THE INTERPRETER: A CONVERSATION WITH SYDNEY POLLACK
Wednesday, April 20, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 1
Join us for a conversation with Academy Award winning director Sydney Pollack, who seamlessly translates the craft of filmmaking both in front of and behind the camera.
David D’Arcy will interview Pollack about his new film, the first ever to be shot inside the United Nations, as well as screen clips from his many celebrated movies. It’s an evening not to be missed.
THE AGENCY – Hosted by The Hollywood Reporter
Part of the Working Breakfast Series
Monday, April 25
Doors open at 8:30am, Panel 9:00am – 10:30am
Tribeca Rooftop
HBO’s “Entourage” has introduced viewers to the omnipresent Hollywood agent. Meet the real-life ‘masters of Hollywood’ who represent Hollywood’s leading figures and who, some say, hold the future of filmed entertainment in their hands.
Moderator: Georg Szalai (Hollywood Reporter)
Panelist(s): Phil Alberstat, Jeremy Barber (United Talent Agency), Arianna Bocco (The Gersh Agency)
IRWIN WINKLER & THE POLITICAL THRILLER
Monday, April 25, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
Producer and director Irwin Winkler discusses crafting the political thriller with US News & World Report editor-in-chief Mort Zuckerman. He’ll screen scenes from films such as Guilty by Suspicion, Music Box, and many more.
THE MIDSIZE
Part of the Working Breakfast Series
Tuesday, April 26
Doors open at 8:30am, Panel 9:00am – 10:30am
Tribeca Rooftop
Under the banner of their specialty divisions, major studios are now able to have their cake and eat it too by making films that also satisfy the bottom line. Not too big, not too small, but just the right…midsize.
Moderator: Charles Taylor
Panelists: Tom Bernard (Sony Pictures Classics), Bob Berney (Newmarket Films), Keri Putnam (HBO Films), Ruth Vitale (Paramount Classics)
THE MUSICIANS MUSICAN: JON BRION ON MUSIC IN THE MOVIES
Tuesday, April 26, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Prada Store, Soho
Composer, musician, producer and performer Jon Brion (Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) speaks with Vanity Fair’s Lisa Robinson.
MAKING THE SALE
Part of the Working Breakfast Series
Wednesday, April 27
Doors open at 8:30am, Panel 9:00am – 10:30am
Tribeca Rooftop
Oftentimes, films are propelled toward success, not just by talented filmmakers, but also by the sharp eye and savvy skills of the sales agent. Join us for a discussion with the power brokers who guide filmmakers in their feature’s development, financing, and sale.
Moderator: Eugene Hernandez (indieWire)
Panelists: Glen Basner (Focus Features), John Sloss, (Cinetic Media), Sara Rose (United Artists), Bart Walker (CAA), Paul Federbush (Warner Independent Pictures)
THE SOUNDTRACK
Presented in conjunction with The Future of Music Coalition
Wednesday, April 27, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
The Knitting Factory
O Brother Where Art Thou…Magnolia…Garden State. Whether as an orchestral score or in the form of a simple pop song, a film’s soundtrack can serve as a framing device as integral as the story itself. Join us a conversation about the powerful effect of music in film.
Moderator: Rick Karr
Panelists: Tim Robbins, Blake Leyh (The Manchurian Candidate, Frida) Michael Rohatyn (The Ballad of Jack and Rose), Suzanne Vega (Closer)
DOC @ TRIBECA: WHERE WE GET OUR NEWS…NOW
Hosted by Time Magazine
Thursday, April 28
Doors open at 8:30am, Panel 9:00am – 10:30am
Tribeca Rooftop
Increasingly, moviegoers are looking to documentary filmmakers for the kind of investigative journalism and behind-the-scenes reporting that were once the province of the network news programs. Join us for a discussion about where we get our news…now.
Moderator: Jim Kelly (Time Magazine)
Panelist(s): Jessica Sanders (After Innocence), Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight), Rory Kennedy (Pandemic), Charles Lewis (The Fund for Independence in Journalism)
DOC @ TRIBECA: EXPANDING REALITY
Hosted by Time Magazine
Thursday, April 28, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Tribeca Rooftop
As documentaries continue to gain a higher profile at the box office, what effect will theatrical distribution have on the subjects and stories of documentary film?
Confirmed Moderator: Owen Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly)
Panelist(s): Micah Green (Cinetic Media), Billy Campbell (Discovery Networks), Fenton Bailey (Inside Deep Throat), Dana Brown (Step Into Liquid)
COPYRIGHTING CREATIVITY: NO EYES ALLOWED ON THE PRIZE
Presented in conjunction with The Future of Music Coalition
Thursday, April 28, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
The Knitting Factory
“Eyes on the Prize,” the award-winning 1986 documentary series, includes a scene of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s staff singing to him on his 39th, and last, birthday in 1968. But because of the copyright on “Happy Birthday” the scene was almost cut…producers were worried they couldn’t afford it. (The film itself is currently unavailable to a new audience because of expired copyright licenses.) Join us for a conversation about how the rights and clearance system impacts the creative process and how we can find ways for musicians and filmmakers to have both the freedom and compensation to create lasting art.
Moderator: Rick Karr
Panelist(s): Rena Kosersky, (Music Rights Supervisor, “Eyes on the Prize”), Jeff Tuchman (producer, director, writer) Peter Jaszi (School of Communication, American University), Orlando Bagwell (Ford Foundation), Richard B. Heller, Esq. (Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC), Michael Hausman (Music manager and co-founder, United Musicians)
MISSING: THE CLASSIC AMERICAN MOVIE
Thursday, April 28, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
Today’s Hollywood blockbusters are geared more toward a global audience. That means fewer scripts that represent who Americans really are and more green ogres and action heroes. Is the classic American export, the classic American movie a thing of the past?
Moderator: Lynn Hirschberg (New York Times)
Panelist(s): Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también), Donald DeLine, Tom Shone (How Hollywood to Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer)
THE INNOVATORS
Saturday, April 30, 10:00am – 11:30am
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
From Alfred Kinsey to Howard Hughes, Hollywood has tapped a less than likely source for dramatic story lines and it seems to be paying off. Join Harry Evans, author of They Made America, as he moderates a discussion about how the stories of scientists and innovators are leaping to the big screen and box office success.
Panelist(s): Pierre C. Hohenberg (Senior Vice Provost for Research, NYU), Robert Legato (Technical Advisor, The Aviator), Sylvia Nasar (A Beautiful Mind)
THE FILM EDITOR’S EDITOR
Hosted by Apple
Saturday, April 30, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
How do you make a multi-million dollar movie using thousand dollar editing software? Legendary film and sound editor Walter Murch joins us to discuss the making of Cold Mountain using Apple’s Final Cut Pro. Murch will screen clips, discuss his approach, and share his creative tools. He’ll be joined by Charles Koppelman, author of Behind the Seen, a recent book about Walter Murch.
ALL THE PRETTY PICTURES: Finding the Edge in American Cinema
Saturday, April 30, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
Traditionally, times of adversity, war, and cultural repression are fertile breeding grounds for creative expression and artists are among the first to respond. Yet, if present-day Hollywood seems more inspired by commerce than confrontation, what will the emerging American filmmaker’s response to current events be? Is an artistically and socially engaged film renaissance in our future?
Moderator: Anthony Kaufman (Village Voice, Time Out Chicago)
Panelist(s): Christine Vachon (Killer Films), Jeff Levy-Hinte (Antidoe Films), Ted Hope (This is that), Jeffrey Wright (Angels in America, The Manchurian Candidate)
AND SHE RESCUES HIM RIGHT BACK: Modern Love in the Movies
Saturday, April 30, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theater 2
In our search for romance does the new celluloid version of love leave room for the fairy tale? When chivalry, feminism and film collide we find…the modern love story.
Moderator: John Anderson (Newsday)
Panelist(s): Adam Brooks (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Wimbledon), Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (Revolution Studios), Lynda Obst (How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days), Deborah Schindler (Maid in Manhattan)
THE JUROR BREAKFASTS
Hosted by Vanity Fair
Breakfast, the Tribeca Film Festival Jurors, and Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire…Perri Peltz hosts this revealing style of Q&A interviews with the 2005 Festival Jurors.
Saturday, April 23: Damon Dash, Tom Wolfe, and Barbara Corcoran
Tribeca Grand Hotel
Doors open at 9:30am
Panel 10:15am – 11:15am
Saturday, April 30: Teri Hatcher and Mort Zuckerman
Tribeca Grand Hotel
Doors open at 9:00am
Panel 9:30am – 10:30am
