After Content Budapest, C21Media is holding Content Warsaw. From June 3-6, 2024, the event aims to connect the Central and Eastern European content community to facilitate pan-regional and international business in a conference and development marketplace in the Polish capital. Key players from more than 38 countries are participating.
Content Warsaw takes place at Kinogram, the state-of-the-art cinema and event complex with exhibition space and meeting rooms, which is located in the center of Warsaw. The event also features all the elements common to C21 events, including an AI Academy block, the Content Warsaw Copro Pitch competition, and a marketplace with meeting tables and booths.
The event’s agenda includes screenings, a conference program and a marketplace designed to bring together buyers, co-producers, commissioners, channels and platforms in the heart of the Central and Eastern European region.
Among the confirmed showcases, Viaplay Content Distribution presents a wide range of scripted and unscripted programs based on real stories from the region. Disney Entertainment gives buyers throughout the region a look at the company’s latest slate of U.S. content. Sony Pictures Television presents fantastic programming with a variety of titles that will resonate with audiences around the world. Globo will present a showcase of key product for the region, including new releases and great telenovela classics. United Media will also host the screenings.
As part of the conference program, Maciej Gozdowski of Warner Bros. Discovery Poland will present and discuss the launch of Max in Poland and describe its broadcast strategy. Wiktor Przeorski and Łukasz Poniński, also from Warner Bros. Discovery Poland, will discuss how XR technology is shaping the future of content production. In addition, Kai Finke of SkyShowtime, will describe his content strategy in the region.
Other sessions on the conference agenda include a CEE Content Trends Report, a focus on pan-regional commissioning, new models for international distribution and partnerships, the current boom in scripted production, new co-production alliances and a deep dive into how AI can be used to improve the content business across the region.
Confirmed exhibitors: Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Sony Pictures Television, Paramount Global Content Distribution, ViaPlay Content Distribution, United Media, Televisa Univision, Caracol Television, Federation Studios, Global Agency, Abacus Media Rights, ZDF Studios, Inter Medya, Red Arrow Studios, Seriella Productions, US Agency for Global Media, Ukraine Content Club, M6 Formats, Mediterráneo Mediaset España, Calinos Entertainment, Daro Film Distribution, Balanga, Atresmedia, Atresmedia, ZDF Studios, Inter Medya, Red Arrow Studios, Daro Film Distribution, Balanga, Atresmedia, Atresmedia, Daro Film Distribution, Daro Film Distribution and ZDF Studios. Balanga, Atresmedia, Unifrance, CLPB Rights, Film UA Group, Pathe!, Beliane, 1+1 Media, TV Tokyo, Rai, Bossanova.
Confirmed speakers: Maciej Gozdowski, vice president of streaming group, WBD Poland; Wiktor Przeorski, Production Business Development Director, WBD Poland; Lukasz Poninski, director of the drama production company WBD Poland; Kai Finke, chief content officer at SkyShowtime; Edyta Sadowska, President and CEO of Canal+ Polska; Igor Draguzet, CME content director; Juri Pihel, CEO of Duo Media; Izabella Wiley, Senior Managing Director, Central and Eastern Europe, A+E Networks; Akos Erdos, CEO of Paprika Studios; Ivana Mikovic, COO of Firefly Productions; Magdalena Szwedkowicz, producer, MAG Entertainment; Mykhailo Khyzhniak, CEO of Sweet.TV; Toomas Luhats, member of the board of directors responsible for television programs, VOD and acquisitions, ERRl Gytis Oganauskas, deputy general director of LRT; Dariusz Jablonski, CEO of Apple Film Production; Tatjana Pavlovic, director of co-production and distribution, United Media; Adrzej Muszynski, CEO of ATM Grupa; Johnathan Young, executive producer of May One; Filip Bobinski, CEO and producer of Dramady Productions; Jason Mitchell, founder of The Connected Set; Vivek Lath, CEO of GoQuest Media; Justinas Docka, Content Director, Pay TV Baltics, TV3 Group; Mirela Nastase, drama director, ZDF Studios; Veronika Kovacova, executive vice president of Beta Film; Mark Young, executive vice president of Sony Pictures Television; Jack Davison, executive vice president of 3Vision; Alex Cameron, EMEA Director, Parrot Analytics; Simeon Mirzayantz, Regional Commercial Director for CEEMEA and Southern Europe, Glance Mediametrie; Jonathan Broughton, Head of Research, Plum Research.
Recently, C21Media also confirmed that the second edition of Content Warsaw will take place from June 3 to 5, 2025, with the support of its founding partners.
