MEDICI 2025 - The Film Funding Journey

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©Svante Örnberg

©Svante Örnberg

©Svante Örnberg

Participants
This workshop welcomes decision makers in film funds, as well as other senior professionals with a track record in a funding institution.
Date and venue

From 1 to 4 October 2025 in Bled, Slovenia

The programme starts Wednesday at 6 pm and ends Friday around 6 pm (followed by a farewell dinner). Departure is on Saturday.

Registration/Application deadline
20 August 2025
Fee

850 euros. The fee covers three nights of accommodation, full board and shuttle from and to the airport.

FOCAL attributes scholarships which cover 50% of the fee to support funding professionals from countries with limited resources. Travel to and back from Slovenia is not included.

Language
English
Organisation
Tamara Tatishvili, Head of Training
Petri Kemppinen, Moderator
Sandra Krebs, Location Manager

MEDICI is an annual training and exchange forum exclusively tailored for decision-makers in national and international film funding bodies. It offers a unique space for peer-to-peer exchange, sharing of best practices, and the development of forward-thinking cultural strategies.

As the audiovisual sector continues to transform, it is more important than ever for leaders to adapt and future-proof their institutions. MEDICI provides a trusted environment for open, in-depth dialogue on the key challenges currently shaping our field.

Focus areas of MEDICI 2025 include:

  • Responding to a rapidly shifting political landscape
  • Addressing the impact of Artificial Intelligence
  • Embracing sustainability in all its dimensions

Detailed programme (soon published)


→ APPLY HERE

Speakers

Lars Ebert
Secretary General, Culture Action Europe, Belgium

Henrik Underbjerg
Producer, Adviser of International Media Support (IMS), Denmark

Tamara Dawit
Filmmaker and strategist

Ludovica Chiarini
Founder and CEO of EcoMuvi, Italy

Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Technologist and policy advisor, Head of Cannes Next, CEO Storytek Innovation & Venture Studio and Head of the Tallinn Digital Summit

Nataša Bučar
Managing Director, Slovenian Film Centre

Kjersti Mo
CEO of the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI)

Proposed by

FOCAL couleur



In partnership with

British Film Institute        Danish Film Institute          FCOM Film Centre Of Montenegro          Film Fund Luxembourg          Film i Väst          VAF          Netherlands Film Fund          Norwegian Film Institute          Slovenian Film Centre          Telefilm Canada Partner of Choice



Cofunded by


BAK - OFC - Federal Office of Culture                MEDIA Desk Suisse


Focal is supported by
OFC