Schedule:

April 11, 2024

4:30-6:00

Yale Student Film Screenings

Location: Humanities Quadrangle L01

6:00-7:30

Yale Networking Event: Jazz At The Book Trader Cafe

Presented By The Yale Cinemat

Location - Book Trader Cafe, 1140 Chapel Street

7:30-10:00

Documentary Spotlight - Roleplay

With Producer Jenny Mercein And Director Katie Matthews In Person

Co-Presented By The Department Of Theater, Dance, And Performance Studies

Connecticut Premiere

Faced With Rampant Sexual Violence On Their College Campus, A Group Of Tulane University Students Spend A Year Creating An Immersive Play From Their Real-Life Experiences. Building Characters And Scenes Based On The Sexual Politics Of Their Campus, The Student Actors Confront Hard Truths.

Location - 53 Wall Street, Auditorium

April 12, 2024

1:30 - 2:30

Screenings Of 2024 Ysff Official Selections (Block 1)

Come See The Very Best Of Student Filmmaking, Followed By A Q & A With Present Filmmakers!

Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02

3:00 - 4:00

The Business Of Film, A Talk With With Bungalow Entertainment Ceo  Bobby Friedman

Robert Friedman Is A 30-Year Entertainment Veteran Who Has Held A Range Of Senior Executive Positions, Including President Of Radical Media  & Entertainment; President Of Aol, Interactive Marketing, Tv & Ad Sales; Co-Chairman Of New Line Cinema In Charge Of Worldwide Theatrical Marketing And Licensing;  President Of New Line Television, Which He Launched For The Company.

4:30-5:30 

Screenings Of 2024 Ysff Official Selections (Block 2)
Come See The Very Best Of Student Filmmaking, Followed By A Q & A With Present Filmmakers

Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02

Debbie Vandermuelen (Founder Of Fusion Features) Has Successfully Helped Filmmakers Turn Their Ideas Into Profitable Cinematic Entertainment.  Debbie Is Adept At Ensuring The Bottom-Line Responsibility For The Development, Financing And Management, And Operation Of Both Domestically And Internationally Launched Projects. Debbie’s Projects Have Earned Recognition At Renowned Festivals, Including Cannes, Sundance, And Toronto. Debbie Has Producer Credits For Several Features, Including The Most Recent Feature Film, Brahman Naman, In Competition At The 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Which Sold To Netflix At The Festival.

8:00 - 10:30

Spotlight Screening - The Holdovers With Writer/Producer Dave Hemmingson In Person Nominated For 5 2024 Academy Awards, Including Best Picture And Best Original Screenplay A Cranky History Teacher At A Remote Prep School Is Forced To Remain On Campus Over The Holidays With A Grieving Cook And A Troubled Student Who Has No Place To Go.

Location - 53 Wall Street, Auditorium

April 13, 2024

11:00-12:30

Screenings Of 2024 Ysff Official Selections (Block 3)
Come See The Very Best Of Student Filmmaking, Followed By A Q & A With Present Filmmakers!
Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02

12:00-1:15
Film Club Mixer

Meet And Greet With Fellow Film Students

1:30 - 2:30

Tv Writing/Producing With Michael Saltzman
Michael Saltzman (Yale, ‘86) Has Had An Extensive Career In Hollywood, Writing And Producing Shows Such As The Boys, Arrested Development, Mad Men, Hell On Wheels, Sneaky Pete,  Halt And Catch Fire, Murphy Brown, And Wings Amongst Others. He Has Received Writer’s Guild Nominations For Seasons 5 And 6 Of Mad Men. Most Recently, He Was Writer And Co-Executive Producer For The Hit Amazon Series The Boys, For Which He Received His Third Wga Best Writing Nomination And Two Emmy Nominations, One For Best Song (For Which He Co-Wrote The Lyrics).

2:30 - 3:30

Screenings Of 2024 Ysff Official Selections (Block 4)
Come See The Very Best Of Student Filmmaking, Followed By A Q & A With Present Filmmakers!
Location - Humanities Quadrangle L02

4:00-5:30

Independent Producing With Anthony Bregman And Pamela Koffler
Anthony Bregman (Yale ‘88) Is President And Chief Executive Officer Of The Indie Film Company, Likely Story. His Movies Have Won Numerous Awards At The Oscars, Golden Globes, Baftas, Gothams, Indie Spirits, And Cannes, Berlin, And Sundance Film Festivals, Among Others. He Has Produced Over 50 Movies, Including Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind And In The Heights. In 2010, Roger Ebert Named "Synecdoche, New York" The Best Film Of The Decade.

Pamela Koffler (Yale ‘87) Is An American Film And Television Producer And Founding Partner Of Killer Films, An Independent New York-Based Production Company She Co-Leads With Christine Vachon. Koffler Has Produced A Large Body Of Critically Acclaimed And Award-Winning Films And Television Series, Including Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Mildred Pierce, The Velvet Underground, Past Lives (In Which She Is Nominated For Best Picture At This Year's Oscars), And May December.

Location - Linsly-Chittenden Hall 101

6:00-7:30

Yale Student Film Festival Awards Show!
Red Carpet | Dress To Impress

With Redhot & Blue Of Yale, Yale Dancers, And More

Featured Speaker:

Red Carpet | Dress To Impress
With Redhot & Blue Of Yale, Yale Dancers, And More
Featured Speaker:

10:00-1:00 AM

YSFF and 1701 Records After party
Live Music From Yale's Best Student Bands | Projection Art From Yale Artists | Movie Themed Cocktails And Mocktails

Red Carpet Photos From 10:00-11:00

Location - Luther, 27 High Street

April 14, 2024

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

Date: April 11 - 14, 2024

Location:

Various Venue in New Haven, CT 06520

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