Wild Bunch, A24, Focus, Mubi execs to participate in San Sebastian’s inaugural Creative Investors conference

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Clockwise L-R: Vincent Maraval, Phil Hunt, Mike Goodridge

Executives from Wild Bunch, A24, Netflix and Focus Features are among those who will attend the inaugural two-day Creative Investors’ conference taking place at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF), organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance and running from September 19-20.

Participants will include A24 Europe’s head of film and head of TV, respectively, Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger; Netflix’s head of international original film Teresa Moneo; Focus Features’ president of production and acquisitions Kiska Higgs; Mubi’s VP of content Bobby Allen; Neon’s CEO Tom Quinn; Wild Bunch International’s co-founder and co-head Vincent Maraval; and Elysian Film Group’s founder Danny Perkins.

The conference will comprise a mix of keynote talks, panel discussions involving a selection of the international executives, technology presentations and a pitching session from the filmmaking teams behind 10 majority Spanish projects. The latter will include Baltasar Kormákur’s latest feature Whaleman (At The Ends Of The Earth), produced by Bilbao-based Euskadi Movie and Gerardo Herrero’s Raqqa, produced by Tornasol.

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Further guests confirmed are Louverture Films’ executive vice president Karin Chien; Wiip’s head of global drama David Flynn; 30West’s executive vice president Trevor Goth; Head Gear’s co-founder and managing director Phil Hunt; Eurimages’ executive director Susan Newman Baudais; Anonymous Content’s CEO Dawn Olmstead; Atwater Capital’s managing partner Vania Schlogel; Cenetic Media’s principal John Sloss; Killer Films’ co-founder and producer Christine Vachon; Picture Perfect’s chairman Patrick Wachsberger; Kinetic Energy’s CEO Diana Williams; Participant Media’s vice president of distribution and acquisitions Rob Williams; and producers Carlo Cresto-Dina, Mike Goodridge and Gabrielle Tana.

The Creative Investors conference is taking place as part of the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand of this year’s SIFF. It is open to all industry badgeholders,

The festival runs from September 16-24, 2022.