Reel Magic Hour® is a day long program that provides one hour panels designed for our Chelsea Film Festival filmmakers to meet and network. This is the Eighth edition of the Reel Magic Hour presented in partnership with Barnes & Noble Union Square. This program is supported by the Sundance Institute and listed in the Women at Sundance and Women in Film LA Resource Map.
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DATE:
Friday, October 14th, 2022 from 10:00am – 3:00pm EST
LOCATION:
Barnes & Noble Union Square
33 E 17th Street, New York, NY 10003
Networking Breakfast (10am-11am)
Panel One: Film Finance • Closing the Deal
Masterclass with Jury President, Celia D. Costas
Panel Two: TV • Navigating the Industry
11:00am – 12:00pm EST
PANEL ONE
FILM FINANCE: CLOSING THE DEAL
This panel is sponsored by Western Alliance Bank
Moderator: Richard N. Gladstein (Executive Director/Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Producer/The Hateful Eight, The Bourne Identity)
Speakers: Melanie Krinsky (Head of Entertainment, Western Alliance Bank), Gary Rubin (Sales Agent, Consultant, Gary Rubin Consulting), Sofia Sondervan (Producer, Dutch Tilt Films/Cadillac Records, The Letter Room)
12:00PM – 12:30PM EST – BREAK
12:30PM – 1:30PM EST
MASTERCLASS WITH JURY PRESIDENT: CELIA D. COSTAS (Producer/tick, tick…Boom!, The Intern, Doubt, The Girl on The Train, August Osage County)
Moderator: Richard N. Gladstein (Executive Director/Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Producer/The Hateful Eight, The Bourne Identity)
2:00PM – 3:00PM EST
PANEL TWO
TV: NAVIGATING THE INDUSTRY
Moderator: Tricia Brouk (Founder of The Big Talk Academy, Director, Producer)
Speakers: Jessica Frances Dukes (CFF 2022 Jury, Actress/Ozark), Ariel Tan (CFF 2022 Jury, VP of Strategy & Business, Paramount International), Alexandra Dean (CFF 2022 Jury, Showrunner, Producer, Director, Writer/This Is Paris, Bombshell, Secrets of Playboy)