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New Rules: Navigating film’s unfixed future

New Rules is WeTransfer's ongoing series demystifying the creative industry. Join us as we dive into the film industry —exploring questions emerging filmmakers should be asking themselves, with firsthand advice from industry experts.

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The insider’s guide to the film industry today

In partnership with Women Under The Influence, we sit down with film industry experts to discuss the current challenges and opportunities around distribution, IP and originality and funding in three roundtable talks.

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Coming soon: Finding your audience

Filmmakers Janicza Bravo and Molly Manning Walker, the minds behind “Zola” and “How to Have Sex” join distributor Graham Fulton and head of Film4 Farhana Bhula to discuss the pitfalls and opportunities of distribution.

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Coming soon: Pitching your ideas

Filmmakers Crystal Moselle and Amrou Al-Kadhi and producer Octavia Peissel known for the likes of ​​“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Asteroid City” talk through generating, pitching and protecting your ideas.

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Coming soon: Funding your vision

Producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and filmmakers Rich Peppiatt and Charlotte Regan, directors of “Kneecap” and “Scrapper”, get into the nitty gritty of securing the money to realize their film visions.

There’s a difference between what executives think audiences want and what audiences today show that they want.

— Octavia Peissel, producer of Asteroid City

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