How to Build Your Production Team & Attract Investors

This panel discussion took place at the Independent Filmmaker Day during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and featured 5 industry experts:

Honnie Korngold – Producer and Director, known for Northern Lights, The Last Prodigy: The EW Korngold Story and Broken for Good.

Suzy Lenet – Branding and Storytelling Consultant for Lightbulb, LLC.

Lisa Munsterhjelm – CEO of At The Helm Productions. She is the producer and writer of ‘Faction II: Blooden Gold’ directed by Marc Zammit (Homeless Ashes) and starring Dan Cade (Knightfall) and Alaina Rochon (A Broken Soul) and Joachim AsBoek (Bridge of Spies, Schindler's List).

Terry Tompkins – Producer/Writer – Eggplant Music & Sound. Emmy Award winning songwriter and producer.

Ash Greyson – Digital Marketing specialist for over 65 films, including Oscar nominated Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell.

How To Transform Your Film Using Music

This panel discussion took place at the Independent Filmmaker Day during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and featured 5 industry experts:

Charles Garris – Owner of Innovative Recordings. Innovative Recordings is a production company with over 20 years of experience creating compelling music and video productions

Caron Nightingale – Director of Sales for APM Music/Canada and President/CEO of Nightingale Music, Caron has over 35 years of experience in the music industry; including: producing, supervising, licensing and publishing with thousands of worldwide placements including Handmaids Tale, 2 Broke girls, Deadpool, Nintendo etc.

Darice G – CEO of Synapse Publishing and Entertainment, a female founded and privately owned corporation dedicated to the provision of music through ethical and innovative Artist/Band Management, Development, Label Support, and Music Publishing.

Steve Diangelo – Eggplant Music and Sound. Emmy Award winning songwriter and producer

Heather Gardner – Head of Music Supervision + Licensing at Vapor Music. Award-winning creative directors, composers, engineers, and sound designers – covering every facet of audio, including original composition, music licensing, sound design, radio, voice casting, voice direction, audio branding, and extended realities

How to Attract Funding to Your Film

This panel discussion took place at the Independent Filmmaker Day during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and featured 5 industry experts:

Dave Conlon – Partner and CFO of Eggplant Music & Sound – Award winning Post-Production House

Ping Jiang – CEO of Yellow Mountain Studios. YMStudios is a cutting edge multi-function film production facility located in Tianjin Eco-city, China. Specializes as the animation studio for James Cameron.

Brian Jalbert - Owner of Jalbert Film Studio

How To Find The Best Distribution and Sales Partner for Your Film

This panel discussion took place at the Independent Filmmaker Day during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and featured 3 industry experts:

Tom Molloy – CEO of Glass House Distribution. Glass House Distribution is an international distribution company specializing in feature films and television. Glass House’s original series Dropping the Soap won an Emmy for Star Jane Lynch, for Best Actress in a web series or comedy

Bill Straus – Producer for the acclaimed box office smash, Straight Outta Compton