10.40am – 11.20am
What is generative artificial intelligence and what role does it play in the creative process? How is it positioned in the chain of editorial and television content rights? What are the challenges posed by its relentless development? What are the current and future legal implications? We discuss this with an international expert in the field and try to answer some of the questions of this evolving topic.
Speaker: Francesca Perri, Partner Tonucci & Partners Law Firm, Italy
11.30am – 12.10pm
Exploring the world beyond the books to see how a globally successful children’s book series inspired an award-winning TV series as well as a myriad of other partnerships across licensing and live events.
Is close working between the production and rights management company, the creator, the publisher, and the commissioning broadcaster in a collaborative and co-ordinated way the key to successfully create and market a growing brand?
In this panel we will go in depth on a case history brought by TG Entertainment (TGE), which creates audio visual content and manages the brand and licensing rights for The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, based on Liz Pichon’s best-selling book series for children aged 7-12, published by Scholastic.
Speakers: Ken Anderson, Managing Director and Executive Producer, TG Entertainment Ltd., UK; Liz Keynes, Head of Rights and Licensing, TG Entertainment Ltd. UK
12.20pm – 12.50pm
On the occasion of the brand-new TV/Film Rights Centre at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, we offer a panel in which we illustrate some figures and trends in audiovisual development inspired by books for children. How central is a book-inspired IP in today's television programming? And how important is it for a producer to look for book-inspired properties as opposed to original ones? Where is the market heading today?
Speaker: Olivia Deane, Senior Analyst, Ampere Analysis, UK
2.00pm – 2.40pm
Organised by Book on a Tree
Rules and advices for publishers and authors on which story to choose from their catalogue, for what reasons and then how to pitch the story to tv and film producers.
Speakers: Marco Ponti, Scrittore, Regista e Sceneggiatore cinematografico, Italia; Harriet Webster, scrittrice e sceneggiatrice, UK
Moderated by: Stefano Marrone, Media Producer e Creative Director, Unit9 Group, USA
2.50pm – 3.30pm
Organised by Book on a Tree
When two different producers from two different countries discover that they have bought the rights to translate two different series of novels by the same author into animation, there is only one thing to do: get to know the author.
A meeting with Alessandro Gatti, writer, international screenwriter for Disney, author of Klinkus Corteccia and Will Moogley Agenzia Fantasmi, and the producers of the two animated series based on his books, Alfio Bastiancich (General Manager Animation & Youth Programmes, Showlab Srl - Prodea Group) and Francesco Catarinolo (Film Director & Creative Producer Studio Pandora). Moderator: Stefano Marrone (Media Producer and Creative Director, Unit9 Group).
Speakers: Alessandro Gatti, writer and screenwriter, Italy; Mark Mertens, Managing Director & Producer, Fabrique D’Images & FDI Group, Luxembourg; Francesco Catarinolo, Film Director and Creative Producer, Studio Pandora, Italy
Moderated by: Stefano Marrone, Media Producer e Creative Director, Unit9 Group, USA
A multi-award winning producer with 30+ years Film+TV industry experience; Ken Anderson is one of the foremost Children’s and Animation Producers in the UK. A cofounder of Red Kite Animation, TG Entertainment and Wild Child Animation, he is responsible for hit series: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, 64 Zoo Lane, Dennis & Gnasher, Ask Lara, Wendy, The Imp and Pablo the Little Red Fox.
Francesco Catarinolo is a director with an extensive experience in different aspects of multimedia production, which has allowed him to hone and refine his narrative talents over time. After graduating from DAMS at the Università di Torino, he began working for an advertising agency as a copywriter but stirred toward video production later on out of his love for cinema and comics books. Feeling more comfortable working as a cameraman and editor, he collaborated with several companies and broadcasters, including SKY. A turning point in his career was the 2013 foundation of Studio Pandora, a production company specializing in animated content, which has become a major player in Turin scene. In recognition of his work with Studio Pandora, Francesco has been made member of Cartoon Italia, the National Association of Animation Producers.
Alessandro Gatti was born in 1975. As a young man, he studied a lot of philosophy but then he thought it was best to start writing novels for children. He is the author of the Klincus Corteccia books (Mondadori), which have just been adapted into a cartoon series. Along with Pierdomenico Baccalario and Lucia Vaccarino, he is also the author of the novels in the Sherlock, Lupin & Io (Sherlock, Lupin & Me) series, Piemme, translated into several languages. For a few years he has also been a comic book writer for Disney.
Liz specialises in intellectual property development, rights management and brand licensing for children’s and family IP covering both book to film/tv and film/tv to book. She has acted for film and television production companies, television financiers / distributors and book publishers to develop strategy and appoint teams to manage brands for a global market. Currently leading the commercial management for TG Entertainment (Tom Gates) and retained brand consultant for Magic Light Pictures (The Gruffalo and Friends, Pip and Posy).
Stefano Marrone is a Media Producer and Creative Director, working in animation, documentaries, comic books and graphic novels, and branded content. Notable collaborations include Disney, Movimenti, ILBE, Google and many more. He's a partner at Book on a Tree.
As a lawyer at Tonucci & Partners, partner in the Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Internet Law and Cultural Heritage Department, she is interested in all legal issues related to the above areas of expertise. She specialises in the protection of intellectual property rights, with a particular focus on media and entertainment law and the law relating to artificial intelligence and new technologies.
Marco Ponti is a writer, director and screenwriter. His films include the cult movie Santa Maradona (winner of two David di Donatello awards), the great successes with audiences Io che amo solo te and La cena di Natali based on the novels by Luca Bianchini, and La Bella Stagione (winner of a Nastro d’Argento), created with Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini and the Sampdoria players who achieved the epic feat of winning the football championship in 1991 and remained lifelong friends. He has also published the novels Alice resta a casa (Alice Stays at Home) with Manlio Castagna, winner of the Watty 2020 for the best Young Adult story on Wattpad, R – Ribelli, revoluzione e rock ‘n’ roll (R – Rebels, Revolution and Rock ‘n’ Roll) with Christian Hill, and the ghost book series that began with Ombre che camminano and continues with La città delle streghe.
Harriet Webster is a British writer of comics and TV and film screenplays for both children and adults. She loves telling stories about empowerment which are based on historical realism or space cats, both for her own IPs and for others’. Her most recent collaborations include with Disney Publishing, Mondadori, Movimenti, Rebel Girls and many more.
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