2011 Fellows:
Suha Araj Script, Kharsa
Kate Barker-Froyland Feature script, Song One
Nick Bentgen Documentary feature, Northern Light
Adam Bowers Script, We’re A Wasteland
Alrick Brown Feature narrative, Kinyarwanda
Jenny Deller Feature narrative, Future Weather
Holly Elson Feature documentary, The Viking of Sixth Avenue
Sasha Friedlander Feature documentary, Where Heaven Meets Hell
Zachary Heinzerling Feature documentary, Cutie and the Boxer
Thomas Hyungkyun Kim Script: The Singing Road
Mark Kendall Feature documentary, La Camioneta
Ryan Koo Script, Man Child
Adam Leon Feature narrative, Gimme the Loot
David Lowery Script, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Danielle Lurie Script, Fortunate Sons
Will McCord Script, Casual Encounters
Rola Nashef Feature narrative, Detroit Unleaded
Ryan O’Nan Feature narrative, The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Lanre Olabisi Script, Highway to Nowhere
Jack Riccobono Narrative short, Rib
Gillian Robespierre Script, Obvious Child
Tim Sutton Feature narrative, Pavilion
Kimi Takesue Feature documentary, Where Are You Taking Me?
Lauren Wolkstein Script, Cigarette Candy
Avi Zev Weider Feature documentary, Welcome to the Machine
2011 Keynotes and Mentors
Shari Springer Berman (director; American Splendor, Imogene)
Joe Berlinger (producer; Paradise Lost series)
Anne Carey (producer; Adventureland, The American)
Lisa Cortes (executive producer; Shadowboxer, Precious)
Marshall Curry (director; Street Fight, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor/direcor; Capote, Jack Goes Boating)
Jon Kilik (producer; Before Night Falls, The Hunger Games)
Brian Koppelman (producer/writer/director; The Illusionist, Ocean’s Thirteen)
Barbara Kopple (director; American Dream, Shut Up & Sing)
Ellen Kuras (cinematographer; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Away We Go)
Doug Liman (producer/director; The Bourne Identity, Fair Game)
Julia Loktev (director; Day Night Day Night, The Loneliest Planet)
Jim McKay (producer/director, Our Song, Mosquita y Mari)
Alex Orlovsky (producer, Half Nelson, Blue Valentine)
2011 Panelists
During the 2011 program, selected fellows presented their projects and careers to a panel of industry professionals. Panelists gave the fellows direct feedback on how to enhance their pitches and overall goals in order to help sustain their careers. 2011 Pitch Panelists included:
Dan Cogan, Impact Partners (executive producer: Children of Invention, Bobby Fischer Against the World)
John Sloss, Cinetic Media (executive producer: I’m Not There, Far From Heaven)
Lucy Stille, Paradigm (agent: clients include John Sayles, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Paola Mendoza)
Pamela Koffler, Killer Digital (executive producer: Mildred Pierce, Boys Don’t Cry; producer: Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
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