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Monday, June 10
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Alhambra

Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)

Monday, June 10
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Alhambra

Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)


Face-to-Face Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content producers to meet one-on-one with leading decision makers. A signature of The Banff World Media Festival, this is your opportunity to connect with people who can help take your idea to the next level and put your TV or digital content into development.

Specifically designed to be 8-minute time slots, this program has facilitated thousands of one-on-one meetings and has led to many millions of dollars in new content.

Lottery selection opened on BANFFXchange on Friday May 3rd at 12:00 p.m. ET, and the Lottery results were run on Friday, May 10th.

General sign-up opened on BANFFXchange on Monday, May 13 at 11:00 a.m. ET and closes on Friday, June 7th at 5:00 p.m. ET.


Featuring:


Jeff Alpern

President

The Alpern Group

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Rebecca Arzoian

Head of Television

Smokehouse Pictures

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Helen Asimakis

Senior Director, Drama

CBC

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Philip Barnsdall-Thompson

SVP Acquisitions, UK, Europe & North America - FACTUAL ONLY

Flame Distribution

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Chris Bell

Scripted Content

Entertainment One

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Melissa Campbell

President

Contentum Consulting & Management

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Alia J Daniels

Co-Founder and COO

Revry, Inc.

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Zachary Davis

VP, Premium Content

Himalaya Media

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Jesse Fawcett

CEO & Executive Producer

Essential Media Group

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Melissa Hardinge

Senior Commissioning Editor, Independents

CBBC

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Table host

Molly Harrington

Director of CNN Original Series

CNN

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Tom Hastings

Head of Original Programming in Canada, Paramount+

Bell Media

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Cort Lane

VP, Original Content, Fashion Brands

Marvel Entertainment, LLC

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Andreas Lemos

Director, International Content

Banijay Rights

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Jenny Ramirez

Senior Vice President, Entertainment Unscripted Alternative Programming, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming

Turner Entertainment Networks, TNT & TBS

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Marly Reed

Vice President, Development

NESHAMA Entertainment

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Pierre-Andre Rochat

President

Daro Film Distribution

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Larry Shuman

President/Literary Manager

The Shuman Company

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Adam Steinman

Production and Development

Warner Bros. International Television Production

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Lydia Storie

SVP, Development

Muse USA

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