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Independent Filmmaker Project

Distributors, Managers, and Advisors

Distributors, Managers, and Advisors
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013   4:00PM - 5:30PM
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. 

In our fourth and final Meet the Decision Makers, representatives from the most exciting distribution companies will discuss what they look for in film acquisitions and the key to successful releases in today's ever-changing film distribution world. 

Involved in this Panel:
Energy Entertainment
IFC Films
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Sony Pictures Classics
Sydneys Buzz
Trans Atlantic Partners

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Panelists

Peter Belsito
Co Founder, Partner, SydneysBuzz.com

I have made feature films - narrative, documentary. I am founder of LA Newsreel, IFP (with Sandra Schulberg, others) and also IFP LA (now FIND). I founded Film Finders along with Sydney Levine. We now consult, blog for IndieWire and have a website at www.sydneysbuzz.com.

Arianna Bocco
SVP, Acquisitions and Production, IFC Entertainment

As SVP of Acquisitions and Production for IFC Entertainment, Arianna Bocco is responsible for identifying and pursuing finished feature films that support the company’s overall motion picture acquisition and distribution strategy.

David Laub
Co-President, Oscilloscope Laboratories

David Laub is Co-President of Oscilloscope, where he oversees acquisitions, marketing and distribution. O-scope is a distribution and production entity that releases narrative films and documentaries theatrically and across all home video and digital platforms.

Dylan Leiner
EVP, Acquisitions & Production , Sony Pictures Classics

Dylan Leiner is Sony Pictures Classics’ EVP, Acquisitions & Production. He also oversees SPC’s physical and post-production services. Dylan’s been named by The Hollywood Reporter as a member of its 35 under 35 “Next Generation Group” and by Crain’s New York Business among its 40 executives under 40.

Jan Miller
Head of Studies , Trans Atlantic Partners

Jan Miller makes things happen. She is one of the designers and Head of Studies for TAP. She previously designed and ran Strategic Partners for 15 years. Her Pitching and Content Development Workshops are offered all over the world from Guadalajara to China, Cartagena to Berlin Talent Campus and Cannes.

Melissa Wells
Agent, United Talent Agency

Melissa Wells has been a Motion Picture Literary Agent at United Talent Agency since the New York office opened at the beginning of 2012.

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