Academy Award nominee and Gotham Independent Film Award Winner Bennett Miller, director of Moneyball and Capote, joins us for a truly special keynote conversation in which he’ll discuss crossing over from directing a critically acclaimed documentary feature to bringing to life two of the last decade’s most critically …
How can creating short form work inform the creation of your features? Hear from filmmakers working prolifically in shorts, features, web and fine art contexts about how small projects enhance the creation of their features. …
When confronted with mountains of footage and a lengthy production time-frame, how do you tackle the post production process in the most cost effective manner? Hear from editors, producers, filmmakers best practices for cutting your non-fiction feature.
Keiko Deguchi, Editor, IN A DREAM, CATS OF MIRIKATANI
Keiko Deguchi has edited …
As production budgets contract and sales struggle to rebound, is it possible to make a career of independent filmmaking? Join the debate on the sustainability of the industry.
Scott Macaulay
Ted Hope
Mynette Louie, Producer, CHILDREN OF INVENTION, CALIFORNIA SOLO
Mynette produced Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION, Marshall Lewy’s forthcoming CALIFORNIA SOLO, …
Hear from Andrea Meditch, who shepherded such doc success stories as Buck, Man on Wire and Grizzly Man in an intimate, one-on-one discussion on the climate for documentary production and funding.
Andrea Meditch, President, Back Allie Films
Meditch recently exec’d Buck, preceded by Oscar-winner Man on Wire and -nominated Encounters …
Independent post-production is continuously evolving, quickly becoming as portable as the camera itself. This panel will look at creative solutions providing maximum flexibility while considering schedule, location and budget – with workflows incorporating on-set postproduction running concurrently with shooting, turning unconventional locations into postproduction suites benefiting independent production. …
1. Hire a professional, and choose carefully! If you have the budget, call a top agency and hire John Williams…I mean, he really is the best! He did the theme for Star Wars! Unfortunately, for 99.9% of filmmakers today, (and those who aren’t Steven Spielberg) this is not …
This panel will example Lance Weiler’s Pandemic, a storyworld experience consisting of film, mobile, online, social gaming and data visualization combined to tell the story of a strange pandemic outbreak. The project debuted this past January at the Sundance Film Festival as an official selection within the New …