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HIGHLIGHTS

• Screen Talks by celebrated filmmaker Richard Linklater, John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk, Shadow in the Cloud director Roseanne Liang, Blossom Films' Per Saari (Big Little Lies, The Undoing) and Elizabeth Haggard, Participant Media’s VP of Narrative Film
• Opening Night Film: Robert Connolly’s The Dry, Australia's new hit, a mystery thriller starring Eric Bana
• 40th Anniversary Retrospective screening of a newly-remastered version of Peter Weir's Gallipoli, with a Q&A by Mel Gibson
• Delegates will have access to Airmeet technology including a virtual lounge to mix and mingle with industry colleagues from around the world

2021 SCHEDULE

All times are US Eastern Daylight Time

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

6:00pm EDT (9:00am AEDT)

Opening Night Introductions and Welcome

Opening Night Film The Dry and Q&A with Eric Bana and Robert Connolly

Moderator: Andrew Warne

MONDAY, MARCH 22

Conference Day 1

3:30 - 4:00pm EDT (6:30 - 7:00am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

4:00 - 4:45pm EDT (7:00 - 7:45am AEDT)

Screen Talks

In Conversation with Basil Iwanyk, Producer and Founder, Thunder Road Pictures

Moderator: Michael Kelleher

​4:45 - 5:00pm EDT (7:45 - 8:00am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

5:00 - 5:45pm EDT (8:00 - 8:45am AEDT)

Screen Composers

In Conversation with three international screen composers. Topics for discussion could include music and nature, composing for the story of other composers, and conveying internalised emotions via scoring.

Moderator: David Hirschfelder (Composer, Shine, The Dressmaker, Australia, Strictly Ballroom)

Panelists: Caitlin Yeo (Composer, Playing with Sharks), Marcelo Zarvos (Composer, Penguin Bloom), Stefan Gregory (The Dig)

​5:45 - 6:00pm EDT (8:45 - 9:00am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

6:00 - 6:45pm EDT (9:00 - 9:45am AEDT)

Excellence in Casting: Presented by the Casting Society of America

A spotlight discussion on the creative process and craft of casting for Television and Film, looking at the originality and impact casting directors can have on a project.

Moderator: Julie Hutchinson, Casting Director & Executive

Panelists: Rebecca Gushin (Casting Associate / Director, Here and Now, Billions, Dickenson), Cindy Tolan (Casting Director, If Beale Street Could Talk, Westside Story, Straight Outta Compton, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Rick Pagano (Casting Director, The Blacklist, Hotel Rwanda, X-Men: The Last Stand), Jenny Jue (Casting Director, Inglorious Bastards, Okja, Snowpiercer, The Social Dilemma)

6:45 - 8:00pm EDT (9:45 - 11:00am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

TUESDAY MARCH 23

​Conference Day 2

3:30 - 4:00pm EDT (4:30 - 7:00am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

4:00 - 4:45pm EDT (7:00 - 7:45am AEDT)

Music Panel from the Creators of Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. Presented by Gallagher Insurance

An in-depth discussion with director Frank Marshall and producers Nigel Sinclair and Jeanne Elfant Festa about their hit HBO music documentary on the Bee Gees.

Moderator: Debbie Kruger

Panelists: Frank Marshall (Director), Nigel Sinclair (Producer), Jeanne Elfant Festa (Producer)

​4:45 - 5:30pm EDT (7:45 - 8:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

5:30 - 6:15pm EDT (8:30 - 9:15am AEDT)

Adaptations: Literary to Screen: Presented by Gallagher Insurance

Literary Scouts and Agents takes us through the creative process and techniques to adapting material from books to film and television.

Moderator: Jeff Sharp, Executive Director, The Gotham Film & Media Institute

Panelists: Haley Hamilton (Executive Director of Literary Scouting, FOX Television), Mary Pender (Literary Agent, UTA), Megan Reid (VP of Development, FX)

6:15 - 6:30pm EDT (9:15 - 9:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

​6:30 - 7:15pm EDT (9:30 - 10:15am AEDT)

Female-Led Production Companies: Presented by NYWIFT

Women in Screen panel focuses on the diverse production companies and innovative business structures, stories and leadership that female producers have brought to their companies and films.

Moderator: Jess Mills, Film Marketing & Distribution Consultant, Founder, OuiOui Marketing

Panelists: Victoria Hill (Fibonacci Films), Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw (Carver Films)

7:15 - 7:30pm EDT (10:15 - 10:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

7:30 - 8:15pm EDT (10:30 - 11:15am AEDT)

Screen Talks

In Conversation with Elizabeth Haggard, VP, Narrative Film at Participant Media

Moderator: Jenny Cooney

​8:15 - 9:00pm EDT (11:15 - 12:00pm AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

​WEDNESDAY MARCH 24

Conference Day 3

4:00 - 4:30pm EDT (7:00 - 7:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

4:30 - 5:15pm EDT (7:30 - 8:15am AEDT)

Adaptations: Podcast to Screen

Podcasts are quickly becoming a source material for screen adaptations. This panel will include podcast producers and filmmakers who have successfully adapted podcasts to series with a closer look of an adaption and the creative process to adapting the audio medium to a visual story.

Moderator: Amelia Chappelow (Executive Producer, Audio Consultant)

Panelists: Clare Rawlinson (Podcast Producer and Journalist), Richard Finlayson (Director, Wooden Horse), Sandra Yee Ling (VP of Production at Q Code Media)

5:15 - 6:30pm EDT (8:15 - 9:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

6:30 - 7:15pm EDT (9:30am - 10:15am AEDT)

Screen Talks

Producer Per Saari of Blossom Films in Conversation

Moderator: Jenny Cooney

​7:15 - 7:30pm EDT (10:15 - 10:30am AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

7:30 - 8:15pm EDT (10:30 - 11:15am AEDT)

Screen Talks

In Conversation with Director of Shadow in the Cloud Roseanne Liang

Moderator: Rachael Fung

​8:15 - 9:00pm EDT (11:15 - 12:00pm AEDT)

Industry delegates welcome in Screen Forum Networking Lounge

THURSDAY MARCH 25

​5:30 - 6:00pm EDT (8:30 - 9:00am AEDT)

40th Anniversary Gallipoli Tribute Reel

6:00 - 7:00pm EDT (9:00 - 10:00am AEDT)

Screen Talks

In Conversation with Mel Gibson

Moderator: Debbie Kruger

7:00pm EDT (10:00am AEDT)

Gallipoli Restoration Screening: Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

FRIDAY MARCH 26

Closing Night Program

6:00 - 7:30pm EDT (9:00 - 10:30am AEDT)

Closing Night screening of Where Are You Now, Richard Linklater? and Q&A with Richard Linklater. Presented in Partnership with the Austin Film Society

Moderator: Kitty Green

8:00 - 9:45pm EDT (11:00 - 12:45pm AEDT)

Documentary Showcase, Playing with Sharks and Q&A with director Sally Aitken, subject Valerie Taylor and producer Bettina Dalton

Moderator: Rita Walsh