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Program Date
Thursday, July 15th, 2021
- Panel #1 | Qualifying Your Film – A Conversation with Exhibitors and Qualifying Festivals | 1:00pm – 2:30pm PT
- Panel #2 | Making the Short List – A Conversation with Publicists and Oscar® Nominees | 3:00pm – 4:30pm PT
- Panel #3 | Exposure to the Press – A Conversation on Award Season Coverage | 5:00pm – 6:30pm PT
Program Location
This program will take place on ZOOM. An invite link will be shared with you once you have completed the registration process below.
Program Details
Please join Telefilm Canada and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) as we present a series of panels built to provide access and insight for Canadian Filmmakers and Creatives around the process of qualifying and campaigning for the Oscars®, the world famous awards ceremony that is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. These panel conversations bring together industry experts who will aim to shed light on the ways in which filmmakers can qualify their films, campaign and gain important exposure for their projects from major entertainment journalists.
Panel #1 | Qualifying Your Film – A Conversation with Exhibitors and Qualifying Festivals | 1:00pm – 2:30pm PT
Christopher Racster
Filmmaker, Producer and Non-profit Executive
Ben Thompson
Short Film Programmer at Tribeca Film Festival
Hebe Tabachnik
World Cinema Programmer at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Gregory Sloan Gardner
CEO at Double Exposure Distribution
Panel #2 | Making the Short List – A Conversation with Publicists and Oscar® Nominees | 3:00pm – 4:30pm PT
Danny De Lillo
Executive of the Americas at Screen International
Ben Proudfoot
Filmmaker and Oscar® Nominee
Joshua Jason
Founder at Joshua Jason Public Relations
Catherine Lyn Scott
Vice President and Publicist at London Flair PR
Jerry Rojas
EVP of Film/TV Awards & Events at Shelter PR
Panel #3 | Exposure to the Press – A Conversation on Award Season Coverage | 5:00pm – 6:30pm PT
Varda Bar-Kar
Filmmaker
Claudia Puig
President, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Clayton Davis
Film Awards Editor at Variety
Asenath Nakayama Do
Director of Awards & National Publicity at Shelter PR
