A masterclass with A-list Festival coach: Create connections that actually deliver at Cannes 2026

CANNES 2026 : CREATE CONNECTIONS THAT DELIVER FOR DECADES.

Have you ever as a filmmaker or actor, analysed your process in preparing for Cannes and made yourself accountable for your communication style ? Have you ever looked profoundly at your follow up systems for success ? Have you prepared for networking at Cannes to facilitate collaborations where everyone feels seen? Or have you been blaming the outside world for not hearing your creative needs? Are you ready to claim your professional legitimacy by working on your ability to truly “see” others?

Then join us in this interactive EWA WORKSHOP where we will look deeply at your communication skills which are essential in driving business and creative connections at Cannes 2026 that actually deliver. Without these tools you are just going on a fancy vacation on the Cote D’Azur and we want to make sure you move your career while investing in this pivotal A-list festival.

WHAT ARE EWA NETWORK ONLINE HANG-OUTS?

Through an online space where EWA members from all around can connect and know each other, we organise once a month a meeting where an expert introduces a topic followed by Q&A and members can interact. Each meeting will last 1hour aprox and it's open to 20-25 EWA members, who can introduce themselves and participate in the following Q&A.

An invitation to join the talk will be sent to EWA members. If you are not a member you can become one here

CARLA B. GUTTMANN

Carla B. Guttmann is an international director whose films have premiered at TIFF, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara amongst many others. She is a member of the German Directors Guild (BVR) and has written and directed amongst others, the award winning dance film “The Double Woman,” the collective narrative film “Crossing Paths” and the television documentary “Making Heart of Fire.” Carla formally began her coaching company A-LIST FESTIVAL COACH in 2017 to share her knowledge about navigating top festivals and markets, like the European Film Market (EFM) at Berlinale, the Marché de Film at Cannes, the Toronto (TIFF) industry conference, and the TV Drama Vision and Nordic Film Market in Gothenburg.

Carla’s goal for the company has always been to create a safe, sustainable and successful strategies, particularly for actors, by putting them in touch with directors, producers, casting directors and agents in personalized meetings. Her “pre-booking strategy” of setting 1:1 meetings via festival databases before the festival begins, has gotten actors incredible results. They have signed to new agencies within 48 hours of attending Cannes, sold their own scripts with themselves attached as actors at Berlinale, attended
professional events that converted at TIFF, and acquired successful anti-#metoo strategies used by actresses at top festivals.

Carla’s biggest success story includes an actor who was initially rejected at Cannes on an actor’s accreditation, who then attended Cannes through the Marché du Film, signed with a UK agency within 48 hours, had six scripts sent to him by an American screenwriter, and obtained a one on one meeting with a Netflix producer of the five-time Oscar winning “All is Quiet on the Western Front” after attending her Cannes Starter & Pro Kits. The results have been jaw dropping.

Her CANNES STARTER & PRO KITS and BERLINALE STARTER & PRO KITS are active twelve months a year. You can contact her team here: team@a-listfestivalcoach.com to join