DOC NYC PRO: SMART PRODUCING

Available for selection by these badge holders: All Access, DOC NYC PRO Gold Pass, DOC NYC PRO Silver Pass, DOC NYC PRO Bronze Pass. To buy a pass click here.

Each day of the 2018 festival features two distinct, subject-themed programming tracks for DOC NYC PRO. Each programming track has its own set of panels. To reserve a spot to any panel in advance, passholders must click the title of the individual panel below and make their redemption selection.

Morning Manifestos are not ticketed and are open to all DOC NYC passholders on a first-come, first-served basis.

DOC NYC PRO is co-presented by Amazon Studios

Learn how to roll with the punches, address various challenges and be an effective producer in a competitive and complex landscape.

BREAKFAST 9:00AM – 10:00AM Open to all badge holders.

MORNING MANIFESTO 10:00AM – 10:25AM
Jon Reiss is a filmmaker (Bomb It, Bomb It 2), author (Think Outside the Box Office) and a leader in innovative distribution techniques. Join him to hear why filmmakers should be using data in decisions for their films, and how best to do so. Open to all badge holders on first-come basis.

Access is Everything 10:30AM – 11:40AM
Assia Boundaoui (The Feeling of Being Watched), Kimberly Reed (Dark Money), Jon Olshefski (Quest) and Caitlin Mae Burke (Obit.) focus on ways you can build trust with documentary subjects and communities. Moderated by Sean Flynn (Points North Institute).

Close Up On Impact Producing 12:00PM – 1:10PM
Christopher Quinn (Eating Animals), Lindsay Firestone (Bloomberg Philanthropies), Anya Rous (Multitude Films) and Simone Friedman (EJF Philanthropies) discuss effective measures of impact producing and campaigns. Moderated by Sarah Nelson Wright (Marymount Manhattan College).

The Art of Immersive 2:00PM – 3:10PM
Dive in with RYOT’s Chief Content Officer Hayley Pappas for a discussion on how superior storytelling is at the core of immersive. Co-presented by RYOT

Build A Successful Production Company: Break Thru Films 3:30PM – 4:30PM
Reversing Roe directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg of Break Thru Films discuss working with production and distribution partners and growing a production company. Moderated by Julie Anderson (God is the Bigger Elvis).

HAPPY HOUR 5:00PM – 6:00PM

The full schedule of 2018 PRO programs can be found here.

Available for selection by these badge holders: All Access, DOC NYC PRO Gold Pass, DOC NYC PRO Silver Pass, DOC NYC PRO Bronze Pass. To buy a pass click here.