Under the headline The Collaborative Imaginary, the conference brings filmmakers, artists, technologists and emerging talents together at The National Film School of Denmark to explore how new tools are reshaping creative collaboration – and what happens when the technologies themselves become part of the creative process.

Beyond the hype and headlines, PICTURE THIS looks at the people and practices imagining new ways of making film together.

Fireside Chat. Directing and New Technologies: Complement, Opposite, Partnership?

Director, screenwriter and lecturer 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

Directore, screenwriter, lecturer

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

PICTURE THIS: GEORG TILLER

Georg Tiller is an Austrian filmmaker, producer, and visual artist. His work spans experimental and narrative cinema, exploring cinematic forms at the intersection of history, politics, and identity. He studied with Harun Farocki, Michael Haneke, and Christian Berger. His films have screened at the Berlinale, IFFR, Viennale, DOK Leipzig, Hot Docs, and FIDMarseille, and have received numerous awards. He is the founder of Subobscura Films, a production company based in Vienna and Paris.

Sessions

Fireside Chat. Directing and New Technologies: Complement, Opposite, Partnership?

More sessions

Fireside Chat: Lights, Lens & the New Collaborative Production Mindset

Fireside Masterclass: Exploring Vision, Craft, and Technology in Bringing Magic to the Screen

From Smalltown to Hollywood. A FrostFX behind the scenes look into HBO’s Emmy winning 'The Penguin'

VP Without Borders: Building a Portable Production Pipeline

The Synthetic Collaborator: AI as a Creative Partner in VFX for Scandinavian Independent Film

Breaking Barriers: Meet and Learn from Poland's Female Screen Innovators in AI, Virtual Production, and VFX

Beyond the Hype: Challenging the Frontiers of Imagination, Illusion, and Cinematic Storytelling with Artificial Intelligence

Contributor, Peer, or Challenger? AI in the Writers' Room

What collaboration with AI means to the whole film crew? A Deep Dive to Entertainment Technology Center's "The Bends"

Welcome from Conference Supporters

Fireside Chat

Opening session with Guest of Honor 2026: the Collaborative Imaginary

Picture This Panorama: Case Studies from European and Nordic Films

Picture This Panorama: The Nordic Virtual Production & Screen Innovation Rendez Vou