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ABOUT THE SUMMIT
Saturday January 23rd, 201011:00 AM to 2:00 PM (US Mountain Time)
Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City, UT.
Streaming live
The mission of the Slamdance, WorkBook Project and Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit is to jointly craft a new charter for filmmaking, storytelling and content distribution, with and by the global filmmaking community.Our collaboration is born out of reaction to an independent film industry currently in a state of change and how, as a global filmmaking community, we can better understand and find greater success afforded by new technology and the democratization of new tools and processes.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
The Filmmaker Summit has elements that are intended to be shaped by the filmmaking community: By Filmmakers and For Filmmakers. We welcome everyone's feedback and wish to include as many people in the discussion as possible. Here's how to get involved in the summit:
Let your voice be heard.1. Let us know what you think are the most pressing issues for filmmakers.
2. Share what you’d like to see a new truly independent film industry look like.
3. Share what tools and resources are needed or ones that you currently use.
4. Vote up the questions and answers that you feel should be discussed.
5. Tune in on Jan 23rd for the live stream from Park City!
Peter Baxter is Co-founder/President of Slamdance and a filmmaker. In 1995 Baxter co-founded Slamdance as an independent alternative to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Since its inception, Baxter has been responsible for developing and maintaining all areas of Slamdance. As Slamdance’s President, he has built an organization synonymous with the discovery of emerging talent. Baxter’s current film work includes directing the documentary feature Wild In The Streets.
http://www.slamdance.com
Khavn De La Cruz is a very outspoken, experimental film maker with an unstoppable desire to explore and cross boundaries. Considered as the father of Philippine digital filmmaking, he is the most productive filmmaker in the Philippines and probably also far beyond. He has made twenty-three features and more than seventy short films, most of which have received prizes, given retrospectives, and presented in international film festivals. He has served as a jury member in the Clermont-Ferrand (France), Copenhagen (Denmark), Jeonju (Korea), Jihlava (Czech Republic), & Berlinale (Germany) film festivals. He is the president of the independent film company Filmless Films and the festival director of .MOV, the first digital film festival in the Philippines.
http://khavndelacruz.com/
Christy Dena is Director of Universe Creation 101, where she consults on strategy and design of transmedia to agencies, corporations and production companies and is currently developing her own projects and services. She an active speaker worldwide, mentors film, television, literature and new media professionals, and judges cross-media and new media art projects. Christy co-wrote the Writer’s Guide to Making a Digital Living and just submitted a PhD on transmedia fictions.
www.ChristyDena.com
www.UniverseCreation101.com
Jamie King is producer/director of the Steal This Film series, a documentary project notable for its pioneering release through 'pirate' sites using the BitTorrent protocol. It is the most widely watched of the films funded by the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation and considered one of the most downloaded documentaries of all time. King has become a spokesperson for a growing movement promoting the possibilities of 'free culture' and free-to-share distribution of media as a viable alternative for filmmakers and other cultural producers. King has advanced the argument that for many filmmakers, P2P infrastructures can be a valuable way of reaching and engaging new audiences. To that end, in 2009, King launched the VODO project, which has been called by Moviemaker Magazine one of the '25 Resources that every indie filmmaker should know.' King continues to produce and direct films, most recently the 2009 feature Dark Fibre, shot on location in Bangalore, India.
http://www.vodo.net
http://www.darkfibre.in
Brian Newman is the founder of sub-genre consulting, helping filmmakers and organizations to distribute content and connect with audiences through innovative uses of new technology. Brian was most recently CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI), and has been the executive director of Renew Media and IMAGE Film & Video Center. He speaks regularly on new media, audience development and the future of the industry, and contributes to a blog on these subjects at Springboardmedia.
http://www.springboardmedia.blogspot.com
http://www.reframecollection.org
http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org
Named one of “10 Digital Directors to Watch” by Daily Variety, Jon Reiss is a critically acclaimed filmmaker who has produced and directed three feature films most recently Bomb It (Tribeca 2007) about graffiti, street art and the battle over visual public space throughout the world. Jon just published Think Outside the Box Office: The Ultimate Guide to Film Distribution in the Digital Era, the first step-by-step guide for filmmakers to distribute and market their films. The book was inspired by his experience releasing Bomb It with a hybrid strategy and the classes he teaches at Cal Arts. Jon also consults and speaks about distribution and marketing for film at festivals and forums throughout the world. This year he will be launching a distribution and marketing tools website for independent filmmakers at:
http://www. ultimatefilmguides.com
http://www.thinkoutsidetheboxoffice.com
http://www.jonreiss.com/blog
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing the films 'Sex, Lies, and Videotape', 'Erin Brockovich', 'Traffic', 'Ocean's Eleven', 'Che' and 'The Informant!'.
Full bio coming soon
Timo Vuorensola is a Finnish director. He spent 7 on his first feature film, the sci-fi comedy Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. Timo has also directed short films, music videos and adverts. He’s interested in finding new ways to approach the film industry, and has traveled the world talking about engaging online communities in film production. Timo has been working on a web platform called Wreckamovie.com, where the filmmakers, film projects and film enthusiasts can connect and collaborate. He’s currently working on a film about Moon Nazis, called “Iron Sky”, coming out in 2011.
http://www.starwreck.com
http://www.ironsky.net
http://www.wreckamovie.com
http://www.zombieroom.net
LANCE WEILER
Lance Weiler is a critically acclaimed award winning writer / director. Recognized as a pioneer because of the way he makes and distributes his work – Wired magazine named him “One of twenty-five people helping to re-invent entertainment and change the face of Hollywood.” He has successfully self-distributed his films THE LAST BROADCAST and HEAD TRAUMA to over 20 countries while grossing over 5 million dollars in the process. He is the founder of the WorkBook Project, the roving conference series DIY DAYS and a co-founder of From Here to Awesome. Lance is a partner in Seize the Media a social entertainment company that focuses on transmedia story architecture.
http://www.workbookproject.com
http://www.lanceweiler.com
http://www.textoflight.com
Thanks to the support shown by the good folks at IndieFlix and Xmission, we are happy to present The Filmmaker Summit. The event is made possible thanks to a large collaborative effort - produced by Saskia Wilson-Brown, programming by Lance Weiler (WorkBook Project), technical assistance Ben Moskowitz (OVA), overall support Peter Baxter (Slamdance), streaming services George Chriss (openmeetings.org) with additional support from Greg Urich and Josh Levy. Logo design by Michael Beynart, and further design work and consultation from Micah Hahn at Autumn Seventy.