Past Events

2023

NFMLA Panel | Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP)
NFMLA Panel | Film Independent Documentary Lab
January 14th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism
NFMLA Panel | Film/TV Production & Development with Jelani Johnson at MACRO
NFMLA Panel | Mentorship and Diversity in the Film & TV Industry
February 18th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Animation Industry with Asalle Tanha at Cartoon Network
NFMLA Panel | NBCU Academy Original Voices Program
March 18th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Short to Feature Filmmaking with Writer/Director Jesse Atlas
NFMLA Panel | Music Videos and Commercial Directing with Hannah Lux Davis
April 22nd, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Disability
Best of Awards 2023
NFMLA Panel | Short & Feature Filmmaking with Filmmakers Alliance
NFMLA Panel | Programming, Curation, and Exhibition for Film & Media
May 13th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema
June 11th, 2023 – NFMLA Presents LGBTQ+ Cinema at 2023 LA PRIDE
NFMLA Panel | TV Writing with Charla Lauriston
NFMLA Panel | Series Development & Production with Kyle Chalmers at FOX
June 17th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+ Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Narrative Editing with Gregory Evans
NFMLA Panel | Development & Production with Divya D’Souza
July 29th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema
NewNarratives 2023
August 25th, 2023 – NFMLA Panel | Filming on Location with FLICS
August 25th, 2023 – NFMLA | Animation Development and Production
August 26th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: International Animation
NFMLA Panel | A Conversation with Film Festival Programmers
Latinos as Heroes: In Conversation with Robert Rodriguez
NFMLA Panel | Documentary Filmmaking with Director Rodrigo Reyes
Creating a Feature Film with The Brazilian Filmmakers Collective
September 23rd 2023 – NFMLA Film Festival + the Academy | InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Bottoms and Comedy Feature Film with Brownstone Productions
NFMLA Panel | Crowdfunding Your Film Project with Bri Castellini
October 20th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival InFocus: Dutch Cinema
October 21st, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema
NFMLA Panel | L.A. Times Short Docs
NFMLA Panel | Writing for Film and Television with Erick Castrillon
NFMLA Panel | Feature Film and Representation with Elizabeth A. Bell
NFMLA Panel | Documentary Series and Public Media
November 18th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema
November 19th, 2023 – DocuSlate Documentary Film Festival
NFMLA Virtual Conversation | Indie Filmmaking & Submitting to Fests/Awards
NFMLA Virtual Conversation | TV Production and Directing with Erin O’Malley
December 9th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern & Arab Cinema

2022

January 15th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism
NFMLA Panel | FilmTrack and Entertainment Rights
NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Distribution with Andy Bohn
NFMLA Panel | Management and Representation with Talitha Watkins, Head of ColorCreative
NFMLA Panel | Social Impact and Intersectional Representation with Alia J. Daniels, COO of Revry
February 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema
NFMLA Panel | TV Comedy Writing and Producing with Jordan Temple
NFMLA Panel | TV Drama Writing and Producing with Felicia Pride
March 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema
Best of Awards 2022
NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Financing with Film Bridge International and Banc of California
NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Distribution and Acquisition with Bill Guentzler at Gravitas Ventures
April 23rd 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Ryan Murphy Half Initiative: Director Shadowing Program
NFMLA Panel | Management and Publicity with Carolina Alduey at 3 Arts Entertainment
NFMLA Panel | Producing for TV & Film with Nicky Weinstock
May 14th, 2022– Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Immigrant Stories
POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with the Filmmakers of Not Going Quietly
July 30th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Directing & Writing with Alessio Della Valle
June 18th, 2022– Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+ & InFocus: Disability
NFMLA Panel | Directors Guild: Assistant Director Training Program
August 27th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: International Animation
NFMLA Panel | Indie Film Production & Directing with Dan Levy Dagerman
July 15th – July 29th, 2022 – Enter the STARZ #TAKETHELEAD Writers’ Intensive
September 24th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema
NFMLA + Warner Bros. Discovery OneFifty – Enter NewNarratives
NFMLA Panel | Animation Development with Sony Pictures Animation Executive, Chelsea Itaya
October 22nd, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema
POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film with Sami Khan and Carlos González of THE LAST OUT
NFMLA Panel | A Conversation with Film Festival Programmers
American Film Market (AFM) 2022
November 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema
November 20th, 2022 – DocuSlate Documentary Film Festival
Latino Media Fest 2022
NFMLA Panel | Script Notes Workshop with The Professional Pen
NFMLA Panel | Distribution and Acquisitions with Emma Manfredi
POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film with LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film & Impact with MANZANAR, DIVERTED
NFMLA Panel | Educational Film & Documentary Distribution with Collective Eye Films
NFMLA Panel | Series Development & Production with Roberto Alcantara at HBO Max
December 3rd, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema

