VERSA Manchester Studios Hosts PATHWAY Indie Event

VERSA Studios, the UK’s leading TV, Film, and Live Event Network, teams up with PATHWAY Indie to host a panel speaker series and social event in the VERSA Manchester City Centre Studios.

With the mindset that the media and entertainment sector is on the brink of a technological transformation in how we incubate new ideas and produce media - the bag of tricks for creative entrepreneurs continues to change and cross pollinate from video games into filmmaking; presenting an unprecedented opportunity in how creatives can develop and validate new ideas.

In collaboration with Virtual Production incubator PATHWAY Indie, VERSA Manchester opens its 8,000sq foot Studio 12 doors to welcome an audience on Wednesday 8th November for a day of tech and innovation discussions and meets. 

This is the first of its kind Virtual Production screen to be brought to the centre of Manchester as part of a live event. The day focuses on how PATHWAY Indie, the $2.5m benefit in-kind Virtual Production Incubator Program is providing creative innovation opportunities for filmmakers to think like start-up founders who innovate with media.

This special 24 hour event with PATHWAY Indie is being brought to life with special sponsors and partners; HP and Strictly FX; and in collaboration with; Sony, Panavision, Kodak, Nvidia, Pixera, Quasar Science and Neuron AV.

Speaker sessions include such high profile guests as: Andrew Melchoir: creative technologist and producer who has worked extensively with Björk, Antonio Rasura: Kodak director, Edward Harvey: VERSA Studio and strategy manager, Erica Wolfe-Murray: business and innovation expert, Stacia Pfeiffer: XR producer and immersive storyteller, Simon Brooks: writer and director, PATHWAY Indie recipient for 'Phenomenon of Presence', Michael Ingall: chairman and chief exec of VERSA Studios and Allied London and Nathan Newman: PATHWAY Indie, co-founder. 

PATHWAY Indie is a start-up incubator for a creative media industry that wants to harness Virtual Production. Their program recognises the urgent need to equally support new and established industry talent with their business and creative ambition - with a mission to help you to push the boundaries of Virtual Production while developing cross-media business strategy that is investible and scalable.

The VERSA team have previously welcomed such live events as Chaos Karts, KAGAMI, Kendrick Lamar at OGS, Arctic Monkeys Music Video, Queen pre tour rehearsal, commercial campaigns for Gucci, Lacoste, Lando Norris’s Quadrant, as well as recent TV entertainment projects - The John Bishop Show, Justin’s House, Celebability and Bafta winning Friday Night Live amongst others. With long term clients BBC Morning Live and Cloud Imperium Games.

Nathan Newman - PATHWAY Indie’s Co-Founder and Strategy Director says of working with VERSA Studios to bring the event to life:

“It has been a delight to work with the VERSA team to bring Virtual Production to Manchester City Centre for the very first time. Creative innovation is at the heart of our tech start-up inspired incubator program for filmmakers who we support to help realise the potential of their early stage ideas into content. Creative media fuelled by tech is on the rise and through our partnership with VERSA Studios we’ve been able to help spotlight early stage opportunities for like-minded filmmakers”.

Charlie Ingall VERSA Studios founder says of welcoming PATHWAY Indie, “We are welcoming all types of creative media to another high profile and engaging event brought to you by VERSA studios in Manchester, this time collaborating with the talented guys at PATHWAY Indie. We share the same focus being at the forefront of the convergence of tech and innovation in studio spaces - which can be applied to all types of media, from filmmaking to gaming to live events. Alongside our partners in Enterprise City we are aiming to support the next generation of talent and tech through incubation programmes. Our re-imagined approach to studio facilities, our city centre locations and our multiskilled team means we can partner with and welcome the best brands and projects in the world to deliver all types of media projects and live events”.

Join the daytime or evening PATHWAY Indie x VERSA Studios - free tickets can be found here.