Session Times

Event

Location

Speakers

9:00 – 9:30 am

Registration & Trade Show Browsing

Lobby and
Rooms 300 & 305

Morning Session

9:30 -11:00 am

11:00-11:30 am

 Financing Documentaries:  What Does the Future Hold?

• Breakout session

Executive Dining Room

Panelists:

• Ryan Harrington, Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and Indep. Producer
• William C. Rogers, Coruway Institute
• Slava Rubin, Indiegogo Founder and Chief of Strategy & Marketing

Moderated by:
Lyda Kuth, LEF Foundation

9:30 – 11:00 am

Finding Work in the Massachusetts Film Industry

Danielson

Panelists:

• Scott Masterson, Freelancer
• Chris O’Donnell, IATSE 481
• Tim Van Patten, Central Booking

Moderated by:
Nick Paleologos, Mass. Film Office

10:00 – 11:30 am

Story Structure: From Great to Excellent!

Room 325

 Facilitator:
 Fernanda Rossi, The Doc Doctor

Break before lunch
11:30 am – 12:15 pm

Trade Show

Rooms 300 & 305

11:30 am – 12:15 pm

One on One Consultations every 15 minutes: (sign-up that day-first come, first serve)

Legal Issues

Tax Credits

• Fundraising Trailer review with Fernanda
• Kathryn Washington – ITVS
• Cynthia López, P.O.V.
• Technology Consulting
• Film Financing

Rm 335 & upstairs in Executive Dining Room

Sandy Forman, Legal
Bruce, Christine or Joe, Tax Incentives
Fernanda Rossi, Doc Doctor
Cynthia López, P.O.V.
Kathryn Washington, ITVS
Marc Grubb – IT questions

12:15 – 1:15 pm

Lunch w/ Keynote

Executive Dining Room

Scott Kirsner, Author & Boston Globe columnist

First Afternoon Session

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Marketing Your Film for Engagement and Impact

Executive Dining Room

Panelists:

• Bonnie Abaunza,Vice President, Participant Media
• Scott Karambis, Director of Strategy, Mechanica
• Cynthia López, Vice President, P.O.V.
• Ellen Stanley, VP Communications, National Geographic

Moderated by: 

Anne Zeiser, Azure Media, Inc.

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Music for Film 2.0

Room 325

• Bill Elliott, Berklee College of Music
• Tom Phillips, OBT Music
• Alison Plante, Center for Digital Imaging Arts
• Roland Tec, Pinkplot Productions

Moderated by:

Jeanine Cowen, Asst. VP, Berklee College
Sponsored by Halcyon Hill Foundation

1:30 – 3:00 pm

3:00-3:30

Equity Financing Panel—Cutting Edge Ways of Gaining Equity Funding (for Docs and Narratives)

•     Breakout – Film Financing

Danielson

Panelists:

• Dan Cogan, Impact Partners
• Artemis Joukowsky, Filmmaker/Angel Investor/Private Equity Fund Manager
• Suzanne Lyons, Snowfall Films

Moderated by:
Carol Atwood, Spartacus Capital
Sponsored by Rule Broadcast Systems

Mid afternoon break

3:00 pm – 3:25 pm

Trade Show

Rooms 300 & 305

3:00 pm -4:00 pm

One on One Consultations:

Legal Issues

Tax Incentives

• Film Financing
• Story Development/Structure
• Cynthia López, P.O.V.
• Kathryn Washington, ITVS
• Animation
• Technology consulting

Rm 335 & Upstairs in Executive Dining Room

Sandy Forman, Legal
Bruce, Christine or Joe, Tax Incentives
Cynthia López, P.O.V.
Fernanda Rossi, The Doc Doctor
Ryan Harrington, Film Financing
Marc Grubb, IT questions
Lisa Crafts, Animator (3:00-3:30 pm)
Kathryn Washington, ITVS
Dan Cogan, Financing (3:30-4:00 pm)

Second Afternoon Session

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Incorporating Animation into Your Film

Room 325

Panelists:

• Lisa Crafts, Animator
• Robin Hobart, FX Animator
• Alla Kovgan, Producer & Editor
• Rob Moss, Filmmaker
• Bryan Papciak or Jeff Sias, Handcranked Productions

Moderated by Bryan Papciak, Handcranked Productions

3:30 – 5:00 pm

The Future of Documentary in the Age of Internet Video

Executive Dining Room

Panelists:

• Chris Boebel, Multimedia Development, MIT Libraries
• Nettrice Gaskins, Computer Arts Academic and Community Liaison, MassArt
• Scott Kirsner, Author & Boston Globe writer
• Rachel Lyon, Bentley College Media Professor

Moderated by David Tames, Kino-Eye.com

Sponsored by the Alliance for Independent Motion Media (AIMM)

3:30-5:00 pm

How to Perfect Your Pitch

Danielson

Facilitator:
Suzanne Lyons, Snowfall Films

5:10 – 6:30 pm

    Pitch Panel

Wilder Pavilion in Adamian Center

Panelists: 

• Ryan Harrington, Gucci Tribeca Doc. Fund & Indep. Producer
• Cynthia López, P.O.V.
• Suzanne Lyons, Snowfall Films
• Fernanda Rossi, The Doc Doctor
• Kathryn Washington, ITVS

Moderated by Judith Vecchione, WGBH