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Convergence Panels and Conversations
Keynote by Chaz Ebert
Friday, June 3 • 1:00 – 1:30 pm
Chaz Ebert opens the Conscious Cinema Convergence, speaking on the role of transformational entertainment and its potential impact on humanity. Chaz, wife of the late esteemed film critic Roger Ebert, is the CEO of several Ebert enterprises, including RogerEbert.com as well as the cofounder of Ebertfest, a film festival now in its 18th year. With a passion for Conscious Cinema, Chaz says she and her husband developed a form of mental telepathy while he was alive. Now, three years after his death, she continues to communicate with him on the other side. Chaz believes in stories that have the power to transform.
Spotlight Conversation: Norman Seeff on Creativity - The Power of a Dream is included on the same ticket.
Spotlight Conversation:
Norman Seeff On Creativity - The Power of a Dream
Friday, June 3 • 2:30 – 2:45 pm
As a photographer for the most prolific artists of our time - Tina Turner, Johnny Cash, Jim Henson, Steve Jobs, Martin Scorsese and Will.I.AM, to name a few, Norman Seeff knows something about the creative process. Through his innovative methodology, he has developed a body of content exploring the roots of creativity, innovation and optimal performance and has identified schematics describing the archetypes of the creative process that function across all creative disciplines. The fundamental tenet of his work is that all creation is sourced in the inner resources of consciousness and that everyone has access to the same innate resources.
Keynote by Chaz Ebert is included on the same ticket.
Behind the 'Seen' - Investing in Transformational Entertainment
Moderator: Simon Kilmurry (Executive Director, IDA)
Friday, June 3 • 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Through this intimate dialogue on film finance moderated by Simon Kilmurry (Executive Director, International Documentary Association), hear from three savvy individuals who are committed to bringing transformational entertainment to mainstream audiences about the art and science of financing conscious and cause-based cinema.
Guests include:
Geralyn Dreyfous, Impact Partners/Gamechanger Films
Jane Charles, producer, Greater Good Entertainment (SOLD/StolenYouth.org)
Ilan Arboleda, CreativeChaos (Thank You For Your Service).
Conscious Media & The Mainstream: Finding Your Audience
Saturday, June 4 • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Media, industry outlets, and tastemakers play an essential role in building buzz, and excitement around new cinema titles as they seek to find their audiences, often defining their position in the marketplace. Join this discussion and learn how to best leverage the media and how conscious cinema can be branded, marketed and presented to build communities, engage audiences and maximize box office.
Guests include:
Corrine Bourdeau, president, 360 Degree Communications
Bill Goodykoontz, film critic, Arizona Republic and Gannett News Service/USA Today
Maya Zuckerman, columnist, Huffington Post
Mark DeNicola, writer and director, Collective Evolution.
Distribution Therapy
Saturday, June 4 • 1:15 – 2:15 pm
Disabuse yourself from assumptions about what it is like to tie the knot with a distributor! Get a rare chance to observe a series of conversations between filmmakers and their distributors. Join facilitator Shaeri Richards as she helps distributor-filmmaker couples share their feelings in an entertaining format that will provide abundant wisdom on setting expectations, how to keep the flame alive and when to call it quits with your distributor.
Guests include:
Jeremy Frindel, director, One Track Heart
Nancy Gerstman, cofounder/president, Zeitgeist Films
Peter Rader, producer, AWAKE: The LIfe of Yogananda
Richard Lorber, CEO of Kino Lorber
Scott Glosserman, founder/CEO of Gathr
Pat Solomon, director of Finding Joe
Richard Cohn, president of Beyond Words
Act of Transformation - A Screenwriter's Workshop
Saturday, June 4 • 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Emmy Award winning screenwriter Dev Ross conducts a workshop focused on the act of transforming your conscious concept into an engaging and authentic screenplay. Sharing the wisdom of Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey,” Ms. Ross will guide us to a better understanding of the problems inherent in setting out to write a “conscious” screenplay. Then, using the lessons learned, we’ll help Dev to draft a foolproof three-act story outline based on audience-contributed ideas.
Going Deep: Diving into Virtual Reality Content
Saturday, June 4 • 4:30 - 5:30 pm
See for yourself how Virtual Reality is poised to revolutionize the way we experience cinema! Meet three VR pioneers for an overview and demonstration of the technology used to create The Click Effect, a VR film shot almost entirely underwater. Then swim out to the lobby, put your GEAR on and prepare to dive 100-feet below the ocean's surface to witness the “click” communication and visual language of dolphins. Take a deep breath!
Guests include:
Sandy Smolan, director, The Click Effect
Dan Oberle, editor, The Click Effect
Kate Wurzbacher, director of VR Photography
Conscious Cinema Summit * By Invitation
Sunday, June 5 • 10:00 – noon
Conscious film industry visionaries and media change-makers gather to discuss how conscious cinema can become a viable business sector within the independent film business. Invited guests gather to define “conscious” cinema, imagine new business models and brainstorm new strategies for collaboration to increase the quality, quantity and availability of conscious cinema around the globe.
Conscious Cinema Accelerator * By Invitation
Friday, June 3 • 4:30 –6:15 pm
Our Accelerator winners earn the chance to receive personalized project development consultations with the brightest minds of conscious cinema. In a blazing round of five 20-minute speed meetings, our selected participants sit with film industry veterans in the areas of conscious screenwriting, production, finance, marketing and distribution.
The final deadline for submissions has now passed.
This pass provides full access to Convergence panels and conversations, 3 ILLUMINATE film screenings of your choice and admission into evening parties/receptions Thursday - Saturday.
$249 Regular Price
Convergence Panel Package
This package provides full access to Convergence panels and conversations, plus the Saturday Spotlight Film.
$99 Early Bird Price until May 13
$125 Regular Price
