SCHEDULE listed by venue (time and venues subject to change)
Campus Center West
Auditorium
10:30AM-11:30AM
Screenwriting Workshop
12PM-12:45PM
Carol Swyer & Norman Berns
"A Place to Dance" presentation
1PM-3PM
THE SENTENCE
Screening & Discussion with Rudy Valdez
3:15PM-4:15PM
Kasi Lemmons
(Conversation)
4:30PM-5:30PM
Stephen Soucy & James Ivory
(Conversation)
5:45PM-6:45PM
(Conversation)
Campus Center West
Boardroom
10:30AM-11:30AM
Julie Casper Workshop
12PM-12:45PM
Deepak Rauniyar
(Film clips & Conversation)
1:15PM-2:15PM
Youth FX Screening
2:30PM-4PM
Documentary/Film Studies
Student Short Film Screenings
4:15PM-6:15PM
ASK THE SEXPERT
Screening & Discusssion
with Vaishali Sinha
Campus Center
Ballroom
12PM-1PM
Michael Mayer
(Conversation)
1:15PM-2:15PM
Yaddo Presents:
Jonathan Lethem (Conversation)
2:30PM-3:30PM
Charles Brandt (Conversation)
3:45PM-4:45PM
Rosie Perez & Eric Haze
(Conversation)
5PM-6PM
Darnell Martin (Conversation)
7PM-7:45PM
Awards Ceremony
8PM
Projection Mapping Display
VIP Reception
Campus Center West
Multi-Purpose Room
10:30AM-11:30AM
Youth FX Workshop
12PM-1PM
Stephan Talty (Conversation)
1:15PM-2:15PM
Jake Bernstein (Conversation)
2:30PM-3:15PM
Glen Trotiner
(Conversation)
3:30PM-4:30PM
Jacob Brackman
& William Kennedy
(Conversation)
4:45PM-5:45PM
Julie Casper Roth
Feminist Filmmaker Discussion
6PM-6:45PM
Panel Discussion with
Shooting Upstate or
Alumni Filmmakers
Performing Arts Center
Recital Hall
10:30AM-11:30AM
"Why Invest in the Arts"
Panel/Workshop
12PM-2PM
LIYANA
Screening & Discussion
with Sarudzal Zvoma
2:15PM-4:15PM
(T)ERROR
Screening & Discussion
with Lyric Cabral
4:30PM-6:30PM
ROMEO ROMEO
Screening & Discussion
with Lizzie Gottlieb
Campus Center
Assembly Hall
10:30AM-11:30AM
Film Albany
Presentation/ Workshop
12PM-1:15PM
English Department/
Visual Studies Event
1:30PM-2:30PM
Screenwriting with
Christopher Schiller
& Jeanne Browman
2:45PM-4PM
Films Shot in the Capital Region with Amy Biancolli
4:15PM-5:30PM
Critics Panel
5:45PM-6:45PM
Film Censorship with
Laura Wittern-Keller
Lecture Center
Room 5
10:30AM-11:30AM
Theodore Bouloukus Workshop
12PM-1PM
Owen Pataki
(Short Film/Presentation)
1:15PM-2:15PM
Valerie Landsburg
(Student-focused Event)
2:30PM-3:30PM
Mikah Khan
(Short Film/Presentation)
3:45PM-4:45PM
M. Camoin/T. Mercer
(Scared to Debt & Benedict Arnold)
5PM-6:30PM
LEE'S 88 KEYS
Screening & Discussion
with Susan Robbins
Lecture Center
Room 6
10:30AM-11:30AM
Magic Wig Productions Workshop
12PM-2PM
Center for International Education Film Screening
2:15PM-4:15PM
Confucious Institute Film Screening/Discussion
4:30PM-6PM
MAXIMA
Film Screening
SCHEDULE listed by venue (continued)
Lecture Center
Room 20
10:30AM-11:30AM
Glen Trotiner Workshop
12PM-1:15PM
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
1:30PM-2:30PM
COMEDY SHORT FILMS
2:45PM-3:45PM
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
4PM-5:30PM
DRAMATIC SHORT FILMS
Lecture Center
Room 21
10:30AM-11:30AM
Greg Aidala Workshop
12PM-1PM
KAREN OR BUST
Screening & Discussion
with Don Rittner
2:30PM-4:15PM
THE HARD PLACES
Screening & Discussion
with Dan Swinton
4:30PM-6:30PM
ROMANCE ANALYST
Screening & Discussion
with Rachel Wortell & Lily Meyer
Campus Center West
Great Hall
10AM-12PM
Networking
Opportunities
Food Service
Available
Lecture Center
Concourse
10AM-12PM
Networking
Opportunities
Light Refreshments
Available
SCHEDULE listed by venue (continued)
WORKSHOPS 10:30AM-11:30AM
How to Break into Films
Lecture Center 21
Greg Aidala, an award-winning comedian and actor based in New York, has shared the stage with such comedians as Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn and Kathleen Madigan to name a few, and has appeared on the Lifetime Movie Network, NBC, Amazon Prime, PBS and numerous TV commercials. In 2005, he formed Radial Gage Entertainment and since 2006, Aidala has produced and hosted his award-winning touring production, The Brew Ha-Ha Comedy Showcase.
The “Reel” Film Albany
Assembly Hall, Campus Center
Debby Goedeke, Albany County Film Commissioner, is an extension of your crew – Your Project is Her Passion!
A Writer’s Guide to Screenwriting for Hollywood
Campus Center West Auditorium
A nuts and bolts discussion of how to best prepare your work for today’s realistic markets. It’ll go over what sets screenplays apart from other forms of writing, how to best construct your story through the lens of what Hollywood looks for and how to shape it into a professional contender. We’ll give you tools to make your story into an irresistible package ready for the world of film and television.
Better Than Fiction:
How to Make a Compelling Documentary
Campus Center West Boardroom
Julie Casper Roth, is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and educator. Her work explores issues of visibility and erasure.
Workshop with Youth FX
Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room
"Why Invest in the Arts" Panel/Workshop
Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center
Workshop with Theodore Bouloukos
Lecture Center 5
Theodore Bouloukos is a New York-based actor whose international performance work inhabits cinema, stage and the art world, and extends to commercial and voice-over projects as well. Educated at The Albany Academy and Columbia University, he is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA; and a member of the New Stage Theatre Company.
Workshop with Magic Wig Productions
Lecture Center 6
Workshop with Glen Trotiner
Lecture Center 20