THIS 2022

THIS, an annual media festival located in Aarhus, Denmark, is a platform for storytellers to share fantastic stories within the fields of streaming, series, games, film, television, immersive technologies, and innovative business. We bring together visionaries across industries and diverse audiences to celebrate the power of storytelling.

In 2022, the overarching theme of the festival was THE DECLARATION OF CONTENT.

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Gold winner at Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2023 in the category Films for Fairs, Shows, Events and Conferences.

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PROGRAMME 2022

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GALLERY 2022

SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS 2022

CONFERENCE SERIES SIDE EVENTS

Evan Shapiro

Media Universe Cartographer and Professor of Media & Entertainment

SERIES GAME CONFERENCE

Session host: Keld Reinicke

Media Executive and Entrepreneur

THIS 2022

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SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS 2022

Evan Shapiro

Session host: Keld Reinicke

Grand Opening of AARHUS SERIES: Carmen Curlers

SERIES AWARDS 2022

Pitch for Tribeca 2023

The Rise of Music Videos – Moods, Emotions and Fantastical Scenarios

Stories that Connect Us

Metaverse in the Media Universe: What is it, and why should I care?

Blackwater – the Scene is Set for a Crime Drama Never to Forget

The Dreamer – Fictionalizing Reality

The Adolescence of Immersive Industry

Smart Lenses: Unlocking the Metaverse

Meet the French Creators

Creating Emotional Drama

Telling Stories, Touching Lives and Expanding Worlds

How to Navigate the Game Industry – A Growth Story

Media Universe and Creator Economy

TV Universe – The State of Streaming

THIS SERIES MASTERCLASS: Championing the Writer

Redefining Games Today

Crime Does Pay

Championing the Writer

100 Years of the BBC: Meet the Comedy Team

The Power of Memes

A Sustainable Film and Media Industry: A Better and Healthier Industry in the Nordics

How AI Can Help to Scale the Creative Process

Community Superpowers

M2 BAR

The Hangman at Home

Passion, Hope and Despair – Living the Indie Dream

From Linear Filmmaking to Immersive Storytelling

AAA in Denmark – Why it’s unfeasible, and what to do about it

Kind of a True Story – The Declaration of Content

New Nordic Storytellers

The Nordic Council Film Prize

Streaming Wars: The Nordic Perspective

User Research is great! Why doesn’t everyone do it?

Taking on the Giants of the Game World From the Basement

Power to the Community Manager

Ensuring Representation and Inclusion in Game Development

Building Global Communities in the Algorithm Age

Robert Bäckström

Jack Whiteley

Piv Bernth

Pernille Bech Christensen

Jessica Loveland

Navi Lamba

Olivier Bocquet

Mikael Marcimain

Arash Pendari

Hervé Hadmar

Dunja Gry Jensen

Ana Brzezińska

Bunmi Akintonwa

Anna Croneman

Lisa Ambjörn

Casey Baltes

Philip Shelley

Tarja Porkka-Kontturi

Jon Petrie

Aimée Buidine

Host: Anna Erlandsson

Tina Rygh

Gregor Sharp

Ste Curran

Tanya Qureshi

Magnus Krepper

Søren Lundgaard

Frederik Vig

Sabrina Vitting-Seerup

Uriel Kranot

Frederik Schreiber

Host: Ane Cortzen

Nikolaj Feifer

Amalie Næsby Fick