On October 8 during Flander Image’s high-end platform CONNeXT, Göteborg Film Festival will make an updated presentation of the 2018 Nostradamus report Do or Die? – a Moment of Truth for European Film followed by a lively panel on the most worrying and exciting challanges and opportunities within the audiovisual industry in the near future. Lively analysis and knowledgeable debate with some of the some of the best minds in the industry about what’s next for the screen industries, presented by the Göteborg Film Festival’s Nostradamus project.

Do or Die – a Moment of Truth for European Film
14:00 – 15:00 Kinepolis K6
The fifth annual Nostradamus report was presented during Göteborg Film Festival 2018. In a high-energy seminar the report’s editor Johanna Koljonen will present the updated findings, focusing om whether the film industry as we know it will survive, and what European film makers, financiers and exhibitors need to do to compete with the global majors.

Panel: Facing the Future
15:15 – 16:00 Kinepolis K6
Big brains in strategic positions talk about the most exciting and the most worrying trends and developments, and reflect on possible constructive actions we can take today.
Moderator: Johanna Koljonen, Nostradamus editor and journalist
Guests: Maud Van de Velde, Managing Director, Fox, Belgium, Hans Van Nuffel, Director, Belgium, Zsuzsi Bankuti, Buyer/Sales Agent, Match Factory, Germany

CONNeXT is an export platform dedicated to film and TV drama made in Flanders, bringing together international distributors, sales agents and festival curators with the cream of Flemish filmmaking talent. The third edition of CONNeXT takes place from 7-10 October in Ghent, Belgium.

The Nostradamus Project is founded and run by Göteborg Film Festival with support from Lindholmen Science Park, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Västra Götalandsregionen and Kulturakademin.