THE MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS WORKSHOPS ON THE ART, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS OF FILMMAKING
THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTION
Saturday, October 9, 12:00 pm $15 SEM09R • Rafael
The distribution landscape is constantly evolving,
now faster than ever with the advent of digital technology.
The time between theatrical and DVD release
is shrinking. Competition is fierce. Titanic
shifts are taking place, whether motivated by fear
or prescience, in a field crowded with distribution
options ranging from the traditional to independent
to new media, including YouTube, iTunes and
VOD. Join our panel of experts as they refl ect on
the present and predict the future.
Britt Bensen, co-founder, On Demand Weekly Kattie Evans, vice president, Acquisitions and
Co-Productions, National Geographic David Fenkel, partner, Oscilloscope Marcus Hu, co-president, Strand Releasing Jonathan Taplin, managing director, USC
Annenberg Innovation Lab Pat Saperstein, senior editor, Variety Ron Yerxa, producer, Cold Mountain, Little Miss Sunshine, Little Children
CINEMASPORTS: The Musicals—Mill Valley & South Africa
Sunday, October 10, 9:00 am Intro Meeting, Old Mill Park, Mill Valley
FREE TO PARTICIPATE - Sign-up required on a
first-come, first-served basis. Sunday, October 10,
Public screening 8:00 pm
$10 CINE10T • 142 Throckmorton Theatre
This year Cinemasports blends Bollywood musicality
with World Cup intensity. Just arrive with
your crew equipped to shoot and edit your masterpiece
by the same-day deadline. Teams will vie
to fi nish a musical or music video before sundown
with three mandatory
“ingredients.” These might
include a fl ower petal, a lost lover and extra-terrestrial
life! Three-time Oscar winner Walter
Murch says, “Something emerges that’s not contained
in any of the fi lms. . . .” Join us this year as
South African youth participate in Cinemasports
MVFF along with local artists. Musicals made in
South Africa on the same weekend with the same
ingredients screen alongside local productions.
Sign up online: www.cinemasports.com.
New Movies Lab: ACTIVE CINEMA: A Toolkit
Saturday October 16, 11:00am
$15 SEMA16T
• 142 Throckmorton Theatre
The experts on this creative brainstorming panel offer exceptional experience as entrepreneurs, innovators, producers and filmmakers. Join them in a dynamic discussion focusing on developing the tools and resources needed to fund, distribute and market films on social, environmental and human rights issues.
INVITED GUESTS: Debbie Brubaker, co-producer, La Mission;
producer, Dopamine; workshop leader,
Greening Your Production; San Francisco Film
Commissioner Simone Nelson (Moderator), producer, City Of Borders; president, Bay Area Women in Film & Media
James Redford, director, Quality Time, Spin
(MVFF 2004); founder, The James Redford
Institute for Transplant Awareness; board
member, The Redford Center Annie Roney, director and founder of ro*co films
international; creator/partner, of The Documentary
Films Club for OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network Bob Silvestri, chairman, Environmental Media
Fund; co-founder, Blue Sky Productions; founder,
The doGoodr Fund
What does it take for women working in film—as writers, directors, producers—to make and sustain viable careers? These panelists have made their voices heard, frequently contributing to the way we see women represented onscreen, and offer a wealth of experience in how to create a life in film.
INVITED GUESTS:Mindy Affrime, producer, Golf in the Kingdom,
Female Perversions, Tell Me a Riddle Feo Aladag, director, writer, producer, When We
Leave; founder, Independent Artists Film
Produktion, based in Berlin, Germany
Cristina Colissimo, producer, co-writer, One Lucky Elephant Jennifer Siebel Newsom, director, writer,
producer, Miss Representation, actor, In the Valley
of Elah, Rent Lisanne Skyler (Moderator), director, Capture the
Flag, Dreamland; director, writer, Getting to Know
You; assistant professor of film & television
production, University of Arizona, Tucson
