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Tuesday, March 22
| 8:00 AM |
Delegate Lounge: open daily |
| 11:00 AM |
Speed Networking |
| 12:00 PM |
Programming trend report |
| 1:00 PM |
Chatroom: Commissioning FAQ |
| 3:00 PM |
Pitching a hit in 2022 |
| 4:00 PM |
Chatroom: Producer Life |
Wednesday, March 23
| 12:00 AM |
Delegate Lounge: open daily |
| 11:00 AM |
Speed Networking |
| 12:00 PM |
Distributors dish on international financing trends |
| 1:00 PM |
Chatroom: Getting to Greenlight |
| 3:00 PM |
Thriving, growing and breaking down doors: Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices participants on the path from here |
| 4:00 PM |
Chatroom: Creative Conversations |
Thursday, March 31
| 3:30 PM |
Mixer: Meet the BANFF Spark Accelerator Participants |
Wednesday, April 27
| 1:00 PM |
Pitch Doctors: WarnerMedia, SEVEN24, Crown Media p
Pitch Doctors: PBS, Eagle Vision, CBC p Pitch Doctors: Warner Bros. International Television Production, Crown Media, FreshTV p Pitch Doctors: CBC, Warner Bros. International Television Production, Bell Media p |
Sunday, June 12
| 7:00 AM |
Registration 7:00 am - 7:30 pm (Curio Foyer) |
| 9:30 AM |
Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #1: Scripted Feature Films i
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| 10:30 AM |
Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #2: Scripted Drama Series i
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| 11:30 AM |
Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #3: Scripted Comedy Series i
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| 1:00 PM |
Spotlight on Corus Entertainment s
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| 1:30 PM |
Welcome to BANFF tour p
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| 2:00 PM |
Spotlight on CBC s
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| 3:00 PM |
Festival opening session p
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| 3:30 PM |
In Conversation With: Kevin Beggs and Frank Giustra p
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| 4:15 PM |
Media Leaders 2022: future forward p
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| 5:30 PM |
CBC/Radio-Canada Opening Reception 5:30pm - 7:30 pm (Riverview Lounge) r
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Monday, June 13
| 7:15 AM |
Registration 7:15 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer) |
| 7:30 AM |
CBC/Radio-Canada Breakfast: The Future of Entertainment r
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| 9:00 AM |
An address from The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage p
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| 9:15 AM |
In Conversation With: CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott p
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| 10:00 AM |
Master Class: Disney and Fulwell 73’s Among the Stars m
The FAST/AVOD market is exploding - what’s in it for you? p Speed Meetings with Buyers s |
| 10:30 AM |
Meet a Distributor m
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| 11:00 AM |
Summit Series: Pearlena Igbokwe,Chairman, Universal Studio Group p
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| 11:30 AM |
Meet an Agent m
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| 12:00 PM |
The Future of Indies p
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| 12:30 PM |
Meet a Decision Maker m
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| 1:00 PM |
Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l p
Master Class: Rutherford Falls i Dissecting the ME-TA-VERSE p 30 minutes with... Brent Haynes, Amazon Studios 3 |
| 1:30 PM |
Speed Meetings with Buyers s
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| 2:00 PM |
Master Class: BBC Three and HBO Max’s Starstruck m
Globalizing CanCon: The Opportunity for Canadian Creativity p Spotlight on Blue Ant Media s Meet a Funder + Lawyer m |
| 3:00 PM |
In Conversation With: Entertainment One and the showrunners of Yellowjackets p
Being Counted: Canada's first race-based audience survey signals market opportunities and data collection gaps p Spotlight on A+E Networks: History Channel and Homemade Nation s Meet a Showrunner + Director m |
| 4:30 PM |
Rockie Awards International Program Competition - cocktails + screening party (Van Horne Ballroom) r
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| 9:00 PM |
Mountview BBQ (9:00 pm - 1:00 am) r
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Tuesday, June 14
| 7:30 AM |
Registration 7:30 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer) |
| 8:00 AM |
Shaw Rocket Presents: Being Seen Breakfast – Creating & commissioning more inclusive children's content |
| 9:00 AM |
State of the Nation: Canada in focus p
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| 10:00 AM |
Spotlight on Roku Originals s
Production Partners p |
| 10:30 AM |
30 Minutes With Ed Horasz, Netflix Kids and Family 3
Meet a Showrunner + Director m |
| 11:00 AM |
Summit Series: Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix p
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| 12:00 PM |
Selling scripted p
Sustainable production: it pays to go green p Spotlight on Hallmark Channel s |
| 12:30 PM |
Meet a Funder + Lawyer m
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| 1:00 PM |
Summit Series: David Linde, CEO, Participant p
Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l p |
| 1:30 PM |
Speed Meetings with Buyers s
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| 2:00 PM |
Master Class: The Lake m
Kids’ content commissioners weigh in p Meet an Agent m |
| 2:30 PM |
Spotlight on Bell Media s
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| 3:00 PM |
Showrunner Superpanel: breaking the script p
What’s hot in docs: trends you need to know p Meet a Decision Maker m |
| 3:30 PM |
30 minutes with... Alec Strum, EPIX 3
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| 4:00 PM |
Master Class: Snapchat’s Reclaim(ed) i
Content Creation from an Anti-Racist Lens p Meet a Distributor m |
| 4:15 PM |
Les contenus francophones sur la scène mondiale p
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| 5:30 PM |
Rockies Gala cocktail reception (Van Horne Foyer) r
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| 6:30 PM |
Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom) r
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Wednesday, June 15
| 8:30 AM |
Registration 8:30 am - 12:00 pm (Curio Foyer) |
| 9:00 AM |
Spotlight on Netflix s
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| 10:00 AM |
In Conversation With: Ana Gasteyer and Justin Spitzer p
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| 11:00 AM |
Master Class: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty m
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| 12:00 PM |
Distributor Deep-Dive: international financing and content trends (Diversity of Voices Programme) p
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