Name: 🎬 Film x Game x Comics: London Creative Industries Mixer 🎮
Start: 2026-07-17T17:30:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-07-17T22:00:00.000+01:00
Location: Colours Hoxton

Building bridges between film, TV, games and publishing through pioneering courses, accelerators and industry matchmaking.

Helsinki Film Lab

🎬 Film x Game x Comics: London Creative Industries Mixer 🎮

The biggest entertainment success stories are increasingly cross-format.

 moved from books to games to television. 

 turned game IP into acclaimed animation. 

 brought a beloved game universe to a global streaming audience. 

 grew from a game into a global entertainment ecosystem across film, books, merchandise, education and creator culture. 

 showed how a Nordic mobile game could expand into animation, feature films, licensing, consumer products and global brand partnerships.

 has grown across television, books, audio dramas, comics, games and spin-offs. 

 has travelled from children’s books to animation, feature films, licensing and a globally loved London identity. 

 shows how British animation can expand into features, spin-offs, games, experiences and global brand recognition.

These are not isolated examples. They are signs of a bigger shift in how stories, audiences, rights and revenue move across formats.

For producers, writers, game developers, publishers, funders, studios and IP owners, this raises urgent new questions:

How do we finance cross-media development?

And how do we build collaborations between industries that still often operate separately?

That is why Helsinki Film Lab is bringing together film, TV, games, comics, publishing, funding and creative technology professionals in London.

🎤 Panel: The New Economics of IP — Film, TV, Games & the Funding Shift

The evening begins with a panel conversation exploring how stories are being financed, expanded and adapted across formats — and what this means for creators, producers, studios, funders and IP owners.

We’ll discuss how the relationship between film, TV, games, publishing and comics is changing, why IP development is becoming more cross-sector, and what kinds of collaborations are needed to build stories that can live beyond one format.

Together, they bring perspectives from public funding, producer-led IP, immersive storytelling and games development.

🍺 After the panel: networking, drinks and speed meetings

After the panel, we move into relaxed networking, drinks and optional structured speed meetings designed to help people meet outside their usual industry circles.

The goal is simple: to create a room where screen professionals, game developers, publishers, funders, writers, creative technologists and IP owners can start conversations that would not happen at a traditional single-industry event.

For producers, filmmakers and screenwriters

Meet people from games, publishing, comics and creative technology, and explore how stories can travel across formats.

For game developers, narrative designers and studios

Connect with screen, funding, adaptation and entertainment professionals interested in game worlds, characters and IP.

For publishers, comic creators, writers and IP owners

Explore how literary and visual storytelling can connect with screen, games and immersive media.

For funders, investors, studios and creative organisations

Understand where cross-media development, adaptation and audience-building are heading.

For creative technologists and worldbuilders

Meet the people thinking about the future of stories, platforms and entertainment ecosystems.

You do not need to have a finished IP or project to attend. This evening is for people who are curious, open and interested in building bridges between creative industries.

A limited number of optional speed meeting slots will be available for confirmed ticket holders.

These are short, structured meetings designed to help people meet useful cross-industry contacts — for example producers meeting game studios, writers meeting IP owners, or creative companies meeting potential collaborators.

Speed meeting places are limited and curated to make the conversations as relevant as possible.

Helsinki Film Lab has already hosted several packed cross-industry editions in Helsinki, bringing together a lively mix of professionals from film, TV, games, animation, publishing, funding and creative technology.

Our Helsinki events have connected producers, filmmakers, game developers, writers, animators, studios, funders, IP owners and creative technologists, people who do not always meet in traditional industry settings, but who often have exactly the conversations each other needs.

This London edition continues our work connecting creative professionals across formats, industries and countries.

London is one of the world’s most important cities for film, television, publishing, games, theatre, funding and creative technology.

Taking place the Friday after Develop, this evening is designed for people who want to continue the conversation around games, screen and IP, but in a wider cross-industry setting.

Whether you are based in London, coming back through the city after Brighton, or simply interested in where cross-media storytelling is heading, this is a chance to meet people outside your usual industry bubble.

✨ Come curious. Leave with new collaborators.

The most interesting creative opportunities are increasingly happening between industries.

A book can become an immersive experience.

A story can become more than one revenue stream.

✨ This evening is for people who want to understand that shift, and meet the collaborators who can help make it happen.

Jules Barretto

Mathew McQuinn

Lewis Jarrett

Kim Hodgins

Arielle Gottlieb

Imaan Ladipo

Mark Backler

Parker Straus

Fernanda Franco

Jacob Heayes

Alisha Hasan

Svenja Fassbender

Lavender

Join us for an evening of cross-industry insight, connections and conversation. Ticket includes access to the panel, networking evening and a welcome drink.

Standard

Secure your spot at a special Early Bird rate. Ticket includes access to the panel, networking evening and a welcome drink.

Early Bird

Last chance to join the cross-industry networking evening, including the panel discussion and a welcome drink on arrival.

Late Bird

For students, recent graduates and early-career creatives curious about film, TV, games and cross-industry storytelling.

Emerging Talent Ticket

Join a focused cross-industry speedmeeting session.
Available to confirmed ticket holders only. Places are limited.