Schedule
All times are India time (IST).
Wednesday 9 December
- 10:0011:00Fireside chat
International sales agents roundtable
Mina Iyer, Rahul Varma
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 10:0011:00Fireside chat
Managing VFX across five time zones
Dev Kapoor, Sneha Laurent
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 10:0011:00ChangedFireside chat
Building global studios from Hyderabad
Lucas Bose, Rohan Menon
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 10:0011:00CancelledFireside chat
Directors in conversation: scale and story
Fatima Nair, Isha Das
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 10:0011:00Fireside chat
Brand deals that don't feel like ads
Aarav Sethi, Dev Kapoor
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 10:3012:00Show
Photo walk briefing
Kenji Okafor
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 10:3012:00Show
Publisher speed-pitching
Zoya Joshi
Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav
- 11:0012:40Screening
Screening: Echoes of Charminar
Screening Room AHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 11:0012:40ChangedScreening
Screening: Paper Tigers
Screening Room BHyderabad AI Film Festival
- 11:1512:15CancelledMasterclass
Finance clinic: gap funding and pre-sales
Amara Reddy
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 11:1512:15Masterclass
Creature work: from concept to final pixel
Leela Tanaka
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 11:1512:15Masterclass
Policy roundtable: incentives for AVGC-XR
Rahul Okafor
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 11:1512:15Masterclass
Licensing and merchandise for homegrown characters
Rahul Okafor
Hall 2DesiToons
- 11:1512:15Masterclass
The business of sequels and universes
Rohan Menon
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 11:1512:15Masterclass
Creator burnout and sustainable output
Aarav Sethi
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 12:3013:30Talk
Market opening: buyers and sellers meet
Isha Das
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 12:3013:30Talk
Virtual production on an Indian budget
Hugo Sethi
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 12:3013:30Talk
Co-production treaties that actually work
Dev Kapoor
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 12:3013:30Talk
2D is back: the economics of hand-drawn
Sneha Laurent
Hall 2DesiToons
- 12:3013:30Talk
Theatrical windows in a streaming world
Elena Rao
Hall 3Indian Film Conclave
- 12:3013:30Talk
Building a creator business beyond ads
Leela Tanaka
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 13:0014:30Activity
Lens shoot-out
Leela Tanaka
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 13:0014:30Activity
Game jam results and awards
Lucas Bose
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
- 14:3015:30Panel
Pitch session: projects seeking co-producers
Aditya Weber, Leela Das, Tara Reddy (moderator)
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 14:3015:30Panel
Breaking down a 2,000-shot feature
Nisha Pillai, Priya Iyer (moderator), Tara Reddy
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 14:3015:30Panel
From service studio to IP owner
Aditya Khan, Aditya Weber (moderator), Leela Das
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 14:3015:30Fireside chat
Stop-motion masterclass
Leela Tanaka, Sneha Laurent
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 14:3015:30ChangedFireside chat
Free ad-supported streaming in India
Rahul Okafor, Zoya Iyer
Hall 3OTT Pulse
- 14:3015:30Panel
Short video to long-form: when to switch
Aditya Weber, Lucas Menon (moderator), Sameer Shah
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 15:3017:00Workshop
Hands-on: large-format cinema cameras
Nisha Rao
Expo FloorFilm & Photo Expo
- 15:3017:00ChangedWorkshop
Showcase: 30 playable Indian indie games
Meera Rao
Indie ArcadeIndie Game Utsav
- 15:4516:45Fireside chat
International sales agents roundtable
Fatima Nair, Jonas Weber
Business LoungeIFM Indywood Film Market
- 15:4516:45Fireside chat
Real-time engines in the VFX pipeline
Ananya Gill, Lucas Bose
Grand TheatreVFX Summit
- 15:4516:45Fireside chat
Talent pipelines for the next million creators
Kenji Varma, Sneha Laurent
Hall 1IndiaJoy B2B
- 15:4516:45Masterclass
Animated documentaries
Mina Joshi
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 15:4516:45Masterclass
Data-led greenlighting: myth or method
Amara Gill
Hall 3OTT Pulse
- 15:4516:45Fireside chat
Brand deals that don't feel like ads
Karan Menon, Zoya Joshi
Hall 4Creator Zone Digital Conclave
- 17:0018:00Talk
Independent animation in India
Sneha Laurent
Hall 2ASIFA India
- 17:0018:00Talk
Commissioning originals in 2027
Tara Gill
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