Panelists in Place for NATPE Europe Co-Pro Summit

LOS ANGELES/MUNICH: A number of producers, showrunners and executives from networks and production companies are lined up for the international co-production summit being hosted by NATPE and Tandem Communications in Prague.

Rola Bauer, the president and partner at Tandem, is part of the panel. Joining Bauer are Caroline Benjo, the co-managing director of Haut et Court; Andrew Critchley, the managing director of Red Production Company; Thomas von Hennet, the VP of international co-production and documentaries at ProSiebenSat.1; writer/producer Frank Spotnitz, who is the CEO of Big Light Productions; Matthew Stillman, the managing director of Stillking Films; and Tomas Krejci, executive producer at Milk & Honey Pictures.

The summit, entitled Now, the Story Stars in Europe, will be held on June 24 at 8:30 a.m. at the Hilton Prague Hotel during the upcoming NATPE Europe. In addition to Tandem Communications, sponsors of the co-production summit include Barrandov Studios, Stillking Films and Universal Production Partners.

Rod Perth, the president and CEO of NATPE||Content First, commented, “Commercially viable co-productions are no longer an afterthought in content development—with new global opportunities these production models must be the original thought. As a result, we are extremely pleased to facilitate the coming together of many of the foremost and groundbreaking co-production players in Europe today. Their combined experience and knowledge will be a vital tool for those looking to move into this flourishing yet challenging part of the international content business. We are keen to have as many producers from across the region and beyond join us and anticipate that they will take advantage of the generous Producer’s Day Pass which is now available.”
 
Bauer added, “Our aim is to stimulate a compelling, informative discussion that will be useful to those interested in the development of co-productions made in Europe, with a global narrative, and to assess the state of the industry and the opportunities ahead.”