Program

The Lumière Summit brings together, for the first time at this level, States, the leading companies in film, television and gaming, creators and cultural organizations from across five continents to address a single question: how can the value of the moving image be created, shared and sustained in the decade ahead? That question takes different forms across established and fast-growing markets, where some of the world’s most dynamic new audiences, creative ecosystems and models of circulation are emerging, not least through the global rise of series and new forms of storytelling. 

While reflecting this diversity of geographies and experiences, the programme unfolds as one continuous conversation: an opening plenary that establishes its central thesis, four thematic tracks that explore its implications through the industry’s most pressing questions, and a closing plenary that looks to the future. Each session is designed to move from a shared understanding of the challenges to concrete action.

Program

  • 10:15 am Opening Remarks
  • 11:00 am Official Group Photo
  • 11:15 am First Plenary Session
  • 12:30 pm Parallel Sessions or Bilateral Meetings
  • 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 3:30 pm Parallel Sessions or Bilateral Meetings
  • 4:30 pm Parallel Sessions or Bilateral Meetings
  • 5:30 pm Closing Plenary Session
  • 6:30 pm Closing Reception
01

Opening
session

Reinventing the value of the moving image

02

Creating at the New Frontiers

How can the screen industries embrace technological changes while expanding the possibilities of creation, safeguarding the role of creators and protecting the value they generate?

03

Financing Creative Ambition, Sharing Value

What new financial models, partnerships and forms of risk-sharing can sustain ambitious works in a fragmented global market?

04

Rebuilding the Path to Audiences

How can the industry rebuild the pathways through which works find audiences, generate value and achieve lasting impact — including in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where reaching new audiences still depends on building the physical, broadcast and digital infrastructure through which works can circulate?

05

Building an Industry Worth Believing In

What must the screen industries protect, transform and pass on to remain worthy of the trust they ask from audiences?

06

Closing
session

Image Education, the Literacy of the Twenty-First Century