Literature, cinema, theater, and music: collaborating or competing muses?

Just a while ago, literature successfully competed with cinema and television, but today, writers’ popularity largely depends on whether they are noticed by moviemakers. Playwrights are going into screenwriting en masse; young poets also seek to become part of a show, joining poetry slams or theaters.

Does this mean that texts have lost this game?

Participants:

Moderator

• Ivan Kudryavtsev, author and host of the Industria Kino TV program (Russia)

Speakers

• Alexander Veledinsky, director (Russia)
• Denis Gorelov, film critic, writer (Russia)
• Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Prestes, writer, director, composer (Brazil)
• Venko Andonovski, writer, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana award (Serbia)
• Ömer Zülfü Livaneli, poet, musician, director (Türkiye)