The 19th annual Beverly Hills Film Festival is proud to host several educational panel discussions led by reputable and experienced members of the Beverly Hills Film Festival 2019 Grand Jury and the film industry
All Panel discussions will be held at the TCL Chinese Theatres where the 2018 Beverly Hills Film Festival films are screened
Discussion Categories & Panel Experts
ALL PANEL DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE TCL CHINESE THEATRES AT 12:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY
Thursday, April 4th, 2019 Panel Discussion Details
Distribution –
How distribution has changed tradition vs. currrent
Jury Panel Members:
- Egil Odegard – Producer Distributor
- Roberta Augusto – VSVP of Marketing, Distribution & Publicity @ Lionsgate
- Richard Rionda – President/CEO Hannibal Classics
Friday, April 5th, 2019 Panel Discussion Details
Topic:
Film Financing: How it used to be, and still is
Jury Panel Members:
- Barbara Montana – Head of Business and Legal Affairs for Odyssey Media
- Frederico Lapenda – Paradigm Pictures CEO, Producer
- Richard Rionda – President/CEO Hannibal Classics
Saturday, April 6th, 2019 Panel Discussion Details
Topic:
Content creation
Jury Panel Members:
- Gill Champion – President of Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment
- Kelly Le Brock – Actress, Activist
- Arnold Schwartzman – Governor and past Chairman of BAFTA, Founding Chair of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Documentary Branch
- Gary Shapiro – Marketing Strategist, former senior VP Marketing Sony Pictures, Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science
