Reimagining Film Festivals For the Future

Webinar Replay

ICYMI You can now listen to the webinar replay and hear Karin Chien, Rebecca Green, Marilyn Ness, and Brian Newman challenge old distribution models, throw out big ideas, and call to action collaboration and solidarity from the independent film community. Closed captions included.  

With film festivals cancelling, quickly moving online, or rescheduling indefinitely, the future of films festivals is unknown. Filmmakers are stuck in a chaotic state of selling their films and connecting with audiences while festivals fight to stay alive and salvage their brand. But rather than holding on to the past, what if we took this moment in history to reimagine a better system? One that works for festivals, audiences, and filmmakers and is built to elevate distribution. 

Please join KARIN CHIEN, producer and founder of dGenerate Films, the leading distributor of independent, contemporary Chinese cinema, MARILYN NESS, two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont Award-winner and producer of the recent Netflix release BECOMING about former First Lady Michelle Obama, and BRIAN NEWMAN, producer and founder of Sub-Genre which recently published the widely debated piece, "Where’s the Filmmaker in the Online Fest Planning?" as they reimagine film festivals for the future. 

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