2024 Industry Series
Industry Day 5
Friday, March 22 | Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Panel:
Finding your Audience - Acquisition & Distribution
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Featuring a panel of distributors and film market experts, learn what they look for in an acquisition and advice they have for filmmakers trying to get their work sold. They will also delve into how they tailor a distribution, marketing and outreach plan based on a film's content, style and reach.
Moderator:
Holly Pruner, CFF Alum and filmmaker
Panelists:
Andrew Hunt, Ravenbanner
Inga Diev, Ouat Media,
Tim Smythe-Bishop, Industry Consultant
Kirk Cooper, Founder of Film Market Access
Panel:
The Programmer's Guide to Navigating the Festival Circuit
Co-presented by community partner Reelworld Screen Institute
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Featuring programmers from festivals across the city, this panel will provide an insiders guide to both programming and navigating the festival circuit. They will explore everything from leveraging premiere status to making the most of either an acceptance or rejection. They will also discuss how to hone in on your goals so that you can maximize your festival experience. Hint: it starts with attending this panel!
Moderator:
Laura Good, Tribeca, Seattle International Film Festival, Canadian Film Fest
Panelists:
Norm Wilner, TIFF
Andrew Murphy, Inside Out
Richard Pierre, Toronto Black Film Festival, Canadian Film Fest
Marina Hanna, Reelworld Film Festival
Making a Canadian Classic: Cube with Vincenzo Natali
Presented by DGC Ontario
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Before there was Squid Game, before Survivor, there was Cube.
Join us for an intimate and in-depth conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Vincenzo Natali, taking a deep dive into his groundbreaking 1997 genre-busting film, Cube, and the journey it took from idea to screen and beyond, and the impact it had on Canadian and international cinema. Moderated by Resident Alien director and DGC National President Warren P. Sonoda.
Vincenzo Natali is a writer-director known for science fiction and horror films such as CUBE, SPLICE and IN THE TALL GRASS as well as the TV series HANNIBAL and the prescient adaptation of William Gibson’s THE PERIPHERAL. He resides in Toronto, Canada. www.vincenzo-natali.com