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AUDITORIUM 7

Rise Flix - Saturday, September 14:    4pm

Short Films Screenings - 4pm

1.) "BISECTED" by Danny Piñeros (7 mins) 

2.) "THE LITTLE MONK" by Jonah Gercke (22 mins)

3.) "LUCKS" by Kamil Zeglen (12 mins)

4.) "VEMANA" by Michael Joseph (15 mins)

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Industry Panels - 5pm

JERRY SILVERHARDT 

Member of the Television Academy with 40+ years working as a producer. Co-produced television movie Born To Run for Fox Broadcasting Network and Ultimate Deception for USA Network. Recently produced All The Right Moves for Oxygen Television starring Emmy-award winning choreographer and 7-time nominee Travis Wall. Launched the careers of Carmine Giovinazzo, Dylan McDermott, Gabrielle Anwar and Tom Cruise.

 

ANNET MCCROSKEY 

CEO of Artistic Endeavors. Co-produced the feature film Locating Silver Lake starring Josh Peck, Finn Whittrock and Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda Williams. She was an Associate Producer for the Disney Channel Digital pilot Nelson Bixby Takes on The Whole Wide World and produced the award-winning documentary WeSee Abilities for the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge. She won The Heller Award for Manager of the Year in 2013 and served over 15 years on the Board of Directors. She is a Past President of the Talent Managers Association and the first woman elected to this position.

MIKE TAUBER 

Talent manager at Ellen Meyer Management representing actors and collaborating with some of the top talent agencies in the country, managing clients with leading roles on shows such as David E. Kelley’s Netflix series "Lincoln Lawyer", Jerry Bruckheimer’s CBS series "Fire Country", Michael Showalter’s Hulu series "The Dropout" and "Pradeeps of Pittsburgh", John Wells’ Netflix series "Maid", Disney+ Marvel series "Ms. Marvel", Paramount+ series "Last King of the Cross", and Fox’s "The Cleaning Lady".

 

BIANCA GOODLOE,

is a member of the California Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and a Foreign Registered Advocate with the European Union. Having worked at the top global and magic circle law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP and Linklaters (in Prague, Berlin and London), Ms. Goodloe has years of experience in film finance, entertainment law and intellectual property, having also worked in development and production prior to practicing law.

STEVEN ISTOCK

Istock has over 20 years of substantial finance experience in corporate, media and real estate finance specializing in the structuring and closing of debt and equity transactions in excess of two billion dollars. He was one of the top new business producers in the country for both Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. He was the banker for clients including MGM, Digital Domain, HKM, Asylum Visual Effects, Academy Tent and Canvas, Sweetener Products, California Clinical Trials, LNR Property Corporation, and Media Services, one of the largest production accounting and payroll companies with many of film studio, network and guild clients including the Screen Actors Guild. Istock has financed several movie productions including “A Warrior’s Heart, “Scavengers” and “Filth” and continues to advise domestic and international filmmakers on debt and equity structuring, production, distribution, and finance for a variety of projects in the beginning, middle and closing stages of production.

AUDITORIUM 10

Writing Seminar - Sunday, September 15:    2pm

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Writing the Pilot Only You Can Write

Gabby Lugo

Writer / Producer / Executive Producer

A dramedy writer/director/producer and formerly undocumented immigrant, Gabby Revilla Lugo started her career in physical production where she worked with Damian Chazelle on his award-winning short film, Whiplash. Since then, Gabby has Executive Produced "Palm Springs" and sold multiple projects including a reboot of 16 Candles, to Peacock, alongside UCP with award-winning screenwriter, Tanya Saracho and Selena Gomez, and landed a writing gig for Mattel. In 2022, She completed WGA’s showrunner training program with several TV projects in development. Gabby completed the Fox, Starz, and Disney writer’s programs and was staffed on ABC’s hit drama, A Million Little Things, and UCPs, Brujas during the first few years of the pandemic. In 2024 she directed her first feature film for Tubi, Secret Life of a Dominatrix, set to premiere this fall.

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