REEL MAGIC HOUR® DAY 2
Reel Magic Hour® is now a 2-day long educational program that provides one hour panels designed for our Chelsea Film Festival filmmakers to learn about the entertainment industry, meet and network with their peers. 2025 marks the ninth edition of the Reel Magic Hour. This program is supported by the Sundance Institute and listed in the Women at Sundance and Women in Film LA Resource Map.
Access to this event requires a VIP All-Access, Industry, Festival, Filmmaker, Reel Magic Hour or Press Pass.
DAY TWO: Saturday, October 18th, 2025 from 11:00AM – 5:00PM EST
PANEL ONE: AI – THE NEW CREATIVE PARTNER?
PANEL TWO: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS REDEFINING FILM & TV
PANEL THREE: BUILDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH PODCASTS
PANEL FOUR: DOCS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD: STORYTELLING FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Program is subject to change based on speaker availability.
LOCATION:
TBN – Trinity Broadcasting Networks – 111 E 15th Street, New York, NY 10003
11:00AM – 12:00PM EST
PANEL ONE
AI – THE NEW CREATIVE PARTNER?
Moderator: Ariana Taveras (Associate Director of the Martin Scorsese Center for Virtual Production and the Masters in Professional Studies in VP at Tisch, NYU)
Speakers: Leilanni Todd (Founder of Floamworld, Adjunct Professor, NYU Generative AI for Virtual Production), Robert Wald (Director of AI Innovation at Gold Leader), Philip Shane (Documentary Filmmaker), Áron Filkey (Creative at RunwayML)
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EST
PANEL TWO
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS REDEFINING FILM & TV
Moderator: Megan Cunningham (Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Magnet Originals)
Speakers: Nicholas Spiro (Chief Commercial Officer at Viral Nation), Ziad Ahmed (Head of Next Gen at UTA Marketing), Michael Canzoniero (Owner, MCM Studios), Berry English (Global VP, Head of Production and Account Management at Condé Nast)
1:30PM – 2:30PM EST
PANEL THREE
BUILDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH PODCASTS
Moderator: Chris Boniello (VP, Production Services, The Podglomerate)
Speakers: Chris Bannon (SVP, Head of Global Audio, Condé Nast), Dan McCoy (Founder & Co-Host, The Flop House podcast), Stuart Wellington (Co-Host, The Flop House podcast), Ilana Levine (Host of the weekly podcast Little Known Facts), Ryan Donovan Purcell (Lecturer, Fordham University, Creator and Host of Soundscapes NYC)
2:45PM – 3:45PM EST
PANEL FOUR
DOCUMENTARIES THAT CHANGE THE WORLD: STORYTELLING FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Moderator: Cionín Lorenzo (Senior Video Producer at the Brooklyn Museum, Three (Extra) Ordinary Women)
Speakers: Hannah Rafkin (Documentary Filmmaker, Keeper, Crush Iceberg), Jane Centofante (Director, Writer, Producer, Saffron Robe, 2025 Chelsea Film Festival Selection), Ronnie Kay (Film & TV Director/Showrunner, Arts Professor NYU Tisch Film School), Harvey Hubbell V (Director/Producer, President of The Hubbell Difference Foundation, Owner of Captured Time Productions)