Conversation series
Building the AI economy
Global conversations about the future of filmmaking.
Mission
Global conversations about the future of filmmaking — production, distribution, financing and the infrastructure independent creators will need.
AI productionDistributionFinancingIndependent creatorsFaith & Family cinemaFilm infrastructureFuture business models
Manifest
- New tools must create new authors, not fewer of them.
- Distribution decides whose stories reach the world.
- Faith & Family cinema is a global audience, not a niche.
- Infrastructure is culture policy by another name.
Upcoming Conversations
The programme
- 01
The Economics of Synthetic Production
What happens to budgets when production cost collapses?
25 September 2026 · 15:00 CET
Registration open
- 02
Who Finances the New Independents?
Which capital structures fit AI-native studios?
23 October 2026 · 15:00 CET
Speakers confirmed
- 03
Faith, Family and Global Audiences
How do values-driven films find worldwide distribution?
27 November 2026 · 15:00 CET
Programme in preparation
Participants
- Miriam CohenModerator, Diplomat International · Diplomat International🇬🇧
- prof. Thomas ChristensenFilm historian · University of Copenhagen🇩🇰
- ks. dr Antoine RahalTheologian, teacher · Pontifical Institute🇱🇧
- Rachel AbramsProducer, festival director · Independent🇺🇸
- Yusuf KarimFilm critic · Doha Cultural Review🇶🇦
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