2021

NFMLA Panel: Screenplay Adaptation with Scott Neustadter
NFMLA Panel: Writing for Comedy Series
January 23rd, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism
NFMLA Conversation: Alma Har’el | Moderated by Jacqueline Coley at Rotten Tomatoes
NFMLA Panel: Shira Haas, Ron Leshem and Alon Aranya | Moderated by Malina Saval at Variety
NFMLA Panel: Will Packer Productions
NFMLA Panel: Jeff Byrd on Directing / Writing / Producing
NFMLA Panel: Warner Bros. Writers’ and Directors’ Workshops
February 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema
NFMLA Panel: You Finished Your First Feature Film. What’s Next? Presented by The Chimaera Project
NFMLA Panel: Ryan Case on TV Editing and Directing
NFMLA Panel: Julie Anne Robinson on Directing
March 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema
NFMLA Panel: Dayna Lynne North on TV Producing
NFMLA Panel: Matt Shakman on TV Directing
April 17th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: International Animation
NFMLA Panel | Disney’s LAUNCHPAD
NFMLA Panel: TV Development and Production with Gloria Fan
NFMLA Panel: Film Marketing and Distribution with Sumyi Antonson
May 15th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema
July 17th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema
NFMLA Panel: TV Showrunning with Leslye Headland and Colleen Labella
NFMLA Panel: Steakhaus Productions & Guests
July 15th, 2021 – Going for Gold | Best Practices and How to Navigate an Oscars Campaign
June 12th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+
August 7th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Disability
NFMLA Panel | Independent Feature Film with Leigh Kittay, Head of Film at Black Bear Pictures
NFMLA Panel | TV Writing/Producing with Taofik Kolade
September 17th-18th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Brian Yorkey on Writing and Producing for TV
NFMLA Panel | Anthony Sparks on Showrunning and Producing for TV
NFMLA Panel | Film & Television Development and Packaging with Cristina Garza, SVP at Endeavor Content
October 16th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema
NFMLA Panel | TV Producing and Showrunning with Gloria Calderón Kellett, EP/Showrunner of One Day at a Time
POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with Bruno Santamaría, Director of Things We Dare Not Do
POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with Emily Cohen Ibañez, Director of Fruits of Labor
Best of Awards 2021
NFMLA + WARNERMEDIA 150 – NEWNARRATIVES 2021
November 5-6th, 2021 – DocuSlate
November 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema
NFMLA Panel | Writing and Directing for TV & Film with Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr.
NFMLA Panel | Independent Film Directing and Producing with Sarah Adina Smith and Jonako Donley

2020

Monthly Film Festival – January 11th, 2020
Monthly Film Festival – February 8th, 2020
Monthly Film Festival – June 7th, 2020
Best of Awards 2020
NFMLA Interview Series: Gwyneth Horder-Payton on Television Directing
NFMLA Interview Series: Lesli Linka Glatter on Television Directing
NFMLA Interview Series: Scott Ferguson on Film & TV Producing
NFMLA Interview Series: Rachel Goldberg on TV Directing
NFMLA Interview Series: Greg Sirota on Editing
NFMLA Interview Series: Leah Daniels Butler on Casting
NFMLA Interview Series – DeMane Davis on Film & TV Directing
NFMLA Interview Series – Rocky Morton on Directing
NFMLA Interview Series – Salvatore Totino on Cinematography
NFMLA Interview Series – Ondi Timoner on Documentary Filmmaking
NFMLA Interview Series – David A. Arnold on Comedy Writing
NFMLA Panel – Breaking Into Episodic TV Writing
NFMLA and Pipelines Panel – Studio, Network and Commercial Opportunities
PANEL + Q&A | Diversifying Your Talent Pool
Monthly Film Festival – June 6th, 2020
Monthly Film Festival – June 27th, 2020
Monthly Film Festival – June 28th, 2020
Feature Film Screenwriting with Oscar-Winner Kevin Willmott
Content Opportunities with WarnerMedia 150
Packaging and Financing Your Indie Feature Film with Stacy Jorgensen
Monthly Film Festival – July 25th, 2020
NFMLA Panel – NBCUniversal Talent Infusion Programs: Writers on the Verge
NFMLA Panel – Walt Disney Television Creative Talent Development & Inclusion: Opportunities in Directing
NFMLA Panel – Documentary Filmmaking: A Conversation With the Oscar Nominated St. Louis Superman Team
Monthly Film Festival – August 22nd, 2020
NFMLA & FLICS Panel – Filming Around the State of California
NFMLA & FLICS Panel – Back to Production: A Talk With the Producers
NFMLA Panel – Scripted Series Development with Freeform & Dinh Thai
Monthly Film Festival – September 26th, 2020
NFMLA Panel – Film Financing Featuring wiip and Banc of California
NFMLA Panel: Ryan Murphy Televisions’ Half Initiative
POV and NFMLA Present: Supporting Latinx Voices
October 17th, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema
NFMLA Panel: Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program
American Film Market (AFM)
November 21st, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema
December 12th, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema, Arab & Dutch Cinema
NFMLA Panel: Takeshi Fukunaga’s AINU MOSIR (an ARRAY Releasing title)

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