Loop Symposium: Producing Artists’ Cinema. Moderated by Filipa Ramos

Commissioning Artists’ Cinema (Wednesday 20th November 2024) moderated by Filipa Ramos:

The beauty of making things happen. To debate matters of production is fundamental to understand the logics, logistics and funding systems of artists’ cinema, as well as the upsides and challenges they face. They concern the responsibility for the concretization of a project and all it entails to the many networks that are built across artists, commissioners, funding bodies, curators and exhibition venues to ensure that the making of an artwork runs smoothly from concept to completion. Handling logistics, keeping budgets, following ideas and managing people are fundamental aspects of producing artists’ cinema which will be discussed here. Sharing the know-how and experience of artists, commissioners and producers, this panel will attend to the ways—logistic, financial, organizational—that allow an artistic vision to come true and materialize itself, and the structures that make this happen. The panel will also consider the specificities of producing artists’ cinema in the present, the possibilities for the creation of networks for international art and film funding and development, and the changes in the sectors of art and film festivals during the last decade.