Speaking
May 7th, 2011 by thomas mai
“I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your excellent performance – probably it’s no surprise to you when I say that everybody in the room was deeply impressed by your view on the major shifts in media business. This went far beyond our expectations and certainly opened our eyes and minds!!”
“Thank you so very, very much for such an inspiring and positive presentation. It was great food for thought for everyone in the audience”
Lizzie Francke, Development Producer UK Film Council ————————————————————————————————————————————————–
Thomas is an expert on the new digital possibilities and has been an invited speaker/expert at the following Film Festivals/events below:
More dates to be announced soon
2012
- Coffs Harbour, May 12th, Regional Screen Practioners
- Sydney, Australia, May 5th, Mediawave.tv
- Newcastle, Australia, April 27th, Regional Screen Practioners
- Melbourne, Australia April 21st, Mediawave.tv
- Parramatta, Australia, April 20th, Regional Screen Practioners
- Sydney, Australia, April 4th, Metro Screen
- Sydney, Australia, February 14th, Regional Screen Practioners, NSW Trade & Investment Centre
2011
- Sydney, Australia, November 18th – 20th, 3 Day Master Class, Spectrum Films
- Oslo, Norway, November 4th – link coming soon
- Copenhagen, Denmark, Danish Film School, October 28th -30th
- Copenhagen, Denmark, Filmværkstedet, October 27th – link coming soon
- Gothenburg, Sweden, Film i Väst, October 25th
- Sydney, Austrlia, Ozdox Octobter 19th
- Sydney, Australia, October 7th – 9th
- Sydney, Australia, September 27th
- Sydney, Australia, AFTRS, August 20th
- Warsaw, Poland, Filming in the Global Village, June 15th-17th
- Copenhagen, Denmark, Station Next, June 14th
- Cluj, Romania, Transilvania Film Festival June 9th – 11th
- Aarhus, Denmark, EPI Digital Strategies, June 5th – 9th
- Dubrovnik, Croatia, CineLink, June 3rd -5th
- Copenhagen, Denmark, Danish Film Directors, 1 day workshop, March 14th, private event
- Sofia, Bulgaria, Europa Distribution/Sofia Film Festival March 12th
- Overbygd, Norway, Filmcamp, 3 day workshop, March 8th – 10th
- Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Film Institute, 1 day workshop, March 3rd.
- Aarhus, Denmark, CrossMedia/Shareplay, 1 day workshop, March 2nd
- Stockholm, Sweden, DLA Nordic & Noble Entertainment, March 1st
- Amsterdam, Holland, Binger Filmlab, 1 day workshop, February 28th
- Amsterdam, Holland Binger Filmlab Producer talks February 26th-27th, private event
2010
- Piteå, Sweden, Filmkonventet’10 December 1st through Skype
- Haparanda, Sweden, FilmArc Masterclass Sept 30 – Oct 3rd
- London, UK, London Film School, September 28th & 29th
- Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen Film School, September 24th & 25th
- Utrecht, Holland, Holland Film Meeting, September 23rd
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Cinema do Brasil September 15th & 16th
- Sydney Film Festival Australia June 2010
- Auckland, New Zealand June 2010
- Wellington New Zealand June 2010
- Berlin, Germany, Digital Distribution Strategies June 2010
- London, UK, Dawn of The Micro Major Film Producer, May 2010
- Joensuu, Finland, Distribution of Documentary films, April 2010
- Torino, Italy, EU Media Programme, April 2010
- Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina, Cinelink, April 2010
- Copenhagen, Denmark CPH:PIX, April 2010 through Skype
- Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cinema do Brasil, April 2010
- Strasbourg, France, ETMA, February 2010
- Bratislava, Slovakia, EU Media Desk, February 2010
- Berlin, Germany, MicroMajor, Berlin Film Festival, February 2010
2009
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg, EAVE Luxembourg
- Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Film Institute 2 day workshop Oslo
- Santa Monica, California, AFM / WIF The New Hollywood Studio LA, November 2009
- Los Angeles, California, Distribution U, USC LA with Scott Kirsner & Peter Broderick, November 2009
- Toronto, Canada, IFF in conversation with Ted Hope & Thomas Mai, September 2009
- Brussles, Belguim, European Union’s Media Desk, Speaker, 2009
- Baden, Austria, Erich Pommer Institute, Speaker, 2009
- London, UK, UK Film Council, London, 2009
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg, EAVE Film Finance Forum, 2009
2008
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg, EAVE Film Marketing Workshop,
- Stockholm Film Festival 2008 Expert, The Digital Revolution ,
- Danish Producer Association 2008 Expert, Video On Demand ,
- Sundance/NHK 2008 Jury member Int Filmmakers Award,
- Bergen Film Festival 2008 Expert, Video On Demand,
- Krakow Film Policy Forum 2008, Expert on VOD,
- Toronto Film Festival 2008 International Film Finance Forum,
- Digital Distribution Haugesund Film Festival 2008 Panel for Film Sales Agents,
- Digital Distribution Danish Film Institute meeting 2008, Expert,
- Film Workshop Nordisk Film & TV Fond 2008, Expert,
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Bratislava Media Desk
Feb/2010
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Dawn of The Micro Major Film Producer
Feb /2010
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Last tuesday i was in Turin for the workshop, it has been amazing.
Thank you very much
Thank you for everything you shared with us, so much to discover, will inspire and change for me and my colleagues this beautiful film world in finally positive way of making things possible. May our success bring 2 to you
Sharing knowledge is best gift today.
Best wishes from Sarajevo,
M
I watched a Thomas presentation in Brazil and the content was very important for the creation strategies of my projects. This way of thinking is very different from Brazilian way. Tank you Thomas.
Great read. Thanks for the info!
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Thomas