St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), a one-of-a-kind event in the world of economics and business, will be held in St. Petersburg from June 18 to 21.
The forum is the world’s premier platform for business leaders to communicate and debate critical economic issues.
Cinema and animation are among the most rapidly growing sectors of the creative economy.
How can educational programs be tailored to meet the demands of a continually changing market? Who is establishing the «entry points» into the profession today? What is blocking today’s youthful talent from breaking into the film and animation industries? This and much more were covered at the session titled «Talent Ecosystem: New Personnel Architecture for the Future Film Industry!»

We also talked about the Krasnoyarsk region and how cinema is developing in the Siberian region.

The discussion was attended by:

— Olga Zhukova, Executive Director of the Association of Film and Television Producers

— Oksana Barkovskaya, General Producer of the FORMAT TV Group of Companies

— Marina Belova, Deputy General Director, Director of the Program and Marketing Directorate, Channel Five

— Alexander Akopov, Co-founder of the COSMOS Studio film company, Director of the HSE Film Institute

— Dmitry Kotov, Dean of the Faculty of the Higher School of Creative Industries of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Plekhanov»

— Ekaterina Sazonova, rector of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television

— ​​Yuliana Slashcheva, chairman of the board of directors of the Soyuzmultfilm film studio

— Inessa Yurchenko, general producer of the Triix Media film company

— Anastasia Shipulina, producer, general director of HitFilm Production

— ​​Teymur Dzhafarov, general producer of the Team Films film studio