October 16, 2015 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Independent filmmaking allows you to focus all your attention on what’s happening directly in front of you. After all, it’s your passion, your voice, your project. But your film has the potential to have a larger, lasting benefit on the world around you. In this panel discussion, you will participate in conversation about how filmmakers and community have worked together to discover unforeseen intersections and opportunties that can turn your project into a broader, more fulfilling community experience.
MODERATOR: VAN MCLEOD
COMMISSIONER, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPT. OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
A founder and producer of First Night New Hampshire and previous Artistic Producing Director for the Papermill Theatre in Lincoln, NH, McLeod won the Gold Aurora Award for his documentary film Murals: Romanticizing the Violence.
PANELIST: RICK BROUSSARD
EDITOR, NH MAGAZINE AND CO- DIRECTOR, “GRANITE ORPHEUS”
As editor of New Hampshire Magazine, Broussard has chronicled cultural and political trends in NH for over 22 years. He is currently working on a NH-based feature-length film titled Granite Orpheus.
PANELIST: LISA NEVILLE
INDEPENDENT PRODUCER
The producer of the award winning 1999 film The Opera Singer, Neville is currently producing two new full-length feature films, one of which is in consideration for the Sundance Screenwriters lab.
PANELIST: NICHOLAS J. KOLOSKI
LOCATION MANAGER AND CLAREMONT CITY COUNCILOR
Koloski is a NH-based location manager/ scout and film producer/location producer. His credits include Live Free or Die, Sensation of Sight, Love Comes Lately, Killing Dinner, Crooked Lane, Unwound, Only Daughter and Joss Whedon’s In Your Eyes.
PANELIST: MATT NEWTON
DIRECTOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM & TELEVISION OFFICE
A 2011 New Hampshire 40 Under 40 honoree, Newton is the director of the New Hampshire Film and Television Office in Concord, and the co-founder of the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival.