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Italy’s Nanni Moretto to preside the Cannes jury
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Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?
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Hotel Colette: Cannes newest 4-star hotel
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Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free
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6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
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Archive for the ‘Midem’ Category
Special rates and events for students at Midem
New this year: Midem 2012 has opened its doors to students that want to work in the music business. The Midem academy consists of 14 courses in entrepreneurship, new business models and marketing. High-profile experts will engage the audience, share their knowledge and provide practical advice that students can apply immediately. The comprehensive training programme [...]
Finalists announced for Midemlab 2012
It’s no secret: the music biz has changed irrevocably, and now connects to audiences in ways that were completely unthinkable only a few years ago. Each year, Midem showcases the best new upcoming music apps and services under the Midemlab sidebar. This year’s finalists - chosen by UK digital consulting company Music Ally and French [...]
Midem: engaging with audiences
Alongside its traditional (and central) role of providing a meeting place for music professionals to meet and do business, Midem has been underlining the need to engage with audiences for several years. This has probably been the biggest single shift in the dynamics of the music business in recent years, as the control slipped from [...]
EU unveils plans for “Creative Europe”
The EU has unveiled plans for a major programme called Creative Europe that would replace the MEDIA programme. The news is of significant importance to European film, TV and music professionals – as well as their international partners. What is the Creative Europe programme? The Creative Europe programme would support European cinema and the cultural [...]
Getting the most from Cannes for Midem, MIPIM and MIP
One particularity of Cannes is that it hosts the most important trade fairs in a number of different industries. Midem, MIPIM, TFWA, the Film Market, MIPTV, MAPIC and MIPCOM – to name a few – are the most influential trade fairs of their kind. This is not news, and in boom times, many people would [...]
MIDEM to launch as a live festival
Live music is in the news with Midem. The annual music trade fair had cut back on its live concerts somewhat over the past few year. Yet it has just announced that Midem will also feature a live festival at the upcoming show in January 2012. The news is interesting, and is good news for [...]
Midem early bird deadline + Facebook
If you’re in the business of music, the news is that the Midem early bird deadline is coming up on September 30. For €495 you can be part of the newer, shinier Midem next year (start-ups and application developers get this rate irrespective and students & independent artists can get in at just €295). These [...]
MidemLab 2012 open for submissions
The news, in case you missed it, is that Midem has a shiny new coat of paint. Despite all the changes of previous years, successive drops in attendance pushed it to re-think its role in the industry. Visitors to Midem in January 2012 will find a completely new layout and focus. First, the bad news: [...]
Cannes Independent Film Festival open for submissions
Nothing to do with the official festival, the Cannes Independent Film Festival is a standalone sidebar that hopes to promote indie and low budget film-making during the big event. The 4th edition promises outdoor film screenings, networking, speed-dating and enlightening panels of filmmakers and Q&As. There’s a fee to submit films, and screenings take place [...]
Midem figures down, excitement stable
I’m trying to remember a time when people left Midem saying it was rubbish. Globally, it doesn’t happen. Even though attendance figures were down by 4.9%, most people I spoke to took the change in their stride. Most were talking about the contacts they had made, and the new ideas they had heard. An interesting [...]