The UK Pavilion in Cannes will host a discussion between producers on finding the right intellectual property (IP) for cross-media adaptations, at 11.30 on Monday, May 18.
“I hope the audience will be able to take away some practical tools for the adaptation process, including where and how to find source material that can expand their opportunities for storytelling, and also gain some insight into how to navigate different collaborative scenarios,” said Chelsea Morgan Hoffman, producer at Element Pictures.
The Ireland-UK company’s recent adaptations include Un Certain Regard 2025 selection Pillion, from Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill, The Lost Children Of Tuam, based on a New York Times article, and Poor Things, adapted from Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel.
“It’s a great time to be having these discussions. We all hear about the hunger for IP-driven material and that can seem overwhelming, especially in an indie context, Hopefully this chat can make that process feel a little less mysterious and a little more accessible,” she added.
Also on the panel are John Giwa-Amu, founder and producer of Wales’ Good Gate Media, behind The Man In My Basement, adapted from Walter Mosley’s novel, and Carthew Neal, producer at New Zealand’s Fumes and Piki Films, whose credits include the series Small Town Scandal, adapted from the true crime parody podcast.
”At Good Gate, we don’t see film, TV, and games as separate silos, but as a singular ecosystem for storytelling,” said Giwa-Amu. ”Film is my original passion, but I believe a great story is universal, and its truest creative form might find broad appeal in different mediums.”
This discussion will be followed by two ‘talent talks’ from 14:00 with the teams behind The End Of It, which world premieres in the Cannes Premiere strand, and Directors’ Fortnight selection I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning.
Sunday May 17
Before this, the Sunday events get underway at 09:30 with a discussion on VFX and UK incentives featuring Shobha Conway, head of business development and operations at Union VFX; Colin Kennedy, CEO of FixFx, Cara Kotschy, managing director of Residence Pictures; and Steve Milne, founder and producer of British Film Company.
Co-producing with the UK is under the microscope at 11:30, with How To Have Sex co-producer Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Greece’s Kinestet, The Birthday Party co-producer Leontine Petit of Netherlands-based Lemming Film and Triangle Of Sadness co-producer Julio Chavezmontes, founder and CEO of Mexico’s Piano.
The cultural value of film will be explored by a panel discussion in association with the UK Pavilion and held in the Palais. The speakers are Pia Lundberg, artistic director at the Göteborg Film Festival, Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland and Olivier Père, CEO of Arte France Cinéma.
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