SHOW ME THE MONEY DAY: OVERVIEW

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Breakfast 9:00 – 10 am. Co-presented by Showtime Documentary Films.

Morning Manifesto 10:00- 10:30 am

Tom Quinn shares wisdom from his distribution career that includes overseeing the releases of CITIZENFOUR and 20 Feet From Stardom.

Out-of-the-Box Funding 10:30 – 11:40 am

Producers Marilyn Ness (Cameraperson, Trapped), Iyabo Boyd (Feedback Loop) and David Bellinson (All The Rage) share their experiences getting projects financed and the creative steps they had to take along the way. Moderator, Julie La’Bassiere (BAFTA).

Making Your Skills Pay: Sustainability 12:00 – 1:10 pm

ArtHome’s Esther Robinson leads this discussion on how to make a living as a documentarian and how you can make your career sustainable, featuring Chicken & Egg Pictures’ Jenni Wolfson,  filmmakers Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg (Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing), Yoruba Richen (The New Black), Carrie Lozano (The Ballad of Fred Hersch) on making smart choices in your career.

Operating in the Grey Area: Legal & Ethical Issues in Documentary Filmmaking 2:00 – 3:10 pm

Entertainment attorneys Marc H. Simon and Andrea Cannistraci of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLC, along with filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin (Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness) guide you through the rules and regulations of privacy, hidden cameras, right to record, confidentiality, permission & releases to help you protect yourself and your work. Co-presented by Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, LLC.

Successes, Failures & Crazy In-Betweens 3:30 – 4:40 pm

Getting your film funded often comes with unexpected results, and surprises come with the territory. Hear from Kickstarter’s Liz Cook, along with filmmakers Jill Campbell (Mr. Chibbs), Damani Baker (The House on Coco Road) and Deirdre Fischel (Care) about what worked and what didn’t.

Happy Hour 5:00 – 6:00 pm 

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 DOC NYC PRO is co-presented by Amazon Studios.