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Don’t Break the Chain. From Production to Distribution of Short Films.
Panel Talk

with Céline Roustan,
Juliette Canon,
Elena López Riera,
Thomas Hakim,
Savina Petkova
published in Discussions
published on 30.06.2025
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How best can film festivals, programmers, residencies, distributors, and sales support short films in their making? This panel talk proposes to take a closer look at the production-distribution cycle as a chain, that is as strong as the bits that hold it together.

Together with panelists Tomas Hakim (producer, Petit Chaos), Céline Roustan (programmer, Short Film Corner | Rendez-vous Industry), Elena López Riera (filmmaker), and Juliette Canon (programmer, Semaine de la Critique), moderator Savina Petkova (Talking Shorts) discusses new ways to address these gaps without compromising the creative spark.

Hosted and produced by ECAM Forum, in collaboration with Talking Shorts

 
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Céline Roustan. More
Juliette Canon. More
Elena López Riera. More
Thomas Hakim. More
Savina Petkova.

Savina Petkova is a Bulgarian freelance film critic and programmer based in London. Most of all, she’s a co-editor at Talking Shorts.

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