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The Sideletters

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The Sideletters is the weekly B2B podcast on film, tech & future business in Europe. For professionals & decision makers in the creative industries. Hosted from Berlin/Hamburg, Paris, and Warsaw, we analyze the markets, cinema & streaming trends, business strategies, and technology shaping the future of European entertainment. Essential listening for producers, distributors, investors, and creative executives. New episodes out every Wednesday. Join the community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-sideletters

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41 episodes

  1. Instagram Wants Your TV Screen. Should European Producers Care? | #039 17:38
  2. Sarah Mosses on Impact Producing, Musk’s $1B Skydance Bet & YouTube-RTL Deal | #038 1:01:18
  3. Culture Cuts, Private Cash & Netflix’s Shake-Up: What It Means for European Producers | #037 35:13
  4. Stéphane Cardin On Filming In Québec, and What's In It For Producers | #036 34:51
  5. Paramount-Warner, Neon's Open-Source Horror, Producer Credits & Too Many Films? | #035 38:15
  6. Poland's "Barbenheimer" Moment & the New Oscar Race | #034 34:16
  7. Paramount-Warner Deal & SkyShowtime: What It Means for the European Film Industry | #033 32:00
  8. One Woman, One Lion, One Loud Debate: Venice's Gender Math. Plus: How a Coyote Beat Warners | #032 40:59
  9. Malika Rabahallah on FilmFest Hamburg, US Production Incentive & Germany's Election Shock | #031 56:16
  10. What Makes Film Interesting for Equity Investors? Plus: Meta's $18B Child Safety Settlement | #030 36:39
  11. Open Air Cinema Founder Everbright Everready on Innovation & VJ Culture, Sarajevo Recap, Explorer Konferenz Outlook | #029 59:04
  12. Maša Marković, Head of Industry in Sarajevo: How CineLink Builds Tomorrow's Film Talent | #028 55:46
  13. Is Cinema Really Back? Box Office Truths, the Warner-Paramount Saga & the EU AI Act | #027 52:38
  14. CLASSIC | "You Are the Industry" w/ EAVE's Tina Trapp 32:26
  15. Film Business in Africa w/ Osoo Omondi | #026 42:34
  16. The Fight for Gender Parity in Film w/ WIFT's Lisa Herbers. The Odyssey. Netflix's Value Proposition | #025 58:11
  17. Netflix Chases YouTube, EAVE's New Leadership & The Future of Letterboxd | #024 32:17
  18. Streamer Investment Obligation Discussions Heating Up & Karlovy Vary Industry Insights with Hugo Rosák | #023 38:19
  19. A24's AI Deal, Big Tech's Grip on Indie Film, & The World Cup Economy | #022 52:21
  20. Big Tech Meets Independent Film, TV's New Play, The Digital Circus Phenomenon & a European Social Network | #021 43:21
  21. Challenging Projections: The New Content Economy with Johanna Koljonen | #020 54:09
  22. Wave or Drop? The Creator Economy, Crew Pay & Europe's Position, with Torsten Frehse (Neue Visionen / European Work in Progress) | #019 1:02:10
  23. Wenders, Box Office Hits by YouTube Creators & Netflix's Power Play | #018 40:28
  24. Guillaume Esmiol about the Evolution of the Marché du Film. Plus: Cannes Winners, Enhanced Games, and the Vatican’s take on AI | #017 34:23
  25. Full Package: Agora EU, Canal+ Blacklists, Producers Mental Health, and the "Netflix Effect" | #016 44:48
  26. Cannes Episode. Supporting the Next Generation: Inside La Fabrique with Thibaut Bracq, plus Statements from Emerging Producers | #015 51:28
  27. SPECIAL - Inside the Marché du Film: Alexandra Zakharchenko on How the World's Leading Film Market Connects the Global Industry | #014 27:38
  28. Movie Production Cycles vs. Cultural Shifts, Oscars Rewrite Rules, Streamers Go Theatrical, and NATO Reaches Out to Filmmakers | #013 46:34
  29. Kjersti Mo: How Norway built a Golden Era of Cinema. Plus: the RTL/Sky Merger, WGA’s New Deal, and a YouTube phenomenon in Poland | #012 35:12
  30. How European Producers Use Automation, AI & Self-Hosted Infrastructure to Stay Independent. Plus AgoraEU & UK‘s return | #011 44:48
  31. Cannes: Producer Leonardo Mecchi on Brazilian Cinema, plus: CinemaCon and Cannes Competition Selection | #010 47:34
  32. France vs Germany: Why German Producers Wish They Had the French Film Financing System | #009 35:06
  33. Europe's Series Revolution: A New Co-Production Convention & Why OpenAI Axed Sora | #008 41:13
  34. Culture as Currency: Why Europe's Creative Power Matters | #007 43:13
  35. Séries Mania Forum‘s head Francesco Capurro & Joanna‘s take on the Oscars AI predictions | #006 48:12
  36. "You Are the Industry": EAVE's Tina Trapp on Producer Empowerment in the Age of Consolidation | #005 31:59
  37. What Does an AI-Native Production Company Actually Look Like? w/ Katharina Gellein Viken, Metrotone | #004 34:52
  38. "Everything is Political": Berlinale Controversy, Netflix vs Paramount, McKinsey on AI in Film & TV, and the Césars | #003 44:59
  39. Live from the EFM: Joanna’s Dispatch, Who will save our Industry?, Yohann Comte on Charades’ Sales Strategy & Why Cinema Matters | #002 40:04
  40. Inside the EFM 2026 w/ Tanja Meissner, The New German Film Law | #001 46:39
  41. The "Death" of Indie Film? Melania, YouTubers & A European Reality Check | #000 32:11