MoonDocs
2018: The 2nd Annual Documentary Filmmakers’ Open House
PROGRAM
Pre-event: Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:00 am-11:30
am
The Tull
Family Theater, 418 Walnut St,
Sewickley, PA 15143
https://www.thetullfamilytheater.org/
MoonDocs
Shorts - Juried work by regional filmmakers
Cigdem
Slankard, “Fresh Start,” TRT 13:00
Tom
Poole, “I AM A MAN,” TRT 5:36
Kalpana
Biswas, “Jewels of Kandahar,” Work-in-Progress, TRT 23:33
Lorenzo
Boone, “WOOGIE,” TRT 5:46
Tatiana
Bacchus, “Ulrick,” Sample of Work-in-Progress, TRT 4:33
Billy
Jackson “Legacy,” Work-in-Progress, TRT 27:55
MoonDocs 2018: Sunday-Monday, June 24-25, 2018
Sunday, June 24, 2018 RMU campus: 6001 University Boulevard, Moon Township, PA 15108
http://www.rmu.edu/about-rmu/moon#DrivingDirections
Wheatley Center: on campus address - 410
Pennsylvania Avenue
http://facilities.rmu.edu/campus-buildings/wheatley-center---scis
11:00 am-12:00 pm Registration
and Networking, Wheatley Center Lobby
12:00-12:30 pm Welcome
& Transforming the Documentary Process, Wheatley 110
12:30-1:45 pm 4x4 Film Challenge, Wheatley 110 –
Moderator: Nadine Patterson
(show 4 minutes of your work and pitch
it for 4 minutes; first comes, first served; to show your work (must be registered to attend
MoonDocs 2018), contact Nadine Patterson at patterson@rmu.edu)
2:00-4:00 pm Cinematography
Masterclass with Cinematographer Tom Bergmann, Wheatley 110
http://www.thomas-bergmann.com/
4:15-5:00 pm Self-promotion, Wheatley 110 – Moderator: Dr. Helena Vanhala
Brad
Grimm, Partner, Director & Owner, TRA Pictures; Partner, Led By Light
Willy
James, Independent Filmmaker; 2017 WQED Next Generation Fellow
5:00-7:00 pm Dinner
Break (on your own)
7:00 pm Reception with Cinematographer Tom Bergmann,
The Tull Family Theater
8:00
pm "Abacus:
Small Enough to Jail" Screening and a Q&A with the film's
Cinematographer
Tom Bergmann, The Tull Family Theater
Monday, June 25, 2018 RMU campus, Wheatley 110
9:00-9:30
am Coffee and Tea
9:30-10:30
am Featured
Panel Session on Copyright and Clearances – Moderator: Chris Hampel
Entertainment Lawyer David Gurwin, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
https://www.bipc.com/david-gurwin
10:45-11:45
am Grants and Fundraising –
Moderator: Nadine Patterson
Dr.
Sushil Acharya, Assistant Provost for Research and Graduate
Studies and Professor of Software
Engineering, Robert Morris
University;
and Dr. Helena Vanhala, Department Head and Associate
Professor
of Media Arts, Robert Morris University
Andrew
Pochan, Artist; Owner of Painted Jeans Mural Company; and
Adjunct Video Faculty, Albright College
Will
Zavala, Associate Professor, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00-1:45
pm Regional Opportunities
for Filmmakers and Artists - Moderator: Chris Hampel
Christiane Leach, Artist Relations Manager, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Carrie
Richards, Programs Team Leader, Bayer Center for Nonprofit
Management at Robert Morris University
2:00-2:15 pm Wrap Up
2:30-4:30
pm Editing
Workshop and Q&A, Wheatley 143 – Moderator: Nadine Patterson
Joseph
Hale, TV Engineer, Robert Morris University
Recommended:
bring your external hard drive
Post-event: Tuesday,
June 26, 2018
9:00 am-5:00 pm Access to
editing stations, RMU, Wheatley 143
Recommended:
bring your external hard drive
