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| Join Bob Teitel for virtual cocktails so he can give you the skinny on producing in Hollywood, indie project financing and how to make sense of today’s complicated distribution landscape. Bob Teitel, partner in State Street Pictures with Director George Tillman, has produced eighteen feature films including The Hate U Give, Beats, Southside with You, Men of Honor, The Barbershop series, Soul Food and many more. He was executive producer on Oscar nominated Mudbound. Nine of his films have been produced in his beloved hometown of Chicago and as a proud graduate of Columbia College, Bob remains one of Chicago’s greatest boosters in Hollywood. |
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Karen Cole
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| A virtual coffee with the legendary Pemon Rami; award-winning producer, director and African Academy Award Nominee. Pemon Rami is an International film producer and director, former member of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Awards committee, National Endowment for the Arts Evaluator and former Director of Educational and Public Programs for DuSable Museum of African American History. Mr. Rami was recently appointed by Governor Pritzker to the Board of the Illinois Arts Council. An actor and former film casting director, he provided talent for "Blues Brothers", "Mahogany", “Cooley High” “Dummy”, “The Monkey Hustle”, the Marva Collins Story, and "One in A Million". Pemon produced the feature film “Of Boys and Men” released by Warner Brothers starring Angela Bassett and Robert Townsend and “93 Days” in Nigeria starring Danny Glover currently airing on Netflix and Amazon Prime for which he was nominated for an African Academy Award and an African People’s Choice Award. |
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Christian Taylor
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| Chicago’s own celebrated writer and director Steve Conrad will read one lucky script and provide notes. Despite being one of Hollywood’s most sought after writer/directors, Steve Conrad (Wonder, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Perpetual Grace, Patriot and much more) has kept his roots in Chicago creating a steady stream of movie and television projects that have the rare distinction of gaining accolades from critics and audiences alike. His work is characterized by intelligence, wit, and a deeply nuanced sense of character. |
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Alex Pissios
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| Practice your next project pitch with Producer and IFA Chicago Creative Cabinet Member Nicole Bernardi-Reis. A producer and director, Nicole Bernardi-Reis’ work spans narrative shorts and feature films, documentary features and television series. Nicole has created two pitch forums that connected artists to the people who could get their films made, and has worked regularly with creatives to lean into their storytelling strengths when developing their pitches. Nicole has also taken numerous projects from development to delivery for broadcasters including PBS, A&E and Style/E! and serves as a consultant for filmmakers as they launch their own films. Nicole is the former executive director of IFP Chicago, part of the Illinois Film Alliance’s creative cabinet, on the advisory board of Open TV and member of the Documentary Producers Alliance. Nicole has produced and programmed film festivals and conferences, and screenwriting competitions nationally. This is a one hour meeting. |
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Al Nowakowski
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| Spend an hour with IFA Creative Cabinet member and film fest aficionado Jessie Fairbanks for an hour of creating a festival strategy for your film. . Jessie is a film and festival programmer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. She has a detailed understanding of the festival landscape, story production, and curation, frequently advising filmmakers on exhibition and impact strategies. Currently Jessie is the Director of Programming at Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and a Features Programmer for DOC NYC, Tribeca Film Festival, and MountainFilm. She is on the nominating committee for Cinema Eye Honors, the selection committee for Documentary/Truer Than Fiction for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, screens for Sundance, and is a grant evaluator for Chicken & Egg Pictures. |
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Mary Ann Everlove
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| Two filming days at Cinespace Studios and a Grip/Lighting package credit from Camera Ambassador! Here is your chance to discover what Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Empire, 61st street, The Chi, Utopia, and more love about shooting in our city at the largest facility in North America outside of California. For two days you can have access to a world class soundstage for a fraction of the price. Included in this package are TWO days of filming on a Cinespace stage, AND a $500 gear credit towards lighting and grip equipment at Camera Ambassador. This package has a $10,500 value - don’t miss out to get it at a fraction of the price! Subject to mutual scheduling and availability. |
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Tiana Lucaccioni
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