Our guests will take a look at the status quo within the industries and their possible future. They will discuss the changes that were and are caused by technological innovations, socio-political changes and, last but not least, accelerated by the pandemic situation. In this talk we focus on what will and must change in the future, within the film industry and its related creative industries in Europe, exploring how the funding system as the fundamental base to support creativity has to adept and become more flexible to react to current and future changes.