FICCI/Frames 2013 Convention: The Business of Media & Entertainment

Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington will talk about “Mainstreaming Socially Provocative Cinema and Television” at the FICCI Frames 2013 conference being held March 12-14 in Mumbai, India.

Frames is a three-day global convention covering film, broadcast television and radio, digital entertainment, animation, gaming and visual effects. Nearly 2,000 Indian and 800 foreign delegates are expected to attend the event.

In addition to Buffington, conference speakers include Shri Manish Tewari, India’s minister of information & broadcasting; Andy Bird, chairman of Walt Disney International; Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group; Taylor Hackford, filmmaker and president of the Directors Guild of America; Andy Kaplan, senior executive vice president of Sony Pictures Television International; and Robert Bakish, president and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks.