The 2016 CCH Film Festival will be held at the newly-renovated Columbia College Hollywood on October 14th & 15th and will highlight original content created by CCH students and graduates over the past two years. To see a detailed list of all panels, screenings, conersations, and ceremonies, visit cchcareers.com

This year’s festival will include:

Screenings

Screenings from the best content of our students and alumni in the forms of Narrative Shorts, Music Videos and New Media.

Keynote Speaker:

• Stephen J. Wolfe (Producer, 500 Days of Summer)

Trade Show:

• Sony, Film Independent, NewFilmmakersLA, Casting Networks, Porta-Jib and Digital Sputnick

Industry Panels:

• "Cutting it in Hollywood" - Mitch Danton

• "New Age of TV Comedy" - Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher & Lauren Bertoni (Founders of Actors Comedy Studio), Dorian Frankel (Casting: Veep, Baskets), Erin Ehrlich (Executive Producer: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, MTV's Awkward)

• "Casting" w/ Rick Pagano (X-Men: The Last Stand), Charles Silver (SMS Talent), and John Morrissey (America History X)

• "Point of Entry to Industry: Short Films or Web Series" - La Femme Film Festival

• Set Decoration Panel - Moderated by Mark-Austin Rowell with Daryn-Reid Goodall (MadTV), Kathy Orlando (American Horror Story) and Jerry Dunn

• Hair & Makeup Panel - Moderated by Carin Misterly with Karen Westerfield (Spider-Man) and Allen Arnold (Hair/Makeup artist)

• Screenwriting Panel - Dirk Blackman (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) & David Benullo (Around the World in 80 Days)

• Casting Networks - Casting for productions

Conversation Series:

• Denny Tedesco (Director, The Wrecking Crew)

• Chris Pak (CFO; Arc Entertainment) - Distribution

• John Swanbeck (Director, The Big Kahuna)

• Jennie Lew Tugend (Producer, Free Willy)

Questions? Contact Stephen Herring at sherring@columbiacollege.edu