29 July) + Ars Electronica (7-11 Sept) + EIT Culture & Creativity Academy (16 Sept) + Creative Europe Networks Plenary (14 Oct) + Frankfurter Buchmesse (19-23 Oct) + Spot on MozART (13-14 Oct) + WOMEX (19-23 Oct) + Visibility + Utilisation of Austrian Film in the Digital Media Market (10 Nov)