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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 SATURDAY, MAY 12 1:00 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 2:30 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: 2:00 PM | FILM PANEL: THE MUSIC OF THE CANNES 11:00 AM | IN CONVERSATION: FILM FESTIVAL SECRETS OF PR PROS LEAVE NO TRACE TOPHER GRACE A conversation between composers with work Top film publicists share their tips and insights into Filmmaker Debra Granik and her collaborators featured in the films at Cannes. They will discuss The versatile and accomplished actor stars in the often misunderstood world of film publicity. discuss Leave No Trace, screening in Director’s how to find inspiration from a blank page, how both of the American films screening In Fortnight at the Festival. to score a scene and add an additional emotional Competition at the festival: 6:00–8:00 PM layer to the film, how to communicate with the BlacKkKlansman and Under the Silver Lake. MEMBER COCKTAIL PARTY 3:00 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: director, how to break into the business and land Moderated by Eric Kohn, Indiewire CASTING: WHERE THE MAGIC jobs, how to preserve artistic integrity, how to promote your project, and where to go in your 12:30 PM | IN CONVERSATION: THURSDAY, MAY 10 HAPPENS career from Cannes. PAUL BETTANY CSA hosts a panel moderated by Keith Simanton Rich Vreeland aka Disasterpeace, Under the 10:00 AM | IN CONVERSATION: The Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: from IMDb where leading casting directors and Silverlake PAUL DANO talent agents discuss strategies to get the very Infinity War star talks about his career as both best cast for your project. Morgan Kibby, Girls of the Sun an actor and a filmmaker. The actor and director of Wildlife, screening in Kira Kira, I Am Always Here Moderated by Nancy Tartaglione, Critics’ Week, discusses the making of the film 4:30 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: Lucy Bright, Music Supervisor Deadline Hollywood with Aaron Hillis. VR AND STORYTELLING Moderated by film music publicist Thomas Mikusz, White Bear PR 3:00 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: 12:30 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: Frank Patterson, President of Pinewood Studios THE POWER OF GENRE FILMS Atlanta, leads a conversation with VR filmmakers 2:30 PM | IN CONVERSATION: HOLLYWOOD IN THE ERA OF about how this amazing new technology can be #METOO AND #TIMESUP Smart, sophisticated genre films have taken over used to take storytelling to a whole new level. ERIC D’ARBELOFF the box office. A panel of filmmakers and execs How can we achieve gender parity and safe discuss the recent successes and coming trends The co-founder and co-president of Roadside workplaces for women in Hollywood? Have for all things genre. SUNDAY, MAY 13 Attractions (Whitney, Manchester by the Sea, the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements made a Winter’s Bone) discusses his career and the tangible difference on the ground? A 2:00 PM | FILM PANEL: 11:00 AM | FILM PANEL: future of the independent film industry. conversation moderated by Women & HOUSE OF CARDIN ARCTIC Moderated by Steve Pond, The Wrap Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein. A conversation with the filmmakers and subjects Join first-time filmmaker Joe Penna and his 4:00 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: of House of Cardin. The currently-in-production production team, along with star Mads Mikkelsen, THURSDAY, MAY 17 feature doc chronicles the life and design of as they discuss their thriller Arctic, a Midnight STORYTELLERS: THE Pierre Cardin. With a sneak peek of footage Screening at the festival. FILMMAKERS BEHIND THE 1:00 PM from the film. STORIES WE LOVE 12:00 PM | IN CONVERSATION: INDIEWIRE’S SCREEN TALK LIVE A free-flowing conversation with Greg Sestero Join Indiewire’s Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson FRIDAY, MAY 11 SUBMARINE ENTERTAINMENT (The Disaster Artist), Jim Cummings (Thunder for a live recording of their popular Screen The powerhouse sales agents and producers Dan Road), Nina Menkes (Queen of Diamonds), and Talk podcast. 11:00 AM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: and Josh Braun, Co-Presidents and Co-Founders Cinetic Media’s John Sloss. BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: of Submarine / Submarine Deluxe – along with 6:00 PM | FILM PANEL: their sales and distribution team - discuss their UNDER THE HOOD experience with some of the best docs of the TUESDAY, MAY 15 UNDER THE SILVER LAKE past decade: Chasing Ice, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Director David Robert Mitchell and Blockchain technology brings total transparency 11:00 AM–1:00 PM to the film industry. With the blockchain buzz Addict, Kusama - Infinity, Wild Wild Country, Cinematographer Mike Gioulakis discuss their starting in Berlin, SXSW, and Tribeca, it’s time to Blackfish, 20 Feet From Stardom, Meru, Searching THE AMERICAN PAVILION neo-noir feature, screening In Competition. take a look under the hood. Can filmmakers truly for Sugar Man, White Tide, Finding Vivian Meier, STUDENT FILMMAKER Moderated by Anne Thompson, Indiewire be in charge of their art? Screen International US The Witness, among many others. editor Jeremy Kay in conversation with SHOWCASE 8:00–10:00 PM SingularDTV’s VP of entertainment, finance and 2:00 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: 1:30 PM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: KARAOKE NIGHT development Dan Hyman. WHEN IS A MOVIE A MOVIE? DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT Sponsored by SAGIndie 1:30 PM | FILM PANEL: A philosophical and practical discussion about how we define films today with Gunpowder & Sky’s THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL RAFIKI AND THE DIVERSITY Janet Brown, Chris Charalambous of Filmmakers with documentaries at Cannes OF AFRICAN STORIES Entertainment Studios, Eugene Hernandez of Film discuss the current state, and future, of Society of Lincoln Center, and IFTA’s Jean Prewitt. The filmmakers behind Kenya’s first-ever film documentary filmmaking. selected for Cannes discuss their experience Moderated by Anne Thompson of Indiewire. Mark Cousins, Director, The Eyes of creating their film which was recently banned in Orson Welles their own country due to the LGBT content. 4:00–6:00 PM Jonathan Chinn, Lightbox, Co-founder, Whitney, Citizen Harvey, LA’92, Captive 2:30 PM | IN CONVERSATION: EMERGING FILMMAKER LGBTQ SHOWCASE & Lisa Erspamer, Producer, Whitney HOPE HALL Moderated by Rico Gagliano, The Wall Street RECEPTION President Obama’s Principal Presidential Journal, Los Angeles Magazine Videographer and AmPav Student Program alum shares stories of her days in The White House. MONDAY, MAY 14 4:00 PM–7:30 PM THE AMERICAN PAVILION 11:00 AM | INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: EMERGING FILMMAKER AMERICAN SHORT FILMS AT SHOWCASE & AWARDS THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CEREMONY Featuring the American filmmakers whose short films are part of the official selection at the 9:00 PM Cannes Film Festival: Skip Day, Palm Trees and * Schedule and guests are subject to change Power Lines, Caroline, and I Am My Own Mother. QUEER NIGHT without notice.
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