Winston Baker's Entertainment Finance Forum Berlin returns with a sharp focus on the forces reshaping global entertainment: Evolving Finance Models, International Partnerships, Platform Strategies, and The Creator Economy Revolution.

As streaming platforms redefine profitability, vertical content explodes on mobile, and cross-border collaborations become essential, the industry faces critical questions: How do producers and financiers navigate this new landscape? What deal structures work in an era of platform consolidation and audience fragmentation?

Join top executives and thought leaders for actionable insights on the areas defining entertainment finance in 2026.

LOCATION

The Event Hall, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Stresemannstr. 90, 10963 Berlin.

https://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/industry-sessions-ms/about/venue/venue.html

OPEN TO EVERYONE WITH AN EFM BADGE! No further registration is required…just arrive before 10:00am to get a spot!

PROGRAM

(subject to updates)

Friday, February 13th, 2025
10:00am – 11:30am

10:00am – 10:05am
Welcoming Address

Amy Baker - CEO and Co-Founder, Winston Baker

10:05am – 10:30am
State of the Industry; State of Finance

Get a comprehensive view of the evolving entertainment finance landscape. This opening panel explores the forces reshaping how content gets funded and distributed, from streaming economics to private equity strategies, European soft money opportunities to international capital flows.

Discover where smart money is flowing, how AI is impacting production budgets and competitive positioning, and strategies for structuring deals that work across borders and platforms in an era of consolidation and change.

10:30am – 11:00am
FIRESIDE CHAT

11:00am – 11:30am
International Partnerships, Co-Productions & The Creator Economy

The production and distribution landscape has fundamentally shifted. International co-productions are evolving beyond tax incentives into strategic platform partnerships. Direct-to-fan platforms are enabling creators to own their content and monetize directly. Creators with proven communities are securing traditional financing on their own terms.

This panel brings together experts pioneering new models of collaboration, distribution, and audience engagement across borders and platforms.

Explore strategic international partnerships across Asia-Europe-Middle East-Americas, new hybrid financing models combining soft money, platform deals, and community monetization, co-production structures that maximize territorial and format opportunities, and what streaming platforms are prioritizing in their local-for-global strategies.

FORUM CONCLUDES

SPEAKING FACULTY

more coming soon!

David Orman- CEO & Co-Founder, Hiway

David Orman is CEO and Co-Founder of Hiway, a media infrastructure platform built for the direct-to-fan economy. He has spent over 20 years working across venture capital, sport, digital media, and content monetisation.

David began his career at Eurosport before holding leadership roles at Queens Park Rangers FC, Templewood Merchant Bank, and a private family office. In 2014, he co-founded Hatch-House, a venture consultancy focused on emerging technology and media business models.

In 2023, David started to rethink how media companies store, share, and monetise content using next-generation infrastructure. That work became the foundation for Hiway, where he now focuses on building tools that give creators, producers, and rights holders direct control over their audiences, data, and revenue.

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