World Screen

Kathleen Finch, chairman and CEO for U.S. networks at Warner Bros. Discovery, is lined up for a keynote at the TV Real Festival, taking place from June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

The TV Real Festival, taking place from June 18 to 20, will feature Autentic’s Dr. Patrick Hörl, Blue Ant Media’s Jamie Schouela and Cineflix Rights’ Mike Gould in conversation about the ins and outs of operating and rolling out FAST channels. You can sign up for your free registration here.

Michael von Würden, managing director of Snowman Productions, behind the megahit format Married at First Sight, has come on board the TV Real Festival, taking place June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary Super Size Me, has passed away at the age of 53 from cancer complications.

Documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter has joined the keynote roster for the TV Real Festival, taking place June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

Mary Beard, a classicist who specializes in ancient Rome, has signed on to deliver a keynote during the TV Real Festival, taking place June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

BossaNova’s Paul Heaney, Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier, Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann and ZDF Studios’ Nikolas Hülbusch will discuss the big-picture issues impacting the factual landscape during the TV Real Festival, taking place from June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

In a MIPTV panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, Universal Television Alternative Studio’s Toby Gorman, BBC Studios Natural History’s Mike Gunton and series editor Holly Spearing showcased clips from the big-budget, ten-part event series The Americas and shared insights into the five-year journey of bringing it to the screen.

In a MIPDoc keynote, filmmaker Dawn Porter, founder of Trilogy Films, talked to World Screen’s Anna Carugati about her creative processes, the challenges and opportunities in the current commissioning landscape, and covering historical and contemporary matters.

Adding to its growing stable of virtual events, World Screen is launching the TV Real Festival, taking place from June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.