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Tuesday, May 26
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Master Class: Snowpiercer (1:00pm - 2:00pm)Join us for an intimate conversation with the cast and talent behind -apocalyptic drama series, Snowpiercer, produced by Tomorrow Studios (a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios) set to air on TNT in the U.S. and internationally on Netflix. This session will feature an in-depth conversation with Oscar® winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) and Emmy® nominee Alison Wright (The Americans), along with Showrunner and Executive Producer Graeme Manson (Orphan Black), Executive Producer and CEO of Tomorrow Studios Marty Adelstein (Hanna, Cowboy Bebop) and Netflix VP of Content Larry Tanz. Moderating:
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Tuesday, June 16
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Trickster: working towards narrative sovereignty (12:00pm - 1:00pm)In Partnership With  Join Trickster executive producer and director Michelle Latimer, author Eden Robinson, co-president of Sienna Films Jennifer Kawaja and CBC's general manager, entertainment, factual & sports Sally Catto for a conversation with Indigenous Screen Office Director Jesse Wente about the journey to bring Robinson's bestselling novel to the screen, and finding new pathways of collaboration and understanding between the creative industry and Indigenous storytellers. Moderating:
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Master Class: Canada's Drag Race (2:00pm - 3:00pm)In Partnership With  (for Large use).png){kind=logo} Join us for a ‘herstorical’ conversation with the creators, cast and producers of Crave Original Series, CANADA’S DRAG RACE, moderated by ETALK Senior Correspondent and Canada’s Squirrel Friend, Traci Melchor. Blessed by RuPaul, and produced in association with Blue Ant Studios, CANADA’S DRAG RACE is the True North Strong and Fierce edition of the Emmy Award-winning series RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE. The session will feature an in-depth conversation with resident judge and Queen of the North, Brooke Lynn Hytes; Executive Producer of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Canada’s Drag Race, and co-founder of World of Wonder Fenton Bailey; Executive Producer and Chief Creative Officer from Blue Ant Studios, Laura Michalchyshyn; Showrunner, Mike Bickerton; Director, Original Production, Factual, Bell Media, Robin Johnston; Vice-President Brand Partnerships and Client Strategy at Bell Media, Justin Stockman, and President, Distribution and Pay for Bell Media, Tracey Pearce. Moderating:
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Fenton BaileyCo-Founder & Executive Producer World of Wonder/RuPaul’s Drag Race, Canada’s Drag Race 
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Tuesday, June 23
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Master Class: Quibi's The Stranger (1:00pm - 1:45pm)In Partnership With  Join us for a conversation with the team behind Quibi’s short-form thriller The Stranger. Hear from the show’s Creator and Showrunner Veena Sud, star Dane DeHaan (Zero Zero Zero) and Quibi Senior Content Executive Kate Hoenigsberg about the challenges and opportunities of creating content for the new platform. Moderating:
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Tuesday, June 30
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Master Class: American Portrait (1:00pm - 2:00pm)Produced by PBS and RadicalMedia, PBS American Portrait is an ongoing, real-time multiplatform storytelling project that asks the public what it’s really like to be American today. Whether it’s joy or sorrow, triumph or hardship, family traditions followed for decades or just the chaos of the morning school run, people from all over the country offer a glimpse of life as it’s really lived, today, through their own videos, pictures and text. The first half-hour special, "In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Story" is available now on all PBS platforms. Two more specials are coming this year and a four-hour PBS documentary series premieres in January 2021. Join our seasoned producer panelists for an in-depth conversation on what it takes to bring this ambitious project to life. Moderating:
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Wednesday, July 8
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Master Class: Mrs America (1:00pm - 2:00pm)Moderating:
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Tuesday, July 14
| 1:00 PM |
Master Class: HBO’s Avenue 5 (1:00pm - 1:45pm)Join us for a discussion with the team behind HBO’s space comedy, Avenue 5 (available in Canada on Crave). Go behind the scenes with the show’s Creator, Writer, Director and Executive Producer Armando Iannucci (Veep) and Executive Producer Kevin Loader (The Death of Stalin), who will be joined by cast members Hugh Laurie (House, Veep) and Lenora Crichlow (Being Human). The conversation will be moderated by Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, who oversees the development and production of original comedy series. Alongside Avenue 5, Amy also oversees I May Destroy You, The Righteous Gemstones, Barry, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Los Espookys, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Insecure and Betty. Moderating:
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