Daily Panels at the Sundance Film Festival 2012

The Utah Film Commission presents The HUB, 751 Main Street in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival. The HUB has priority access to credentialed Sundance Film Festival attendees to enjoy the space to gather, sip a warm drink and recharge—devices as well as physically. The HUB will host a series of relevant and provocative panel discussions in an intimate setting. To receive updates of HUB events and reserve your seat for a panel, go to HUB.verite.com

LIST OF PANELS - panel topics, panelists, days and times are subject to change. Sign in to: HUB.verite.com for daily updates of panels.

• Saturday, January 21 - 10:30 - 12:00 – Co-Operative Production: Focus on Utah – The Utah Motion Picture Incentive Program has been in place since 2004 and has been upgraded periodically since. Discover how filmmakers utilized the Utah film incentive along with discussing their experiences shooting in the state. *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Jeff Miller (Vineyard Productions), T.C. Christensen (Director), Andrew Peterson (Werc, Werk, Works), Jason Faller (“Orcs 2”), Marshall Moore (Utah Film Commission)
  • Moderated by Tony Toscano
  • Presented by the Association of Film Commissioners International

• Saturday, January 21 - 2:00 - 4:00 - Media Distribution and Crowd Financing Picture Incentive Program – Fifteen IndieGoGo projects found their way to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, proving that crowd financing and getting the word via social media can make a potential film idea into a reality. Hear how to best optimize efforts for fundraising and learn the “Do's & Don’ts” along with managing realistic expectations.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: John Rustin (BnY), Slava Rubin (IndieGoGo), Jerad Anderson (Watchbox Media, Inc.), Jason Brubaker (Filmmaking Stuff)
  • Moderated by John Corser
  • Presented by FilmUtah
• Sunday, January 22 - 10:00 - 11:30 - Understanding and Comparing the State Incentive – Fully refundable, transferable, rebate, tax credit, tax exemption, maximum benefit - what does it all mean? Across the United States, most states offer some kind of film incentive program. Learn what film incentives mean to your project and learn how to utilize them in budgeting to production.
  • This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Marshall Moore (Utah Film Commission), Joe Bessacini (Cast & Crew), John Corser (Corser, Inc.), Dan Clifton (CreditScout)
  • Moderator TBD
  • Presented by FilmUtah
• Sunday, January 22 - 3:00 - 4:30 with reception following - Marketing Film Projects from the Trenches of the Independent Filmmaker – Utah independent filmmakers reveal personal experience with marketing their films: What worked. What they would do differently. What they hoped to have done but couldn’t.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Tyler Measom (“Sons of Perdition”), Daryn Tufts (“My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”), Duane Andersen, Richard Dutcher, Joshua Liguari
  • Moderated by Susen Sawatzki
  • Presented by adnews
• Monday, January 23 - 2:00 - 3:00 - What's in a Story: Screenwriting Workshop –Explore the process of developing and refining ideas into scripts. Join screenwriters as they discuss the creative process of turning a blank page into movie magic.
  • *This is PRIORITY REGISTRATION for Art Institute students only. All registrants must bring their student ID for entrance into the panel.*
  • Panelists: Amanda Dibb (Screenwriter), Todd Maetani (Screenwriter), Academic Director, Richard Dutcher (Screenwriter)
  • Moderated by Gabe Veenendaal
  • Presented by Art Institute of Salt Lake City
• Monday, January 23 - 3:00 - 4:00 - Producing for Short Form and Commercial Production – I have a script, now what? Explore the process of transitioning words in a script into numbers on a page. From scheduling to budgeting, dive into the creative world of producing.
  • *This is PRIORITY REGISTRATION for Art Institute students only. All registrants must bring their student ID for entrance into the panel.*
  • Panelists: John Corser (Corser Productions), John Murphy (FilmUtah), Ian Johnston (Too Many Legs Animations)
  • Moderated by Gabriel Veenendaal
  • Presented by Art Institute of Salt Lake City
• Tuesday, January 24 - 10:30 - 12:00 - Super - Ultra - Low Budget Filmmaking: Utah's Independents – What does it take to make a full-length feature with zero to little money? This panel tackles the ideas and tactics from some of Utah’s independent filmmakers on how they did just that.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Brandon Haberman (“Ryan Baxter - Re-enactor”), Chris Lee (“Hansel & Gretel”), Rhett Lewis (“Billy was a Deaf Kid”), Sohrab Mirmontazeri (“The Blue Door”), Slava Rubin (IndieGoGo)
  • Moderated by Jason Faller
  • Presented by Utah Film Commission
• Tuesday, January 24 - 2:00 - 3:30 - Cloud Production Management – From production management to post production, the cloud is becoming the new production studio. Panelist will discuss the current status of the cloud and what future it holds.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Jim Fitzgerald (LightSPEED, eps), Tom Mikota (The Factory Studios)
  • Moderated by John Corser
  • Presented by FilmUtah
• Tuesday, January 24 - 4:00 – 5:00 – Keys to Branding a Film Project – Filmmakers and marketing experts come together to help you define the steps to Brand your film projects on multiple media platforms.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: Maile Keone (Vacation Roost), Craig Aramaki (Richter7), Ryan Little (“Saints and Soldiers”), Adam Abel (Go Films), Brandon Purdie
  • Moderated by Susen Sawatzki
  • Presented by adnews
• Wednesday, January 25 – 10:00 – 11:00 - Digital Workflow & Asset Management – Asset management as always been an integral part of any production. However, does advancing technology make work flow easier or more complex? Understand how to deal with digital assets beforehand, to make your life easier later.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelists: David Cummins (ColorMill), Daren Smith (Radar)
  • Presented by FilmUtah
• Wednesday, January 25 - 2:00 - 3:30 - The Cost of a Stunt: Budgeting, Scheduling for Action and Stunts – Stunt coordinater and DGA director Kathy Jarvis presents roundtable discussion on the in-and-outs of creating the action and how the stunt coordinater reads the action in a script. Come and ask her specific questions about your project.
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Panelist – Kathy Jarvis
  • Presented by FilmUtah
• Thursday, January 26 - 2:30 - 3:30 - Utah's Video Game Industry - Leaders in the video game industry discuss what’s happening in Utah and its current status in the state.
  • Panelists: Josh Jones (Smart Bomb Interactive), Lane Kiriyama (Wahoo Studios), Laura Mustard (Chair Entertainment – Epic Games), Donald Mustard (Chair Entertainment – Epic Games), John Blackburn (Disney), Veronica Lynn Harper (EA)
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Moderator: Craig Caldwell
  • Presented by Utah Department of Workforce Services
• Thursday, January 26 - 4:00 - 5:00 - Brand Integration for Film Projects - Mass Media, Gorilla Marketing and Social Media Meet and Duke It Out for ROI, Utah experts spell it out for filmmakers and unveil success strategies.
  • Panelists: Kimberley Jones (Vérité), Dave Nibley (rain), Andrew Howlett (rain), Charles Oliver (Take), Jason Bangerter (StruckAxiom)
  • *This is PRIORITY ACCESS registration for Sundance Film Festival credential holders.*
  • Presented by adnews

To register for the Panels go to: HUB.verite.com

While Panels are near capacity due to limited space and great local interest, there will be a waiting list in the event of cancellations.

For More Information Contact:

Derek Mellus
Utah Film Commission
801-674-2310

John Corser
FilmUtah
213-200-1477

Susen Sawatzki
adnews magazine
801-450-0387 or 801-532-1325