NEW MOVIES LAB

HOW TO GET IT DONE: A SEMINAR FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS
Saturday, October 10, 2:00 pm FREE Student Event Marin Youth Center, 1115 Third St., San Rafael Five working filmmakers discuss how they get their films made and what young filmmakers need to know about the perils of a film’s afterlife in the festival and distribution markets. There will be film clips and a Q&A. Logan and Noah Miller (Touching Home) and Michael Eisenmenger, executive director of Community Media Center of Marin, will be our anchor panelists. Three young international directors from the Festival will round out this presentation.
GIRL GEEKS Sunday, October 11, 1:00 pm, $15 SEM11R Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center Geeks have come a long way from taped-up glasses to high-powered movers and shakers delivering innovative digital art and entertainment. This panel explores the intersection of technology and creativity with women at the forefront of the digital industry. Presented in Association with Girls in Tech and Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners.	Stephanie Argy, co-director/co-writer, The Red Machine; science and technology writer, American Cinematographer, Variety, Hollywood Reporter. Nina Dobner, Cinematics Producer, Electronic Arts LA, Command and Conquer, Red Alert. Sherry Hitch, Digital Artist, Industrial Light + Magic Bryn Imagire, Shading Art Director, Pixar Animation Studios, Up, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., The Incredibles Mia Quagliarello, Community and Editorial Manager, You Tube Tiffany Shlain (Moderator), filmmaker, artist; founder, The Webby Awards; co-founder, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
CINEMASPORTS Saturday, October 17, 9:00 am FREE to participate Intro Meeting, Old Mill Park, Mill Valley Sign-up required on a first come, first served basis.
Saturday, October 17, screening 7:30 pm, $10 CINE17T 142 Throckmorton Theatre
Fusing imagination, collaboration and tournament, Cinemasports is a race to make a film in a day. Just arrive with your crew equipped to shoot and edit your masterpiece by the same-day deadline. Everyone gets three mandatory “ingredients” and returns with a completed film (3.5 minutes or less) by 6:30 pm. An hour later, at a public screening, the same elements result in entirely different movies. MVFF and Cinemasports co-present this fun opportunity for filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike. Visit Cinemasports.com to sign up.
DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIALTY FILM: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? Saturday, October 17, 12:30 pm, $15 SEM17T 142 Throckmorton Theatre The most important factor affecting the survival of independent or studio films today is distribution. In a radically changing distribution landscape, many traditional players have left the field—yet others remain in the game for what looks like the duration, seeing opportunities within established models. Join our expert panelists as they discuss the elusive “unified field” model of 21st-century distribution.	Invited guests: Robert Berney, Apparition (The Young Victoria, Bright Star) Howard Cohen and Eric D'Arbeloff, Roadside Attractions (Happy Tears, The Cove) Ryan Werner, IFC Films (Looking for Eric, Fish Tank, Red Cliff)
ACTIVE CINEMA: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE Sunday, October 18, 12:30 pm, $15 SEM18T 142 Throckmorton Theatre The experts on this creative brainstorming and makeover panel will look at strategies for distribution and marketing of films on social, environmental and human rights issues, as well as ways to get audiences engaged—connecting with non-profits, social networking, events, bake sales, fundraisers: What are effective, creative ways to move inspiration into action? Filmmakers are invited to present a project for a brief Active Cinema “make-over” by our panelists.	Michael Lumpkin, executive director, International Documentary Association. John Morrison, director of CFI Education, film programmer. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, filmmaker, A Thousand Suns, executive director, Global Oneness Project. Danae Ringelmann (Moderator), co-founder and CFA, IndieGoGo.