IFFR Pro Dialogue: Balancing Acts

Balancing Acts – nurturing creative enterprise, personal well-being and economic equilibrium

Join us to untangle the complexities of the modern cultural sector, now intricately intertwined with the ever-shifting contours of the gig economy.

Tailored for both emerging talents and seasoned professionals, this panel will take into account the intricacies of sustaining the balance between personal well-being and economic viability in the creative sector.

Addressing issues of diversity of practice and engagement, taking a multi-faceted approach to business and creative endeavours, balancing different career paths, is the "path not often taken" the one to consider? The risks and rewards of forging multiple professional identities, to become a multi-hyphenate.

The panel will consist of:
- Zsuszi Bankuti, film industry all-arounder (Locarno Open Doors, Cutting Edge Talent Camp) and champion of emerging talents
- Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, visual artist and filmmaker, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
- Mehelli Modi, distributor and champion of important unreleased contemporary and classic films (Second Run), former career in the music industry.
- Tambay Obenson, writer, critic, programmer, curator and CEO of Akoroko

Moderated by producer and curator Madeleine Molyneaux.

Film still: Unfolding dir. Anne Fehres & Luke Conroy (Art Directions: installation 2024)

Read more about the Pro Dialogues 2024 here. Access is open to IFFR 2024 badge-holders, no booking is required.