Even though PICTURE THIS is bigger than ever, lean and mean is the new industry norm. Under the headline ‘Small Hacks, Big Wins’ this year’s film tech conference features 12 world-leading speakers, case studies and conversations that all tap into novel, cost-effective and out of the box hacks that improve small-scale work even further. Traits desperately sought after by the world’s biggest studios.

Picture This is a one-day event dedicated to exploring the intersection of storytelling, technology, and visions for the future of filmmaking.

Picture This Conference

Director, screenwriter and chair of the Association of Danish Film Directors Rasmus Kloster Bro has been practically everywhere since debuting with the award-winning 'Cutterhead' in 2019. Today, Kloster Bro also lectures students from The National Film School of Denmark in directing, applying his unique technological approach and cross-media insights to his teachings.


Chair, the Association of Danish Film Directors

PICTURE THIS: RASMUS KLOSTER BRO

Rasmus Kloster Bro is a film director and screenwriter who graduated from Super16 in 2016. He made his feature film debut in 2019 with the Bodil- and Robert-nominated 'Cutterhead', a thriller shot on location in the Copenhagen metro. 'Cutterhead' has won awards at genre film festivals worldwide and at the French debut festival Premier Plans. Rasmus Bro has also worked with documentaries, short films, radio drama, music videos and installation art. 

He is currently a lecturer at the Danish Film School's fiction director program and conducts practice-based research and artistic knowledge production, focusing on methods to compliment or make the script redundant as a prerequisite for the cinematic. He experiments with new technology and is interested in identifying intermediate media that can maintain and strengthen the pure qualities of cinematic language. He also serves as chairman of the Association of Danish Film Directors.

Rasmus Kloster Bro

Margarita Grubina is at the forefront of shaping how emerging digital technologies intersect with national resilience. As Vice President of Business Growth at Respeecher, Margarita knows that ethical AI deployment is an extremely sought after trait in today's media landscape.

Vice President of Business Growth at Respeecher

PICTURE THIS: MARGARITA GRUBINA

Margarita Grubina has made a name for her self as a tough contracts negotiator, especially within B2B sales. Since starting out at Respeecher some three years ago, Grubina has achieved up to USD six figure deals, and she is an ardent  promoter of emerging technologies.

But her engagement also covers tapping into new market opportunities, as well as maintaining strong connections with clients. She combines her industry expertise with a forward-thinking approach, which ensures that Respeecher's offerings resonate with evolving market needs in the dynamic field of voice AI technology.

Respeecher is an Emmy-awarded Ukraine-based voice cloning technology, where Margarita Grubina is charged with the pivotal role of driving company growth through strategic market analysis and nurturing client relations. She has helped the company close high-value contracts, she has overseen strategic implementation of automation tools and effective management of third-party vendors.

But Margarita Grubina is also a seasoned keynote speaker and panel contributor on AI voices in entertainment, and she has been featured in Cannes, Vogue, Biennale and Google events among many others.

Margarita Grubina

Vice President of Business Growth, Respeecher

Dave Clark is an award-winning filmmaker who is pioneering the use of AI as a storytelling device in film, TV, and advertising. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry and keeps driving change through narrative storytelling.


PICTURE THIS: DAVE CLARK

Dave Clark calls himself an ‘AI dude’. And that seems a quite modest title for a UTA-repped writer and director in the feature filmmaking space who is commercially repped at Secret Level for advertising work.

Besides that, he has recently amassed millions of views for his AI directing (and AI Advertising) work, featured several times in Forbes, NBC, The Hollywood Reporter and No Film School.

Dave has spoken at Berlinale, MIT, USC, and CogX to name a few and he recently judged an AI filmmaking competition for Eleven Labs and Pika Labs alongside filmmaker Danny Boyle.

Over his career, Dave has created commercials, immersive engagements, and brand spots for several companies, including Snapchat, Ciroc, Hewlett Packard, Pepsi, Lobos Tequila, Intel, and more. He also has creatively partnered with actors/activists like Michael Ealy, George Clooney, the late Michael K. Williams, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights to help fight for justice and inclusion through narrative storytelling.

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Fireside Chat: The state of film and entertainment ecosystems

Opening Keynote

Session 1: How independent directors and studios are powering creativity and business with AI & VP

Session 2: The new powertools and workflows for creation, direction, writing, and post production

Session 3: Wee wisdom, whopping wins: Ask me anything from Europe's virtual production power experts

Session 4: How to use AI in film safely, legally & ethically

Closing session: Nordic and European productions at the cutting edge

Networking drinks