Reel Magic Hour® is a day long program that provides one hour panels designed for our Chelsea Film Festival filmmakers to meet and network. This is the Eighth edition of the Reel Magic Hour presented in partnership with Barnes & Noble Union Square. This program is supported by the Sundance Institute and listed in the Women at Sundance and Women in Film LA Resource Map.

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DATE:
Friday, October 13th, 2023 from 11:00am – 4:00pm EST

LOCATION:
REGAL 14th St.
850 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
AUDITORIUM 9

PANEL ONE: INDIE FILM FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTION
PANEL TWO: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: A WRITER’S JOURNEY
RICHARD GLADSTEIN IN CONVERSATION WITH LAURA LEWIS
PANEL THREE: BEHIND THE LENS: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING


11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
PANEL ONE
INDIE FILM FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTION
Moderator: Richard N. Gladstein (Producer/THE HATEFUL EIGHT, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, Executive Director/Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema)
Speakers: John Hadity (EVP of the Incentives Group at Entertainment Partners), Sofia Sondervan (Producer, Dutch Tilt Film/CADILLAC RECORDS, THE LETTER ROOM), Gabrielle Nadig (Producer/LITTLE WOODS, STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN, KING JACK)


12:00PM – 12:15PM EST – BREAK


12:15 PM – 1:15 PM EST
PANEL TWO
FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: A WRITER’S JOURNEY 
Moderator: Jamie Zelermyer (Producer/BOYS DON’T CRY, CONSPIRACY THEORY, ex-NYWIFT Board of Directors President)
Speakers: Kiki Lambden-Stout (Director, Screenwriter/FATHER’S DAY, CFF Advisory Board Member), Terry Lawler (Media Consultant, ex-NYWIFT Executive Director), Warren Leight (Playwright, Writer, Showrunner, Executive Producer/LAW & ORDER: SVU, IN TREATMENT)


1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST
RICHARD GLADSTEIN IN CONVERSATION WITH LAURA LEWIS
Speakers: Richard N. Gladstein (Producer/THE HATEFUL EIGHT, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, Executive Director/Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema), Laura Lewis (Producer/LONG WEEKEND, TELL ME LIES, MR. MALCOLM’S LIST)


 

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM EST
PANEL 3: BEHIND THE LENS: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Moderator: Tricia Brouk (Founder of The Big Talk Academy, Director, Producer/BIG STAGES)
Speakers: YASMYN (Musician, Model, Performer, Entrepreneur), Julie Bridgham (Director, Producer/THE SARI SOLDIERS), Pola Rapaport (Director, Producer/ADDICTED TO LIFE)

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