Programme

2nd Annual INDIA INTERNATIONAL FILM CONVENTION 2004, Mumbai. India

EXHIBITION : 6th to 8th September 2004 (Time 10:00 am to 8:00 pm)
CONFERENCE : 6th, 7th & 8th September 2004
Note : The Speaker list is indicative & some confirmations are awaited.

6th September 04
CONFERENCE DAY 2
09:30 am - 10:00 am Registration
10:00 am Inauguration of the Exhibition & Conference by Guests
10.30 am - 11:00 am Lamp Lighting of Conference
  President's Welcome & Felicitation
  Inaugural Address
  Guest of Honour - Speech
  Chief Guest's Speech
  Vote of Thanks
11:00 am Press Session & Tea Break
11:30 am

Subject : IF CONTENT IS KING – WHAT WORKS?
Trends of Indian films and what is working and what is not, expert opinions and analysis of success stories.
PANEL :
Viveck Vaswani
Taran Adarsh
Karan Johar
Ramesh Sippy
Kundan Shah
Aziz Mirza
Sudhir Mishra

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.

1:00 pm Break for Lunch
2:00 pm

Subject : NEW REVENUE SOURCES & INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Practices in advertising, promotion of films, case studies and international trends
PANEL
Padam Kumar
Viveck Vaswani
Amit Khanna
Vinod Kumar
Suku Murti
Aditya Shastri
Blaise Fernandes

3:30 pm Break for Tea / Coffee
4:00 pm Subject : NEW REVENUE SOURCES & INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Practices in advertising, promotion of films, case studies and international trends
Continued....

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
6:00 pm Close of Day's Proceedings Day1
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Break
7:30 pm ONWARDS ACHIEVER'S AWARDS Presentation
  Welcome
  Toast to Awardees
  Awards Format : Citation to be Read
Presentation of Bouquet / Felicitation
Presentation of Award
Thanks Speech
  Interspersed with Entertainment
  Cocktails & Dinner, By Invitation only
   
7th September 04 FOCUS SOUTH AFRICA
10:30 am

Session 1
Subject : FILM FINANCING
PANEL :
Sami Siddiqui, Samta Sahakari Bank
IDBI,
Bank of India,
Viney Kumar,
Manmohan Shetty
Katherine
Hughes - Fraitekh

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.

12:30 pm Break for Lunch
1:30 pm Session 2
Subject : FEATURING SOUTH AFRICA
Speakers :
Bianca Mpahlaza: Introduction to Filming in Cape Town
Phillip Key: Feature Film Production
Bev Green: Commercial Production, Directors
Claire Richards: Commercial Production, Service
Gavin Levy: Stills Production

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
3:30 pm Break for Tea / Coffee
4:00 pm Session 3
Subject : FEATURING SOUTH AFRICA
Speakers :
Mark Engel: Music Video
Liezel Bruckman: Models & Talent
Liz Argent: Tourism Infrastructure & Accomodation
Laurence Mitchell: Broadcast & Distribution
Martin Cuff: Incentives & Financial Support
Mandle
Nalini Singh
Pieter Cortzee

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
6:00 pm Close of Day's Proceedings Day 2
7:30 ONWARDS Cocktail Reception followed by Dinner Hosted by South Africa CONSUL GENERAL & FPFAC, By Invitation only
   
8TH September 04 CONFERENCE DAY 2
10:30 am PANEL
Subject : TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN FILM MAKING
Technology in Animation, Technology in Cameras, Innovations in Editing, Digital HD filming, Software Tools for Film making.
Speakers :
Kireet Khurana
Munjal Shroff
Raj Tilak
Prasad
Tata Alexi

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
12:30 pm Break for Lunch
1:30 pm Subject : PACKAGING, PROMOTION & MARKETING OF FILMS
Practices in advertising, promotion of films, case studies and international trends
PANEL
Ravi Chopra
Surjeet Singh
Kailash Surendranath
Prakash Jha
Rupali Mehra
Navin Shah
Smita Mukharji

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
3:30 pm Break for Tea / Coffee
4.00 pm Subject : AD FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES & FEATURES – NEW HORIZONS
PANEL
Sudhir Mishra
Vinod Ganatra
Ajay Raina
Zakir Chinde
Manjul Sinha
G. L. Bharadwaj
A. K. Bir
Kabir Khan

Audience Views : Open Session ...15 min.
6.00 pm Close of Day's Proceedings Day 2
7:30 ONWARDS Mahurat of "HUSN", Cocktail Reception followed by Dinner. By Invitation Only
Note : The Speaker list is indicative & some confirmations are awaited.