Schedule:
11:30am - 12:30pm
Early Careers Panel Brunch With Rachel Sikora and Madison cole
Rachel Sikora is a DGA Assistant Director and Production Assistant. Her credits include Blindspot (2015), Nightmare Next Door (2011), and The Equalizer (2021).
Madison Cole (Yale, ‘22) is a theatre and filmmaker based in London. They recently directed the sold - out world premiere of Daughters of the Pirate Queen at the National Concert Hall of Ireland and served as 1st AD to award - winning cinematographer Steven Fierberg on the film The Spirit Lock, scheduled to release in late 2024.
Madison is now assisting director Hunter Bird and associate director Amber Sinclair - Case on the West End production of Bronco Billy: The Musical. They also are one of the production managers on Stewart Copeland's Police Deranged for Orchestra, currently on a multi - national world tour.
2:00 - 3:00
Color Grading Workshop With Patrice Bowman
In this one - hour workshop, award - winning writer/director and colorist Patrice D. Bowman will discuss her approach to coloring her short film Under the Sun After the Wind. She will demonstrate various tools in DaVinci Resolve that created the stylized look for her film. Participants will learn how Resolve can shape the visuals of their own projects. This workshop includes a screening of her 5 - minute film and a 15 - minute Q&A.
3:30 - 6:30
Screenings of 2024 ysff official selections (blocks 6 and 7)
come see the very best of student filmmaking, followed by a Q & A with present filmmakers!
Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02
7:00 - 9:00
Closing Film Screening: Karmalink
with producer VALERIE STeiNBERG in person
In this Buddhist sci - fi mystery set in near - future Phnom Penh, a young Cambodian detective untangles a link between her friend's past - life dreams of a lost gold artifact and a neuroscientist's determination to attain digital enlightenment.
Valerie Steinberg is a producer based in LA, Named one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch" in 2023, whose recent credits include Executive Producer of A24's The Inspection (2022) (TIFF '22, Golden Globe nominee, three - time Indie Spirit and Gotham Award nominee), as well as EP of Riley Keough and Gina Gammell's directorial debut War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival '22. She is the lead producer of Karmalink (2021), a Cambodian Buddhist sci - fi feature that was the opening night film of Venice Film Critics' Week '21, sold by XYZ Films, and released theatrically in the US and abroad.
Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02
