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Ready, Set, Pitch... for good!
Summit Showdown, Realscreen's highly-anticipated live international pitch competition, returns with a new goal: Pitch for Good!
This year Realscreen welcomes a new partner to the Summit Showdown; Partners in Kind — a media and production company specializing in social impact in entertainment — will award a US$20,000 development deal to the winning project.
Producers and content creators can vie for the opportunity to pitch any new, not yet commissioned unscripted or non-fiction feature-length film or TV series idea with a premise and purpose designed to create measurable social impact. Subject matter may span topics ranging from climate change, environmental advocacy and social justice, to mental health or wellness, marginalized voices and women’s voices.
If you have projects that address social issues and are grounded in innovation and untold perspectives of lived experiences, take this opportunity to enter for a chance to Pitch for Good at the Summit, and convince the judges that your project is deserving of a wider platform.
That's not all! Finalists will receive one complimentary pass to the Summit and three nights accommodation at the Intercontinental Miami.
More details on how to participate can be found here. The deadline for entries is Friday, November 15, 2024.
Roku Media's David Eilenberg and WBD's Jason Sarlanis to headline industry-shaping keynotes at Realscreen Summit and NATPE Global
Roku Media's Head of Content David Eilenberg will deliver the keynote address on the crossover day – Wednesday, February 5 – to a joint audience of NATPE Global and Realscreen Summit delegates. Eilenberg’s keynote marks the first time a NATPE keynote will have full participation from the Realscreen Summit audience, and his session will outline Roku Media's strategic priorities for success in an ever-shifting media landscape. Eilenberg will share his thoughts on the evolution of Roku's content strategy, innovative approaches in working with brands, exciting collaborations that are expanding Roku Media's offering, and his take on data-driven developments in tech that will drive entertainment media forward in the years to come.
Realscreen Summit will open on Monday, February 3 with a keynote address from Jason Sarlanis, President of TNT, TBS, truTV, ID, and HLN, Linear and Streaming at Warner Bros. Discovery. Sarlanis, who oversees programming development for some of the most popular networks in the unscripted world—including ID's true crime hits that stream on Max and discovery+—will share his insights on the evolving landscape of unscripted programming. In his keynote interview, Sarlanis will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the industry today, how to create buzzworthy content, and where he sees growth in an unpredictable market.
Throughout the week spanning NATPE Global and Realscreen Summit, the agenda centers on bringing the Future of Media into sharper focus – what to expect in 2030. That lens will inform the events' signature formats, from Realscreen's 30 Minutes With Programmers series to NATPE's Streaming+ strand.
Have a jaw-dropping format idea? All you need is a bit of Formagination!
Formagination, an international TV format competition that introduced the world to hits like Sex Tape, Date in Reverse, and Marry Me Now, is back for its 12th edition!
The finalists will get a complimentary pass to Realscreen Summit and NATPE Global to pitch their ideas as well as guidance from Armoza Formats' development team in preparation for the competition.
If you're tired of watching the same old shows on TV and have a fresh idea that turns TV formats on their heads, send it to us today! The competition is open to ANYONE with a format idea.
Full details about the competition, including eligibility criteria and submission requirements, can be found here. Deadline for entries is Sunday, September 29, 2024.
DIALOG opens call for entries, unveils mentors
Realscreen‘s DIALOG Mentorship Program, a transformative initiative designed to foster connections for mid-level executives who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color across unscripted programming and production, is expanding its scope in its fourth year by partnering with NATPE and broadening the program to encompass the scripted side of the industry as well.
The program will identify up to 10 exceptional executives chosen from the DIALOG candidate submission pool, and pair them with senior-level mentors who will share their experience to assist mentees in achieving the next echelon of their career goals.
Mentors confirmed to be part of the 2024/2025 program so far include: Grace Moss — VP, DE&I Pipeline Programs, Warner Bros. Discovery; Brie Miranda Bryant — SVP, unscripted development & programming, Lifetime; Robyn Lattaker Johnson — agent, media consultant; Ryann Lauckner — chief strategy & operating officer, Fulwell73; Bree Frank — SVP, physical production, Evolution Media / founder, Hue You Know; David Cornwall — managing director, Scorpion TV; and J.C. Mills — president & head of content, Cineflix Productions. More mentors will be confirmed soon.
Realscreen and NATPE Global are also happy to welcome back founding partners A+E Networks and Warner Bros. Discovery as supporters of the DIALOG program.
The call for submissions is now open. To learn more about the DIALOG Mentorship Program, timelines and submission requirements, visit the official DIALOG website here.
Realscreen Summit & NATPE Global co-locating to Miami in 2025
The industry has spoken and Brunico Communications, parent company of Realscreen Summit and NATPE Global, is responding to the strong market appetite for an all-encompassing must-attend event that kicks off 2025 and brings together these two leading conferences in a single destination.
The 2025 editions of Realscreen Summit, the largest and most influential global unscripted industry gathering, and NATPE Global, North America’s premier content marketplace, will co-locate at the InterContinental Miami hotel.
Spanning the week of February 3-7, each event will retain its own discrete agenda and programs while providing attendees the option to seamlessly participate in both markets. Realscreen Summit will kick off the week, followed by NATPE Global, with a mid-week crossover day bridging the two events.
The co-location is designed to provide unmatched production and distribution dealmaking opportunities to attendees of both events, make attendance and exhibition more efficient, and allow delegates to conduct a broader range of business in one trip. Realscreen Summit brings the most important unscripted producers and buyers from the development side of the business, while NATPE brings significant breadth and strength across all genres as well as markets such as LatAm and Europe.
"In this challenging climate, clients and buyers alike have asked for a single market that meets the full scope of their business needs across their organizations. In response, we’re creating the most comprehensive North American-based content market available and an unbeatable value proposition.”
Russell Goldstein
President & CEO
Brunico Communications
Maddever adds, “Realscreen is known for its unparalleled curated networking and pitch experiences, which align perfectly with NATPE’s focus on creating a vital cross-industry space for cultivating domestic and international business relationships.”
“Our stakeholders are looking for the most efficient and cost-effective way to conduct business,” says Macdonald. “This provides an exceptional forum to maximize commercial opportunities on both the finished sales and commissioning ends of the spectrum.”
The first NATPE x Realscreen collaboration kicks off in June at NATPE Budapest, with a Realscreen-branded format track as part of the agenda.
