Schedule

Market opening: buyers and sellers meet

Ananya Gill

Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market

Virtual production on an Indian budget

Priya Iyer

Grand TheatreVFX Summit

Opening keynote: India's creative economy in 2030

Rahul Varma

Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B

Characters that travel: Indian IP for global kids

Lucas Menon

Hall 2DesiToons

Pan-India cinema: what changed after 2022

Sameer Shah

Hall 3Indian Film Conclave

Building a creator business beyond ads

Chloe Nair

Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave

Hands-on: large-format cinema cameras

Priya Iyer

Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo

Showcase: 30 playable Indian indie games

Karan Menon

Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav

Screening: Echoes of Charminar

Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival

Screening: Paper Tigers

Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival

Pitch session: projects seeking co-producers

Amara Gill, Chloe Nair, Omar Fernandes (moderator)

Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market

Breaking down a 2,000-shot feature

Amara Reddy (moderator), Fatima Laurent, Sameer Fernandes

Grand TheatreVFX Summit

State of AVGC investment in India

Aditya Weber, Nisha Pillai, Rohan Menon (moderator)

Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B

Pitching an animated series to streamers

Aditya Weber, Fatima Nair, Nisha Pillai (moderator)

Hall 2DesiToons

Directors in conversation: scale and story

Kenji Varma, Rahul Okafor, Rohan Menon (moderator)

Hall 3Indian Film Conclave

International sales agents roundtable

Lucas Bose, Omar Shah

Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market

Real-time engines in the VFX pipeline

Aarav Sethi, Lucas Bose

Grand TheatreVFX Summit

Building global studios from Hyderabad

Fatima Laurent, Tara Gill

Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B

Licensing and merchandise for homegrown characters

Amara Reddy, Sneha Laurent

Hall 2DesiToons

The business of sequels and universes

Aarav Sethi, Hugo Kapoor

Hall 3Indian Film Conclave

Brand deals that don't feel like ads

Aarav Sethi, Mina Iyer

Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave

Lighting demo: LED volumes

Jonas Weber

Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo

Developer talk: shipping your first game

Karan Menon

Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav

Screening: The Last Monsoon Reel

Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival

Screening: Signal Lost

Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival

Finance clinic: gap funding and pre-sales

Sofia Das

Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market

Machine learning for roto and paint

Aarav Sethi

Grand TheatreVFX Summit

Policy roundtable: incentives for AVGC-XR

Sneha Laurent

Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B

Independent animation in India

Lucas Bose

Hall 2ASIFA India

Commissioning originals in 2027

Kabir Varma

Hall 3OTT Pulse

Creator burnout and sustainable output

Sameer Shah

Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave

Photo walk briefing

Amara Reddy

Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo

Publisher speed-pitching

Sofia Tanaka

Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav

Market opening: buyers and sellers meet

Isha Das

Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market

Managing VFX across five time zones

Nisha Pillai

Grand TheatreVFX Summit

Co-production treaties that actually work

Sameer Fernandes

Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B

Student showcase and jury talk

Kenji Okafor (moderator), Priya Iyer, Sameer Shah

Hall 2ASIFA India

Regional languages and subscriber growth

Aditya Weber (moderator), Fatima Nair, Sameer Shah

Hall 3OTT Pulse

Building a creator business beyond ads

Lucas Bose

Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave

Stop-motion masterclass

Karan Bose, Nisha Rao

Hall 2ASIFA India

Free ad-supported streaming in India

Fatima Laurent, Sofia Tanaka

Hall 3OTT Pulse

Screening: Synthetic Dawn

Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival