Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2025: David Zucker and Rola Bauer to share their insights

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s successful Business Content strand, which delivers carefully curated sessions and networking opportunities for influential global TV executives, creatives, and innovators, continues to expand. This year between 14-16 June, headliners will include David W. Zucker, chief creative officer, Scott Free and executive producer of the Ridley Scott pilot-directed crime drama "Dope Thief" (Apple) and the summer release "Alien: Earth" (FX), and international TV professional and executive producer for Amazon MGM Studios, Rola Bauer.

They will discuss their pioneering partnership on international co-productions, such as "The Pillars of the Earth" (Starz/Channel 4), "The Company" (TNT), and "Labyrinth" (Channel 4), through to their current collaboration with writer Michael Hirst ("Vikings") for the Amazon MGM Studios limited series, "Pompeii: A Day of Fire."

Rola Bauer expressed her enthusiasm for sharing the evening with her colleague :"As the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has been a loyal and perfect partner in premiering many of my productions, the opportunity to riff on the journey to date with my dear friend, David, should provide a fun, entertaining and hopefully enlightening exchange for the Business Content participants," stated.

Meanwhile, David W. Zucker stated that maintaining valuable relationships in the industry is essential for navigating changing times.": "I’m sincerely grateful to have a first-ever experience at the Festival and muse with Rola about the wild journeys, as well as the wonders that lie ahead. These are truly transformative days, where respected partnerships and long-valued relationships are essential to navigating the madness," added.

Further Business Content topics for 2025 include "Tell Me a Story," a factual pitch contest for young creators. Additional speakers to date include Tom Jennings – 1895 Films, Toma de Matteis – France.TV Studio, Brendan Fitzgerald – Secuoya Studios, Alan Nierob – Rogers & Cowan PMK, Matthew Deaner – Screen Producers Australia, Judy Lung – TIFF, Michel Zgarka – Hitlab, and Remi Tereszkiewicz – Betaseries, with many others to be announced.