{"id":54360,"date":"2025-10-13T22:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?page_id=54360"},"modified":"2025-10-13T22:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:46:42","slug":"meetings-panels-11-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/fantastic-film-forum-2025\/meetings-panels-11-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Meetings + Panels + 1:1 Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>October 31st, 2025<br \/>\nCasa del Cinema di Trieste<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Meetings + Panels + 1:1 Meetings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A morning agenda of conferences and panels and an afternoon session of in-person one-to-one meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Info: forum@scienceplusfiction.org[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]10.00 \/\/ Talk<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Independent genre cinema in the United Kingdom: meeting with Andy Starke<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Andy Starke is one of the most prominent and active independent film producers in the UK: a longtime producing partner of film director Ben Wheatley, he co-founded Rook Films and Mondo Macabro and produced or co-produced over 40 films, mostly genre, including works by Peter Strickland, Brandon Cronenberg, Lucile Hadzihalilovic. 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