BKWF 2015 OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
Thanks to all who were a part of the inaugural year of Brooklyn Web Fest.
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All screenings, panels and classes were be held at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP, in DUMBO 30 John Street, Brooklyn NY 11202.
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Friday, Oct. 9th
SCREENINGS
1 PM - Key Note + Long Form: New Voices
Opening Remarks from Vimeo Director of VOD Peter Gerard, ScaleLab SVP George Paskalev and BKWF founders Kit Williamson, Amanda D’Aquila and Noam Ash.
ANACOSTIA, Life‘s A Drag
2 PM - Location, Location
New Heights, F’d, Greetings! From Prison, Josh has a Genie, Securocam 3000, Us, Stories of Bike: Season 1, What You Can Do, Seeking Sublet
3 PM - Emerging Voices
YOUNG. BLACK. AND BARELY DANGEROUS., The Beat and Path: Walk of Shame, Words, Wine and Women, Young Couple, BEARDS, The Story of Cancer - The Emperor of All Maladies
4 PM - LGBT
Starting From Now (Season 3), Scissr, BROTHERS, Mentor, He’s With Me
5 PM - International
Sìsara, La Supercafetera, Nerdective, SUNSET AUTHENTIK, Burning Wishes, The Banks, The Film Lab
6 PM - Uncommon Comedies
After Ever After, Tech Boom!, UNSINGLE, Merce, These People, What you Want
Friday, Oct. 9th
PANELS
2pm - Vimeo Presents: Sell Your Show Online
Vimeo Director of VOD Peter Gerard and Vimeo On Demand Exclusive Series Creators Jon Marcus (Hunting Season) and Kit Williamson (EastSiders)
3pm Creator Up - how to make a hit webseries 101
Learn to create and take your video, web series, or YouTube channel to the next level with pro creators: Todd Wiseman (Hayden 5), Tracy Fay (GoBrand Social), Jackie Celona (jrcpr0ductions), Michael Tringe (CreatorUp).
4pm Branded Content
Learn how to break into Branded content. BKWF board member and Ish Entertainment VP of Digital Charles Runnette leads a panel of branded content experts, including John Limotte (EP Mustache Agency), Elisa Kreisinger (EP Video, Refinery 29), Brad Feldman (VP NYPOST.com), Sam Nowakowski (Twitter), Mariah Smith (Cosmo) and Robert Slavin (Agent, Don Buchwald & Associates) .
5:00 pm - Making a LBGT webseries - a talk with creators
6:00pm - Building Social Communities
BKWF board member Noam Ash moderates a panel with executives from Twitter and Tumblr on how to turn followers and likes into views for your show.
Sat, Oct. 10th
SCREENINGS
1:30 PM - Long Form
3 PM - Girl Power
4 PM - Genre
BIGSHOT
The Pantsless Detective: Season 2: A Smitty’s Ransom
5 PM - Meta
Dating & Auditioning: the Web Series
Method or Madness
6 PM AWARDS GALA
Cocktail reception to follow
Sat, Oct. 10th
PANELS
1pm Creator Up! Class:
Branded content 101 with Creator Up! founder Michael Tringe.
2pm - The New Hollywood - Emerging Voices
Meet the members of The New Hollywood and network with the Emerging Voices nominees. Moderated by Devious Maids actress and TNH Founder Brianna Brown.
2pm-3pm Creator Up! Class
How To Use Social Media To Grow Customers And Build Audience with Tracy Fay.
3pm - Be your own damn publicist!
Learn how to get attention for your show. Panelists include journalists from USA Today, The Decider, Time Out NY & Tubefilter. Moderated by Go Team Entertainment CEO and BKWF co-founder Kit Williamson.
3pm - Creator Up! Class
How to Become a Director of Digital Commercials (with a focus on viral videos) with Todd Wiseman Jr.
4:00 - How to make a female-driven webseries- a talk with creators
5pm Sell your $HIT - Monetization and Distribution
BKWF Founder Kit Williamson (EastSiders) moderates a panel including ScaleLab SVP George Paskalev, Vimeo Creative Director of Film and Video George Boxer and JK Media Founder Jen Kavanagh.