The International Film & Music Festival Summit will take place December 4-6, 2011 at the Omni Hotel - Downtown in Austin, TX (http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/AustinDowntown.aspx) and features over 400 festival organizers and a database with regular outreach of over 40,000 industry leaders. For hotel reservations and special room rates, please contact Angela at the Omni Hotel at 512-397-4883.
Established in 2002, the IFFS & IMFCON provide the only annual conference & symposium for film & music festival professionals and entertainment executives to network, learn from one another, establish partnerships, and understand the latest trends in festival operations. There are daily panels, networking events, a trade show, nightly hosted receptions and a private film premiere and live music event (featuring Kid Rock's former lead guitarist Kenny Olson). We have many sponsorship opportunities available for every budget and marketing objective.
Our speakers this year include: Nancy Schafer, ED of Tribeca Film Festival, Van's Warped Tour creator Kevin Lyman, Cameron Bailey, director of Toronto International Film Festival, Sam Elkin of C3 Presents, Stuart Ross, COO of Festivals for Goldenvoice-AEG (including Coachello and Stage Coach), Jay Sweet of Newport Folk Festival, filmmakers Steve Nemeth, Right Arm Entertainment co-owner Gary Spivak, directors Richard Linklater, and Murray Lerner, Variety's Henry Deas, SXSW's executive management and creative team (film and music), film consultant Peter Belsito, John Boler of Summerfest, Dana Harris, editor of IndieWire, Robin Bronk, CEO of Creative Coalition, Louis Meyers, head of Folk Alliance and many others!
The agenda for the 2011 IMFCON is available here: http://www.imfcon.com/imfconagenda.html
The 2011 IFFS agenda is available here: http://filmfestivalsummit.com/iffsagenda.html
You can also view our promo video for the 2011 conference in HD on vimeo.com: http://vimeo.com/22690355
Speakers in the past have included such industry professionals as:
Barbara Morgan – Austin Film Festival
Deb Lake – Traverse City Film Festival
Mark Fishkin – Mill Valley International Film Festival
Brian Newman – former CEO, Tribeca Film Institute
Christian Gaines –former ED, AFI Fest
Dawn Hudson-Film Independent
Gary Meyer-Telluride Film Festival
Piers Handling-Toronto International Film Festival
Paul Jamieson - SunFest
Jay Frank - CMT
Mark Lourie - Skyline Music
Scott Aiges - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Jason Olaine-Newport Jazz Festival
Sean Ahearn - Harmony Festival
Dave Margulies - High Sierra Music Festival
Jeff Cuellar - AC Entertainment
John Probyn - Live Nation UK
Sarah Baer-Van's Warped Tour
There are discounts for multiple attendees and refer a friend programs.
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