FOCUS offers a host of networking events for delegates..

FOCUS is fast approaching and as it’s the festive season, exhibitors are offering a host of informal networking events for delegates.

RSVP Required;
Tues 5th and Weds 6th 12.30 – 1.30pm.  Mediterranean Aperitif
Join Catalunya, Barcelona, Mallorca and Balearic Islands Film Commissions for vermouth and sobrassada! RSVP here.

Weds 6th 3-4pm Green Zone Reception 
AdGreen and albert invite you to join them in the new Green Zone In association with BOC Gases, Dresd, JB Locations, Sunbeam Studios, Taylor Construction Plant
RSVP at  bit.ly/rsvpgreendrinks

No RSVP required;

Tues 5th and Weds 6th 3-4pm Scandinavian Happy Hour

Tues 5th 4-5pm Thailand Happy Hour

Tues 5th and Weds 6th 4-5pm  Poland Happy Hour

All day Tues 5th and Weds 6th  Portuguese Port,  natas, Spanish jamon & wine
With Made In Lisbon and Widescope Productions.

You can also relax at our pop-up pub, The Dresd Inn. made out of recycled film and TV sets.

Be Inspired by 100+ Speakers

You can add preferred sessions to your personal itinerary when you login to your account, but please note seats will be on a first-come first-served basis. Newly confirmed sessions include;

Do the Clever People Now Work in Television 
With Tim Dams, Martyn Auty (Life & Soul Pictures), Carlo Dusi (Scott Free), Dominic Minghella, Robert Jones (The Fyzz Facility) and Elaine Steel.

Show Me The Money…after Brexit
With Dawn McCarthy Simpson MBE (Pact),  Ben Barrett (Drive), Rob Stapledon (Arbuthnot Latham & Co), Julie Baines (Dan Films), Phillip Covell (AVTN), Denman Rooke (October Films)

High End, Low End..What about the Middle – The Question of Talent?
With Sara Putt, Nicholas Brown (Neal Street Productions), Katie Swinden (Fifty Fathoms), Darcia Martin, Jules Hussey.

Beyond 25%…Maximising the UK Tax Relief
With Anna Mansi (BFI), James Bramsdon (Saffery Champness), Alex Boden (Pistachio Pictures).

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool 
Co-producer Andy Noble interviewed by Leo Barraclough (Variety)

Click here for the whole programme

The FOCUS programme is developed in consultation with Advertising Producers Association, BFI, British Film Commission, Creative Skillset, PACT, The Production Guild, Production Managers Association, UKIE and Women in Film and TV and is presented in partnership with our media partner Variety.