Show Times
Apr.29
11:00amVenue
HOTA, Home of the Arts
Strand
Industry & Events
Country
Australia
Rating
All ages
REEL LIFE Panels
Gold Coast Film Festival Reel Life Panels are designed for screen industry professionals and screen students to extend their knowledge and networks.
Whether you are a film or TV professional, emerging practitioner, screen student or even a film fan curious about filmmaking, you’ll find a session that will broaden your knowledge, answer your questions, develop your skills or initiate valuable connections.
All REEL LIFE panels are free to attend, however pre-registration is required.
| 11:00AM | The Journey of Storytelling Through Documentary | Join some of the GCFF officially selected documentary filmmakers as they take us through the importance of storytelling through film. Moderator: Ian Lynch – Screen Queensland, Content Director Panelists: Lauren-Ann Smith – Local Filmmaker – Against The Tide Jude Kalman – Local Filmmaker – Red Dust Challenge Brenda Matthews – Local Filmmaker – The Last Daughter |
| 12:30PM | The Other Side of the Lens… | Join actor and GCFF 2023 Ambassador Lincoln Lewis and Casting Director and GCFF 2022 Gold Coast Screen Professional of the Year, Tom McSweeney as they chat about the process of the other side of the lens…acting. From auditions to on-set, the panel discusses how it happens and how to put your best foot forward. Moderator: Sasha Close – Head of Programming – GCFF/BIFF Panelists: Lincoln Lewis – Actor – GCFF 2023 Ambassador Tom McSweeney – Casting Agent |
| 2:00PM | The Movie Business: How to Make it Your Business | The Movie Business: How To Make It Your Business 2:00pm – 3:00pm With the GC being the destination for filmmaking in Queensland how do you get into the industry? How do you know what is the best route to take and how do you go about it? We hear from some of Queensland’s best film and TV industry professionals and what they do in the industry and their journey to getting there. Moderator: Moneth Montemayor – Essential Screen Skills Panelists: Leigh Buchanan – Costuming/Wardrobe/Design – Elvis Dane Cody – Sound/ Audio – Tidelands Schuyler Weiss – Producer/ Managing Director Bazmark – Elvis Sasha Close – Head of Programming – GCFF/BIFF Kate Wormald – Choreography & Intimacy Coordinating – Elvis |
| 3:30PM | Show Me The Money | Show Me The Money 3:30pm – 4:30pm We talk to industry professionals & filmmakers from shorts to features to documentaries on how they work with their budgets and how they fund their projects. Moderator: Moneth Montemayor – Essential Screen Skills Panellists: Mariam Hassan Naqvi – Short film in SIPFEST – Director/Producer Richard Jameson – Wirrim Media – Producer/Director/Writer Mags Scholes – Head of Content – Screen Queensland Adrian Zunga – Short Film in SIPFEST – Director/Writer Dan Lake – Orange Entertainment – Head of Content |
REEL LIFE Panels are proudly presented by the GCFF Giving Fund. Without the Giving Fund the GCFF wouldn’t be able to provide this important educational piece for the wider community to be involved in.