Stage 32 Presents: Film Festival Insiders Discuss the Current State of Festivals

Free Webinar Next Week! Dear {NAME}, Film festivals big and small have been grappling with large existential issues since the COVID-19 pandemic began and have needed to find large scale and innovative changes to continue sharing films and championing artists in a now virtual setting. The landscape of film festivals has no doubt changed, but what exactly does this change look like and how permanent will this move to virtual be? How can festivals stay afloat and how should filmmakers be using festivals in this new era? Since the quarantine began, Stage 32 has been working tirelessly to be your online home to stay connected with over 650,000 film, TV, and new media creatives from across the globe - no hand sanitizer or face masks required. Stage 32 is committed to bringing you entertainment, education, and community from the comfort and safety of your own home. Now, we are excited to host another free virtual event to help you stay up-to-date about the state of the film festival landscape, featuring some of the top festival directors and programmers. Join us on Tuesday, September 22nd at 11am PT as directors and programmers from Tribeca, Hollyshorts, Raindance, and Austin Film Festivals, as well as Stage 32’s very own Managing Director Amanda Toney will come together for an exclusive discussion and answer questions from the Stage 32 community about the state of film festivals and where they believe things are headed. [Continue Reading & Register for Free]( Meet Your Panelists: [Film Festival Directors Programmers and Experts] Kimberley Browning, Hollywood Shorts Film Festival & Tribeca Film Festival Kimberley Browning is a filmmaker and film festival professional based in Los Angeles. She is the founder and festival director of Hollywood Shorts, a short film screening series and emerging filmmakers program, currently in it’s 22nd year. Kimberley serves as an Associate Short Film Programmer at the Tribeca Film Festival, and formerly was a short film Programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival and Guadalajara International Film Festival Los Angeles. She is the Executive Producer of HBO ACCESS Directors Fellowship, the network's program developing and launching underrepresented voices into episodic television. [Film Festival Directors Programmers and Experts] Daniel Sol, Hollyshorts Film Festival Daniel Sol is the co-founder and co-director of the Oscar-qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival and formerly a theatrical sales executive for Lionsgate. In 2006, he realized that young filmmakers had very little access to industry professionals, and few options for screening their films. And thus, the HollyShorts Film Festival was born. Now in its 13th year, HollyShorts has quickly become the most influential short film festival in Los Angeles, with Daniel guiding it as Festival Director and lead programmer for the festival. Daniel is also the co founder of the premium Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV content channel BITPIX ([www.bitpixtv.com](. [Film Festival Directors Programmers and Experts] Elliot Grove, Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove founded Raindance Film Festival in 1993, the British Independent Film Awards in 1998, and Raindance.TV in 2007. He has produced over 150 short films, and 5 feature films. His first feature film, TABLE 5 was shot on 35mm and completed for a total of £278.38. He teaches writers and producers in the UK, Europe. Japan and America. He hasalso written three books which have become industry standards: RAINDANCE WRITERS LAB 2nd Edition (Focal Press 2008), RAINDANCE PRODUCERS LAB (Focal Press 2004) and 130 PROJECTS TO GET YOU INTO FILMMAKING (Barrons 2009). Open University awarded Elliot and Honourary Doctorate for services to film education in 2009. [Film Festival Directors Programmers and Experts] Casey Baron, Austin Film Festival Born and raised in the small island of Dominica located in the West Indies, Casey Baron has been a part of the Austin Film Festival family for five years running; starting off as an intern before climbing the ladder to become the festival’s Shorts Programmer for its 25th anniversary. Casey now serves as AFF's Senior Film Program Director, where he puts together and oversees the festival's entire film slate and pushes forward the festival's mission of championing storytellers. [Film Festival Directors Programmers and Experts] Amanda Toney, Stage 32 Amanda Toney has served as the Managing Director of Stage 32 since 2013 where she oversees operations and business development for the global business. She has curated over 1,000 hours of online education created exclusively for Stage 32, and works with hundreds of entertainment industry executives from around the world to serve as educators and mentors. Amanda also manages Stage 32's Screenings platform, which gives films accepted at other festivals a virtual place to screen for industry professionals. [Click here to Register Now for this FREE Industry Panel!]( Copyright © 2020 Stage 32, All rights reserved. You are receiving this message because you are either a member of Stage 32 community, or you have subscribed to receive a newsletter on our landing page. Our mailing address is: Stage 32 2711 N Sepulveda Blvd Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-2725 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from educational updates](. This email was sent from Stage 32 through MailChimp. To [unsubscribe]( or manage your preferences, please use the links above. Help us send you more useful emails by keeping your profile up to date.