{"id":19254,"date":"2023-09-27T08:28:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:30:02","slug":"tv-drama-festival-schedule-923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tv-drama-festival-schedule-923\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Drama Festival Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keynotes slated for the TV Drama Festival, taking place from October 3 to 5, include Universal Television\u2019s Erin Underhill, Fremantle\u2019s Christian Vesper, Banijay\u2019s Christian Wikander, Two Brothers Pictures\u2019 Sarah Hammond, ZDF Studios\u2019 Robert Franke and Yi Qiao and many others. Check out the full schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/mailers\/2023-09-27-dramafest-schedule.html\">here<\/a> and sign up for your free registration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-drama-festival-2023\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The festival also features sessions on scripted acquisition strategies, windowing and financing strategies and how the role of the independent producer-distributor is evolving; plus, there\u2019s a special presentation by The WIT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-drama-festival-2023\">Sign up for your free registration to attend here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>ONLY those registered will receive access to our Exclusive White Paper on scripted trends, featuring key intel from the event in a compact, easy-to-digest format.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Tuesday, October 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/5779595798\">9 a.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nDramatic Choices<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our trademark opening session features key scripted buyers from across the globe: Sky\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Katie Keenan<\/strong>, RT\u00c9\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Dermot Horan<\/strong>, MultiChoice\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Waldimar Pelser<\/strong>, TV 2 Denmark\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Lars Erik Nielsen<\/strong>\u00a0and SVT\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Karolina Stallwood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/5001645285\">11 a.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nZDF Studios\u2019 Scripted Edge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Robert Franke<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Yi Qiao<\/strong>, VP Drama and Director Drama, respectively, at ZDF Studios, showcase the rising importance of English-language content and U.S. and U.K. partnerships to the company\u2019s scripted strategy.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/3004103838\">12 p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nBanijay\u2019s Christian Wikander<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his post as global head of scripted at Banijay,\u00a0<strong>Christian Wikander<\/strong>\u00a0leads IP creation and collaboration across 60 labels at the company.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/2546718181\">1 p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nTwo Brothers Pictures\u2019 Sarah Hammond<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Emmy-, PGA- and Golden Globe Award-winning television producer,\u00a0<strong>Sarah Hammond<\/strong>\u00a0has worked on such Two Brothers Pictures hits as<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Angela Black<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Tourist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/3179243890\">3 p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nUniversal Television\u2019s Erin Underhill<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As president of Universal Television,\u00a0<strong>Erin Underhill<\/strong>\u00a0oversees a unit that produces the\u00a0<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>,\u00a0<em>One Chicago<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>FBI<\/em>-branded franchises, among a raft of other broadcast, cable and streaming hits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Wednesday, October 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/9586065670\">9 a.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nWindow Watching<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">All3Media International\u2019s\u00a0<strong>David Swetman<\/strong>, A+E Media Group\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Alexandra Finlay<\/strong>\u00a0and Global Screen\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Ulrike Schr\u00f6der<\/strong>\u00a0weigh in on how windowing and financing strategies are evolving in the age after peak TV.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/1306450786\">11 a.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nFremantle\u2019s Christian Vesper<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across such acclaimed outfits as Miso Film, The Apartment and Euston Films,\u00a0<strong>Christian Vesper<\/strong>, CEO of global drama, is driving the expansion of Fremantle\u2019s scripted output across films and series.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/1545348431\">1 p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nDistribution Evolution<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dan March<\/strong>, managing partner of Dynamic Television, will showcase how the role of the independent producer-distributor is evolving in the scripted business today.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/eventlink\/1578832100\">3 p.m. EDT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>\nFresh Hits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bertrand Villegas<\/strong>, co-founder of The WIT, will close out the TV Drama Festival by showcasing the brands that are resonating with audiences on social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Thursday, October 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tune in for highlights from a slate of new dramas that will be available at MIPCOM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynotes slated for the TV Drama Festival, taking place from October 3 to 5, include Universal Television\u2019s Erin Underhill, Fremantle\u2019s Christian Vesper, Banijay\u2019s Christian Wikander, Two Brothers Pictures\u2019 Sarah Hammond, ZDF Studios\u2019 Robert Franke and Yi Qiao and many others. 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