Weekend Seminar Schedule 2013
IFP/Phoenix-Sponsored FREE Seminars
IFP Phoenix sponsors the educational seminars during the Phoenix Film Festival weekend. All sessions are FREE unless otherwise noted. (All sessions on this page are free!)
“Our 2013 session hosts include some new faces in our organization, including co-executive directors T.J. Houle and Aaron Kes. Please join me in welcoming them to the IFP/Phoenix leadership! Our guest panelists are chosen from the roster of talented filmmakers whose works are screened at this year’s Phoenix Film Festival. Enjoy!”
– Joe Gruberman, Seminar Director, Phoenix Film Festival
| Saturday April 6th, 2013 |
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| TIME | SESSION | DESCRIPTION |
| 2:30PM | Script to Screen: Your Dream and Your Vision, Realized! |
Every movie begins with a script, but every script doesn’t become a movie. Our panel of filmmakers have all penned their own screenplays. This discussion will focus on each individual’s journey that began with the screenplay that was ultimately realized on the screen. |
| Hosted by Aaron Kes (IFP/Phoenix Co-Executive Director) Scheduled panelists: Zak Forsman (Writer/Director: DOWN AND DANGEROUS), Skyler Caleb (Writer/Lead Actor: WAKING), Goran Mojsin (Writer: LOVELESS ZORITSA), Victor Viyuoh (Writer/Director/+: NINAH’S DOWRY) and Alev Aydin (Producer/Writer/+: LONELY BOY) |
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| 3:30PM | Actors’ Roundtable: Life as an Indie Actor |
Opportunities in independent film. What are we sacrificing for the craft? Are indies the back door into mainstream? And what is “mainstream” these days, anyway? A discussion with some of the talented and dedicated actors whose films are now playing at the Phoenix Film Festival. |
| Hosted by Faith Hibbs-Clark (Casting Director/Good Faith Casting) Scheduled panelists: Blayne Weaver (FAVOR), Tishuan Scott (THE RETRIEVAL), John T. Woods (DOWN AND DANGEROUS), Patrick Day (FAVOR) and Meg Cionni (WAKING) |
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| 4:30PM | So You Think You Can Shoot A Movie? If you think it looks hard, you have NO IDEA!! |
Behind every movie is a story. Not the one that’s played out on the screen, but the one that’s played out behind the scenes before, during and after production. Our panel of feature filmmakers will sound off on the monumental effort that is feature filmmaking. Hey, if we didn’t love it, we wouldn’t be doing it! |
| Hosted by Keegan Ead (IFP Film Challenges Director) Scheduled panelists: Paul Osborne (Director/Writer: FAVOR), Zak Forsman (Director/Writer/+: DOWN AND DANGEROUS), Sean Gaston (Director/Writer/+: MISA’S FUGUE), Jason Chaet (Director/Producer: PUTZEL) and Elise Salomon (Director/Producer: LOS WILD ONES) |
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| Sunday April 7th, 2013 | ||
| TIME | SESSION | DESCRIPTION |
| 2:30PM | Horror Filmmakers Roundtable: What So Scary About That? |
In honor of our Horror/Sci-Fi program, this special panel of Horror filmmakers explores the question of “what scares the heck out of us?” and “what have we stopped being afraid of?” |
| Hosted by Danny Marianino Scheduled panelists: Scott Schirmer (Director/Co-Writer/+: FOUND), David Pruett (Festival Director: Dark Carnival International Film Festival), Leya Taylor (Co-Producer, Director of Photography: FOUND), Matt Medisch (Producer/Story co-creator/+: SADER RIDGE) and Tara-Nicole Azarian (Writer/Director: SYBLING RIVALRY) |
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| 3:30PM | Post-Production Magic: We Can’t Shoot That! |
So much of what we do in the movie production involves the integration of post-production effects into the production process. Our panel of animators, graphic artists and editors shares tricks and tips of adding post-production wizardry to an indie project. |
| Hosted by T.J. Houle (IFP/Phoenix Co-Executive Director) Scheduled panelists: Scott Storm (PFF 2012 Best Doc: WE RUN SH*T), Jamie Cobb (Film Editor: DOWN AND DANGEROUS), Justin Miller (Co-Editor/Visual Effects Supervisor/+: RESTITUTION), Jesse Vigil (Visual Effects Supervisor: MIDNIGHT DAISY) and Asa Shumskas Tait (Directorr: MIDNIGHT DAISY) |
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| 4:30PM | Sci-Fi Filmmakers Roundtable: Creating New Worlds |
In honor of our Horror/Sci-Fi program, this special panel of Sci-Fi filmmakers discusses how they develop alternate realities, non-existent technology and futuristic societies on an indie budget. |
| Hosted by Mike Stackpole (Sci-Fi Programming Director) Scheduled panelists: Arthur Vincie (Writer, Director, Producer: FOUND IN TIME), Gerry Santos (Producer: CHANNELING), Drew Thomas (Writer/Director: CHANNELING) and Carl Varnado (Adjunct Professor: Scottsdale Community College) |
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Independent Feature Project: Phoenix (IFP/PHX) supports and develops the growth of independent filmmaking in Arizona through comprehensive training, networking, exhibition and filmmaking opportunities.We are no longer taking participation requests. Please feel free to join us as an audience participant. A pass-around mic will be available at each session.
