Debates and Workshops
All panels are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
- Adobe presents... Creative Suite 3
- Adobe experts present Creative Suite 3.
- Confess Your Sins!
- At every turn, filmmakers' sense of ethics are put to the test. Should a subject's trust be violated to get a dramatic scene? Does shuffling chronologies make the story more dramatic?
- Editing Masterclass with Carol Littleton
- Editing master class with Carol Littleton 1-2:30 pm Friday, Feb. 29 @ Forrest
- Instant Soundtrack!
- Two composers trade soundtrack ideas and composing strategies over a previously unscored piece of documentary footage.
- Me & My Shadow
- Me and My Shadow: (presented by the Missouri School of Journalism) The relationship between filmmaker and subject can become be messy and problematic, whether it's a pop singer's stalker, a matriarch pushed to the edge, or an unusual family of schizophrenics.
- Pictures of the Year 2008
- POYi '08 winners and multimedia show & tell with Rick Shaw & photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally.
- See Into Your Future: The Swami Speaks
- Distribution Swami Peter Broderick will gaze into his crystal ball to help filmmakers make their distribution dreams come true.
- Shared Pleasures: Attractions and Their Detractors
- Once relegated to the back corners of television, documentaries have leaped into cinemas in recent years. But as box office prospects level out in the aftermath of high-profile "blockbusters," is there a future for the theatrical doc, and what role do critics play in making or breaking films?
- Shoot First! A Look at Documentary Cinematography
- Panel discussion about making transcendent documentaries that look better than studio-made feature films.
- T/F Filmmakers' Bootcamp
- T/F teams up with CAT3 TV to bring this chance for aspiring filmmakers ages 12-16 to get hands-on documentary experience and throw themselves into the festival atmosphere. The cost is $10 and will benefit CAT3 TV. The finished films will air on CAT3 TV.
- Know Your Rights: Demystifying Fair Use
- With Michael Miller & Maura Ugarte of the Center for Social Media at American University.