Short but mighty. We gather a cross-section of distributors, digital platforms and sales agents working exclusively with the short form to tackle the question of how bite-sized content can be strategically maximized to bolster opportunities and broaden your career.
Sponsored by Netflix. Educational partner Centennial College.
MODERATOR
Inaya Yusuf, Artist & Filmmaker
Inaya is an Indonesian-American artist and filmmaker raised throughout Southeast Asia. In 2013, she established Slow Your Roll Films specializing in documentaries, branded content and live action films. Her clients include production companies and non-profit organizations that produce content aimed for broadcast at platforms such as BBC, PBS, NETFLIX, ESPN FILMS, FOX SPORTS NETWORK, NBC NEWS, SHOWTIME, HBO, VICE, and YAHOO! Inaya is currently working on her first feature length documentary, The One and The Many in Tuscany, Italy. Additionally, she is also developing a short documentary on an American WBA pro-boxer, Many Feathers.
SPEAKERS
Serge Abiaad, Distributor, La Distributrice de Films
Serge has a Masters degree in film studies from the University of Montreal. He taught film at university and college levels for many years before turning into a film distributor. He co-founded La Distributrice in 2013.
Vanessa Caldwell, Producer, CBC Docs
Vanessa Caldwell is a digital producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). In her work with CBC's Short Docs series, Vanessa helps emerging filmmakers create digital and social media content to share their documentaries with the world. Every story is different—so a big part of her job is to work with filmmakers to research and identify potential audiences for a doc. Together, Vanessa and filmmakers produce stunning social videos, creative photo treatments and insightful filmmaker's essays to help tell each story in different ways.
Lindsay Crouse, Producer, The New York Times Op-Docs
Lindsay produces New York Times Op-Docs, our collection of more than 300 Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning short documentary films.