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Independent Filmmaker Project

Programmers & Funders

Programmers & Funders
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013   10:00AM - 11:30AM
Furman Gallery - Walter Reade Theater, 165 W 65 St, Mezzanine Level

Tickets to Wednesday's Meet the Decision Makers (MDM) sessions gets you five small group meetings with various industry professionals that can help you launch your project. MDM tickets grant you access to all four of the day's sessions: Programmers & Funders, Artist Services Organizations & Advisors, Digital Distribution, Distributors, Managers & Advisors. 

Tickets are limited and meetings are first-come first serve! Meeting selection details will be sent to Meet the Decision Makers ticketholders via e-mail in early September. 

The life of a film consists of several different but equally important stages. For so many filmmakers, film funding can be the difference between an unfinished film and a finished film. Wednesday's first Meet the Decision Makers session focuses on a film's first steps.

Involved in this Panel:
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Cinereach
Creative Capital
Queens Council on the Arts
The Screenwriters Colony
Sundance Institute
Tribeca Film Institute
 

 

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Panelists

Sean Elwood
Director, Programs & Initiatives, Creative Capital Foundation

Sean joined Creative Capital in 2000. Formerly, he was Curator, Seattle Arts Commission; Director, Ronald Feldman Gallery; Manager, Residencies, Centrum Foundation. He founded SEEDITIONS Publishing and Fuller/Elwood Gallery. He’s on the board of Triple Canopy, and advisory boards for Lower East Side Printshop, Watts House Project, and Dieu Donné Papermill.

Wendy Ettinger
Co-Founder, Chicken & Egg Pictures

Wendy Ettinger is an award winning producer and director of such films as the Academy Award nominated documentary The War Room. At Chicken & Egg, Wendy builds strategic alliances between funders, NGOs and filmmakers, helping filmmakers achieve their creative vision for the greatest impact.

Ryan Harrington
Director, Documentary Programming, Tribeca Film Institute

Ryan Harrington is the Director of Documentary Programming for the Tribeca Film Institute, where he provides grants to up to 45 feature documentary projects annually, while developing filmmaker training labs and workshops world-wide. Throughout his tenure at TFI, he has supported over 200 films and over 550 filmmakers.

Adella Ladjevardi
Grants Manager, Cinereach

Adella was Associate Producer of Anne Aghion's documentary My Neighbor, My Killer. She was also Associate Producer of Jennifer Fox’s documentary My Reincarnation (P.O.V.) and worked on Fox’s mini-series Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman (Sundance Channel & BBC Storyville). She started her career at documentary distributor Icarus Films.

Dana Penrod
Managing Director, The Screenwriters Colony

Dedicated to fostering creative development, exploring the intersections of art and social justice, and community building and cross-cultural exchange. BA Art Ed., UGA; School for Creative Activism graduate; Masters in Intercultural Management, School for International Training. Background in non-profit management, fine art and film production (The Visitor; Trumbo; Compliance).

Rahdi Taylor
Film Fund Director, Sundance Institute

Rahdi Taylor travels worldwide to find, cultivate and finance cinematic feature documentary films for the Sundance Documentary Fund. She provides creative and editorial consultation as a staff advisor for Sundance labs and fellowships. Taylor serves frequently as a juror, nominator or industry advisor for film festivals, funds, and pitch forums.

Katie Tuss
Grants Community Manager, Queens Council on the Arts

Katie Tuss is the Grants Community Manager at Queens Council on the Arts and oversees the NY State and New York City funded grant programs for artists and arts organizations in Queens. Prior to working at QCA Katie worked at ISCP in Brooklyn and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

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