Annual WIFT Berlinale Event
You can re-watch the event here.
An official partnership with Berlinale. In collaboration with WIFT Germany and WIFT International, WIFT Sweden, WIF LA, WIFT India, WIFT Africa & Forum of Women in Film & TV Nigeria
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Time: 5-7pm CET
Location: Youtube
All you need is love: Reimagining RomComs in Bollywood, Nollywood & Hollywood
Compelling storytelling with changing faces of love…
Love is universal and our shared language all around the globe. The quest for love is everlasting, and so is the quest for relevant romantic comedies. As in life and the entertainment industry, women are becoming more empowered and today’s romantic comedies are embracing more diverse relationships across ethnicities, backgrounds, sexes and ages.
From Asia to Africa, and from Europe to the Americas…
With this event we will explore the cultural perspectives on love across the world’s most influential film industries: Bollywood, Nollywood and Hollywood. Experts will discuss the beloved genre’s classics as well as new opportunities of storytelling today and for the future.
Program
Welcome from WIFT
Opening Note Mariette Rissenbeek, Co-head Berlinale
Deep Dive Interviews (1-on-1, 15min each)
Moderated by Wendy Mitchell.
With writer-director Alankrita Shrivastava (India), writer-director Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (Nigeria), writer-director Clea DuVall (USA) and producer Lisa Blumenberg (Germany).
NETWORKING
Queen’s Tables (ca 20min) Each table with a focus theme, introduced by a moderator, followed by a quick intro (30sec) of each of the 10 attendees from the audience. Each table will be moderated by a special guest, to be announced soon.
(exclusive access for WIFT members from all around the world)
Speed Networking (ca. 20min) Transfer of the traditional format from our physical event at Berlinale into the virtual world. Quick 2min-meetings allocated by Zoom’s random generator.
(exclusive access for WIFT members from all around the world)
All events are for free and you can register here.