Program Date
Thursday, July 15th, 2021
- Panel #1 | Qualifying Your Film – A Conversation with Exhibitors and Qualifying Festivals | 1:00pm – 2:30pm PT
- Panel #2 | Making the Short List – A Conversation with Publicists and Oscar® Nominees | 3:00pm – 4:30pm PT
- Panel #3 | Exposure to the Press – A Conversation on Award Season Coverage | 5:00pm – 6:30pm PT
Program Location
This program will take place on ZOOM. An invite link will be shared with you once you have completed the registration process below.
Program Details
Please join Telefilm Canada and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) as we present a series of panels built to provide access and insight for Canadian Filmmakers and Creatives around the process of qualifying and campaigning for the Oscars®, the world famous awards ceremony that is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. These panel conversations bring together industry experts who will aim to shed light on the ways in which filmmakers can qualify their films, campaign and gain important exposure for their projects from major entertainment journalists.
Panel #1 | Qualifying Your Film – A Conversation with Exhibitors and Qualifying Festivals | 1:00pm – 2:30pm PT

Christopher Racster
Filmmaker, Producer and Non-profit Executive

Ben Thompson
Short Film Programmer at Tribeca Film Festival

Hebe Tabachnik
World Cinema Programmer at Palm Springs International Film Festival

Gregory Sloan Gardner
CEO at Double Exposure Distribution
Panel #2 | Making the Short List – A Conversation with Publicists and Oscar® Nominees | 3:00pm – 4:30pm PT


Danny De Lillo
Executive of the Americas at Screen International


Ben Proudfoot
Filmmaker and Oscar® Nominee


Joshua Jason
Founder at Joshua Jason Public Relations


Catherine Lyn Scott
Vice President and Publicist at London Flair PR


Jerry Rojas
EVP of Film/TV Awards & Events at Shelter PR
Panel #3 | Exposure to the Press – A Conversation on Award Season Coverage | 5:00pm – 6:30pm PT


Varda Bar-Kar
Filmmaker


Claudia Puig
President, Los Angeles Film Critics Association


Clayton Davis
Film Awards Editor at Variety


Asenath Nakayama Do
Director of Awards & National Publicity at Shelter PR