Panels / Seminars / Workshops

(with Molly Bingham & Steve Connors [Meeting Resistance] and Jan Grarup [POYi judge]). Making films and taking photographs in conflict areas is for only the hardiest. Today we are joined by three courageous photojournalists and filmmakers who have succeeded against all odds. Free.

Join director Eric Zala and producer Chris Strompolos for a discussion on low-budget, independent filmmaking, and hear some great stories from their experience making Raiders: The Adaptation. For ages 11-16. Capacity: 16 people. Saturday, March 3, 11am-1:30pm, The New Annex Building of the Missouri United Methodist Church (across from Shakespeare's Pizza), 9th St., Rooms 106-111. ($45; $35 for Gold/Silver Circle passholders)

Think you have what it takes to be a professional editor? Dive head-first into the world of cutting docs as master editor Yana Gorskaya (Spellbound) shares wisdom and war stories on her life in the non-fiction trenches, including footage from the genre-defining Spellbound.

(presented by the Missouri School of Journalism) The relationship between filmmaker and subject can sometimes become be messy and problematic, whether it's with a gang leader, an aging eccentric, an abusive father, or a righteous Marine. Moderator AJ Schnack (Kurt Cobain About A Son) facilitates discussion among four directors whose lives became all tangled up, as Pernille Gronkjaer (The Monastery), Billy Luther and Crystal Frazier (Miss Navajo), John Maringouin (Running Stumbled), and Annie Sundberg (The Devil Came on Horseback) share their stories.

(with TRYPS director Jill Womack and special appearances by visiting filmmakers) — Open 5-10 pm at the Missouri United Methodist Church across from the Missouri Theatre. Discounted for Gold and Silver Circle passholders.

(Presented by the Harte Chair in Journalism at MU) Non-fiction films are breaking through the firewall that separated them from narrative features, pushing stylistic innovations — and sometimes ethical questions — to the limit. Moderator Thom Powers, doc programmer, Toronto International Film Festival, and author of a forthcoming book on cinema verite, lowers the boom on four genre-busting renegades: Jason Kohn (Manda Bala), Brett Morgen (Chicago 10, Nimrod Nation), Fergus O'Brien (The Armstrongs), Arturo Perez Torres (Super Amigos) Free.

(show & tell and discussion of a half-done film being made by Columbian-turned-Scotsman Peter Gerard) WORK IN PROGRESS Gerard and his co-director Nicholas Soldan wanted to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Ntzu, an immigrant to Scotland who returns to Ghana in order to record his music. But Ntzu became dependent and then resentful toward the pair; as the film became more about this internecine struggle, it laid waste to their strategy to remain outside the frame.

(presented by Stephens College) With documentaries, well-made plans usually go out the window, as filmmakers endeavor to catch real life on the run. Three directors swap stories of following high-stakes competitions for the Afghan parliament, American middle-school councils, and a fake musical contest. Join Eric Daniel Metzgar (The Chances of the World Changing) as he facilitates discussion with Eva Mulvad (Enemies of Happiness), Alexandra Lipsitz (Air Guitar Nation) and Vanessa Roth (The Third Monday in October) Free.