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Untold Stories: Diversifying the Narrative - BIPOC Protagonists by BIPOC Creators

Featuring Untold Stories winners, filmmakers will discuss the process of creating, pitching, and distributing films lead by dynamic characters with cultural specificity. Hear advice on creating characters that embody authenticity and ... read more

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Untold Stories: The Art of the Pitch

Featuring Untold Stories winner, Kate Tsang (director of Marvelous and the Black Hole), AT&T Untold Stories program collaborators and pitch experts, this panel will focus on how to create a compelling,&nb... read more

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BMI Presents “How I Wrote That…. Behind the Score” Featuring Composers Jongnic Bontemps, Anna Drubich, Meredith Ezinma Ramsay and Gil Talmi

Moderated by BMI VP, Creative, Film, TV and Visual Media Tracy McKnight. Whether it’s for a feature film, network TV, streaming platform, gaming, or other visual media source, music can make a storyline more memor... read more

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Birth of a Super-Heroine: How Women Shape Stories for the Future Generation

The contribution of women in audiovisual production goes far beyond achieving gender balance in teams. Crafting a story that meets the standards of modern-day storytelling involves much more. Join us as we hear from directors and producers behi... read more

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Who’s Scared Now? – Feeling the Power of Gender and Fear

We all know what a horror story is. But are the tales of terror we call “universal” really just manifestations of male anxiety? As more and more women take control of the narrative, not only playing victims, “final girls&rdquo... read more

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Masterclass: Classics of American Independent Film Are Disappearing…!

Streaming services have propagated the myth that movie fans can see almost anything they want at any time. Meanwhile, entire swaths of film history are no longer available in any format due to a wide variety of issues. In particular, the indepe... read more

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BMI Presents “How I Wrote that Song® for Film & TV” Featuring BMI Composers Ali Dee and PT Walkley

Moderated by BMI VP, Creative, Film, TV and Visual Media Tracy McKnight. Go behind the scenes as songwriter/producer Ali Dee and composer/songwriter PT Walkley give an insider’s l... read more

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Exploring Deep Space: How Telltale and Deck Nine created Expanse Stories in an Interactive Medium

The dangers of space, complex characters, narrative design that crackles with tension, player agency, tough choices with life or death consequences, zero-G, and Cara Gee. These are just some of the elements that play a crucial role in bringing ... read more

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Reimagined Volume II: Mahal

Inspired by Philippine mythology, the story focuses on Apolaki, Mayari, Tala, and Hanan, the four immortal children of the recently passed creator god, Bathala. As each of these deities wrestle with the grief of losing Bathala, their all-powerf... read more

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Masterclass: Genre Filmmaking with Mike Flanagan

With films and series like Gerald’s Game and The Haunting of Hill House to his credit, producer, writer, and director Mike Flanagan has taken relationship-driven terror to new heights of artistic and commercial success. ... read more

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Storytellers - Billy Porter with Idina Menzel

Billy Porter is an Emmy, Tony and Grammy award-winning actor, singer, director, producer, composer, and playwright, best known for FX’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated drama “Pose” and Broadway’s Kinky Boots.  read more

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Storytellers - Lin-Manuel Miranda with Rosie Perez

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning songwriter, actor, director and producer. He is the creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony-winning HAMILTON and In the Heights. Miranda is... read more

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Directors Series - David Fincher with Steven Soderbergh

David Fincher directs movies, television, commercials, and music videos. He will be joined in conversation by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh.  read more

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Closing Gala: A Bronx Tale

In Robert De Niro’s stunning directorial debut, a devoted father battles a local mob boss for the life of his son. Growing up on the racially divided streets of 1960s New York, 9-year-old Calogero, or “C,” idolizes sophisticat... read more

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Award Screening: The Albert Maysles Award (Best New Documentary Director)

Q In her exceptional debut feature, filmmaker Jude Chehab potently explores her mother Hiba’s devotion to an all-female, secretive religious order in Syria. With visually striking and haunting imagery, Chehab scru... read more

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Award Screening: Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature

Cypher Documenting the astronomical rise of rapper Tierra Whack, director Chris Moukarbel captures the weird and sinister side of fame. This riveting and enigmatic pseudo-documentary will have viewers questioning every... read more

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Award Screening: Best New Narrative Director Award

One Night with Adela After her night shift ends, Adela goes on a drug-fueled, violent rampage of furious revenge on those who ruined her in this remarkably paced, audacious debut. read more

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Award Screening: Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature

The Graduates After a tragedy, a group of friends faces an unsettling senior year. Feelings of loss, anger, fear, and aimlessness abound in the community at the center of director Hannah Peterson's debut feature film. read more

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Full Circle

Full Circle is a limited series about an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.  After the Screening: read more

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Golden Boy

The Golden Boy is the definitive documentary unpacking the spectacular myths and painful truths behind the life of Mexican American boxing legend, business magnate, and cultural icon Oscar De La Hoya. The two-part documentary tells the... read more

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Choir

For the Detroit Youth Choir, everything changed when they entered the spotlight on America’s Got Talent. They’d come a long way from rehearsing in a church basement with a handful of kids, but now their past achievements ar... read more

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Eric LaRue

In the aftermath of a shocking crime at the hands of their son, two parents seek solace in rival religious congregations in Michael Shannon's emotional directorial debut. read more

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All Up In The Biz

In All Up in the Biz, director Sacha Jenkins creates a collage of celebrity interviews, rare film, reenactments, and playful animation to share how Biz Markie left his mark on the history of hip-hop. read more

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Shortcomings

A biting satire following the romantic journeys of its trio of protagonists, led by an appealingly misanthropic Justin H. Min, Shortcomings is a charming, witty and hilarious directorial debut from Randall Park. read more

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Revolution on Canvas (Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi)

In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder, makes her directorial debut with this personal film, diving into the mystery surrounding the disappear... read more