Monaco Streaming Film Festival
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Monaco Streaming Film Festival[edit]
| Founded | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Awards | Reg Grundy Innovation Award, Streaming Award |
| Website | https://streamingff.com |
The Monaco Streaming Film Festival (MCSFF) is an annual international film festival held in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The Festival was founded in 2021and is supported by The Reg Grundy Family. The inaugural edition of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival took place from July 3rd to July 6th, 202, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.[1].
The Festival is a hybrid “festival-meets-summit” experience celebrating the streaming industry’s content, creators, producers and talent, while providing insider knowledge on the film and content production industries[2].
Industry leaders and talent meet in the principality of Monaco, to participate in four dynamic days of premieres and screenings, a marketplace, a conference, VIP receptions, and an awards ceremony and gala. The Festival is global in scale and Technologically-driven. Streaming technology is leveraged to power the festival and extend it beyond Monaco’s borders, opening its doors to a global audience via a live streaming platform. The platform also features virtual-only content and panels with personalities participating remotely[3].
The Festival’s mission is to facilitate conversations between entertainment industry leaders at the forefront of innovation and technology and the creator community working towards reshaping the future of the streaming content industry[4].
The gala awards ceremony is produced in partnership with the Princess Grace Foundation, Julian Lennon’s White Feather Foundation, and GEMA[4]. It takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and virtually online. The Festival’s gala awards recognizes the best in the streaming industry and celebrates key film, media and technology innovators and personalities[3].
Festival programme[edit]
The Festival is organised in the following sections:
- Film and Content Premieres: The Festival hosts a number of films, content screenings and premieres. [5]
- 2021 Premieres and screenings included:
- Michael Flatley’s Blackbird[6]
- Kelly O’Sullivan’s Saint Frances[7]
- Marco Orsini’s Beyond The Raging Sea[8]
- David LaChapelle’s Off Hiatus[4]
- Award Competition: The Festival celebrates successes and innovation in the world of On-Demand and Streaming Content, in Film, Short-Content and Social Media Content.[5]
- Film and Content Market: The Festival identifies some of the best and most innovative content from across the globe. Distributors, sales agents and direct to platform acquisition teams at the Festival searching for the best original on-demand Over-the-top (OTT) content[5].
- Masterclasses: The Festival promotes knowledge, direction and networking for experienced and new content producers seeking to better understand the opportunities and overcome the challenges for producing content for the new OTT paradigm[5].
- 2021 Speakers included: Jesse Redniss, Buzz Hays, Cecilia Peck, Gavin Bridge, Sean Doherty Jr., Will Gurman, Max Einhorn, Michael Schneider, Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec, Ben Rosenblatt, Kai Milla, David Yarrow, Alex Lifeson, and Andy Curran[9].
- Conferences: The Festival's conference events showcase the latest news and insights from the thought-leaders of the streaming industry. These presentations will guide and motivate the experienced and the new film and content maker[5].
- 2021 Conference Speakers included: Detavio Samuels, Angela Richardson, Julie Plec, Alex Lifeson, Erran Baron Cohen, Jo Cullen-Cronshaw, Cecilia Peck, Mark Hojgaard, Elizabeth Markevitch, Brisa Carleton, Jesse Redniss, Lan Tschirky, Gary Springer, Dean Devlin, Greg Berlanti, Buzz Hays, Christian Moore, Lise Romanoff, Ben Rosenblatt, Rudy Sarzo, Wolfgang Hildensheim, Kay Meseberg, Bruno Soria, Mounia Aram, Nathalie Morley, Doug Clark, Jr. Holmes Stoner and Dr. Alexander Kern[10].
Awards[edit]
The 2021 Monaco Streaming Film Festival recognised success in the on-demand world and included a number of notable producers and social media influencers. In addition the Festival launched the Reg Grundy Innovation Award in partnership with the Festival Supporter Mrs. Joy Chambers-Grundy, Reg Grundy's wife and Chairman of RG Capital. The award commemorates television mogul Reg Grundy, a true media industry innovator, to recognize ground-breaking media industry leaders and technology disruptors who boldly and brilliantly expand the global entertainment industry across all platforms[11]
The full list of awards is as follows:
- Reg Grundy Innovation Award
- 2021 winner: Jon Favreau[12]
- Streaming Award:
- Best Actor Award
- 2021 winner: Michael Flatley[12]
- Best Short Film Award
- 2021 winner: Bai Bai Barnet[12]
- Best Documentary Award
- 2021 winner: Eating Up Easter[12]
- Best Documentary Series Award
- 2021 winner: Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult[12]
- Best Soundtrack Award
- 2021 winner: Borat Subsequent MovieFilm[12]
- Best Emerging Talent Award
- 2021 winner: Kelly O’Sullivan[12]
- Best Creative Content Award
- 2021 winner: Kilian And Maruta[12]
- Best Emerging Influencer Award
- 2021 winner: Jodie Woods[12]
- Best Art Director Award
- 2021 winner: David LaChapelle[12]
- Best Motion Picture Award
- 2021 winner: Borat Subsequent MovieFilm[12]
- Outstanding Contribution Award
- 2021 winner: Mitch Lowe[12]
- Outstanding Impact Award
- 2021 winner: Julian Lennon[12]
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Best Actor Award
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- ↑ Wiseman, Andreas; Wiseman, Andreas (2021-04-26). "Inaugural Monaco Streaming Film Festival Announces July Dates; Mitch Lowe As Co-Founder, Steve Wozniak Keynote Speaker". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ Slatter, Sean (2021-06-01). "Monaco Streaming Film Festival launches prize honouring Reg Grundy". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "#hello_monaco weekend: what to do on July 3rd and 4th". HelloMonaco. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ramachandran, Naman; Ramachandran, Naman (2021-05-17). "Monaco Streaming Festival Sets 'Off Hiatus' Premiere, Reveals Speakers". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Monaco Streaming Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ Yossman, K. J.; Yossman, K. J. (2021-07-05). "'Lord of the Dance' Star Michael Flatley's Directorial Debut 'Blackbird' to Open Monaco Streaming Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ "The first edition of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival". New in 24 Entertainment English. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ Gray, Tim; Gray, Tim (2021-07-03). "'Beyond the Raging Sea' Docu Sets for Monaco Streaming Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ "Masterclass". Monaco Streaming Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ "Conference". Monaco Streaming Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ "Reg Grundy Innovation Award". Monaco Streaming Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 "Gala Awards". Monaco Streaming Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
