Schedule
All times are India time (IST).
Tuesday 8 December
- 10:0011:00Panel
Pitch session: projects seeking co-producers
Amara Gill (moderator), Dev Kapoor, Omar Shah
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 10:0011:00Panel
Creature work: from concept to final pixel
Chloe Nair, Mina Iyer, Omar Fernandes (moderator)
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 10:0011:00Panel
From service studio to IP owner
Elena Rao, Lucas Bose, Tara Reddy (moderator)
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 10:0011:00Panel
2D is back: the economics of hand-drawn
Meera Rao, Sofia Tanaka (moderator), Zoya Joshi
Hall 2DesiToons
- 10:0011:00Panel
Theatrical windows in a streaming world
Karan Menon (moderator), Nisha Pillai, Omar Shah
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 10:0011:00Panel
Short video to long-form: when to switch
Hugo Sethi, Jonas Weber (moderator), Omar Shah
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 10:3012:00Show
Lighting demo: LED volumes
Karan Menon
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 10:3012:00Show
Developer talk: shipping your first game
Karan Bose
Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav
- 11:0012:40Screening
Screening: Echoes of Charminar
Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 11:0012:40CancelledScreening
Screening: Paper Tigers
Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 11:1512:15Fireside chat
International sales agents roundtable
Elena Pillai, Lucas Bose
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 11:1512:15ChangedFireside chat
Virtual production on an Indian budget
Karan Bose, Sofia Tanaka
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 11:1512:15Fireside chat
Talent pipelines for the next million creators
Elena Pillai, Jonas Weber
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 11:1512:15Fireside chat
Writing comedy for animation
Chloe Nair, Jonas Weber
Hall 2DesiToons
- 11:1512:15ChangedFireside chat
Telugu cinema's global audience
Elena Pillai, Tara Reddy
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 11:1512:15Fireside chat
Brand deals that don't feel like ads
Aditya Weber, Kenji Okafor
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 12:3013:30Masterclass
Finance clinic: gap funding and pre-sales
Sofia Das
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 12:3013:30CancelledMasterclass
Breaking down a 2,000-shot feature
Sofia Das
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 12:3013:30Masterclass
Closing panel: what deals got done this week
Fatima Nair
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 12:3013:30Masterclass
Characters that travel: Indian IP for global kids
Omar Shah
Hall 2DesiToons
- 12:3013:30Masterclass
Pan-India cinema: what changed after 2022
Sofia Das
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 12:3013:30Masterclass
Creator burnout and sustainable output
Dev Kapoor
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 13:0014:30Activity
Photo walk briefing
Aditya Khan
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 13:0014:30Activity
Publisher speed-pitching
Aditya Weber
Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav
- 14:0015:40Screening
Screening: The Last Monsoon Reel
Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 14:0015:40Screening
Screening: Signal Lost
Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 14:3015:30ChangedTalk
Market opening: buyers and sellers meet
Vikram Fernandes
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 14:3015:30Talk
Real-time engines in the VFX pipeline
Tara Gill
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 14:3015:30Talk
Opening keynote: India's creative economy in 2030
Tara Gill
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 14:3015:30Panel
Animated documentaries
Meera Rao (moderator), Omar Fernandes, Tara Reddy
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 14:3015:30Panel
Data-led greenlighting: myth or method
Aditya Weber, Hugo Sethi, Zoya Joshi (moderator)
Hall 3OTT Pulse
- 14:3015:30Talk
Building a creator business beyond ads
Nisha Rao
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 15:3017:00Workshop
Lens shoot-out
Sneha Laurent
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 15:3017:00Workshop
Game jam results and awards
Tara Gill
Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav
- 15:4516:45Panel
Pitch session: projects seeking co-producers
Aditya Weber, Arjun Khan (moderator), Sameer Fernandes
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 15:4516:45Panel
Machine learning for roto and paint
Isha Das (moderator), Karan Bose, Kenji Okafor
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 15:4516:45Panel
State of AVGC investment in India
Arjun Khan, Rahul Varma, Sameer Fernandes (moderator)
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 15:4516:45CancelledFireside chat
Independent animation in India
Amara Gill, Tara Gill
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 15:4516:45Fireside chat
Commissioning originals in 2027
Dev Kapoor, Meera Rao
Hall 3OTT Pulse
- 15:4516:45Panel
Short video to long-form: when to switch
Karan Menon (moderator), Mina Iyer, Zoya Iyer
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 17:0018:00Masterclass
Student showcase and jury talk
Kabir Varma
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 17:0018:00Masterclass
Regional languages and subscriber growth
Rahul Okafor
Hall 3OTT Pulse
- 17:0018:40Screening
Screening: Synthetic Dawn
Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 17:0018:40Screening
Screening: Grandmother's Algorithm
Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival