DOC NYC PRO: BREAKING IN, NEW ROAD MAPS

Luis Castro (Acting Commissioner, The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment) moderates How Did I Get Here? with filmmakers Farihah Zaman (Remote Area Medical), Hao Wu (The Road to Fame), Yoruba Richen (The New Black) and expert Taj Paxton (Logo/Viacom) as they share the paths they followed from breaking in to making a career.

In this panel, Yvonne Welbon (Chicken & Egg Pictures) moderates New Frontiers: New Media & New Programs. Adnaan Wasey (Executive Producer, POV Digital), Loira Limbal (Firelight Producer’s Lab) and Theresa Loong (Local Projects) discuss the rapidly expanding world of new media and transmedia and how to work with these formats. 

Ela Troyano (Creative Capital) moderates Secrets from the Retreats. In this panel, directors and programmers including Alex Hannibal (Tribeca Film Institute), Thomas Allen Harris (Through a Lens Darkly), Maria Agui Carter (Rebel) and Stephanie Wang-Breal (Tough Love) discuss the power of labs, retreats and workshops to facilitate growth and development.

Elise McCave (BRITDOC) moderates Impact your Community. Emmy-award winner Jason Da Silva (When I Walk), Carla Fleisher (Film Sprout) and Joe Brewster (American Promise) explore how to make meaningful change with documentary films and innovative ways to fund impact campaigns.

End your day, relax and mingle at our Happy Hour co-presented by The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and creative partner Chicken & Egg Pictures. 

Attend this day’s events with an All Access Pass, DOC NYC PRO Pass, an Insiders Conference Pass, or Breaking In, New Road Maps Day Pass. Your pass also includes an onsite Bagel Breakfast 9:15-10, Happy Hour 5-6, and entry to the PRO lounge 9:15-6.