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Tuesday, June 13
10:00am - 11:00am
Presidents Hall

Production Partners

Tuesday, June 13
10:00am - 11:00am
Presidents Hall

Production Partners

Advance sign-up was required via lottery, see networking page for more details. 

Attendees who secured a spot in advance for Production Partners should arrive at the session room 30 minutes prior to the session start time to check in with the room monitor and get processed. Showing up late for your scheduled time slot will result in losing your spot to the wait line.

If you did not secure a Production Partners spot in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line will operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

Production Partners is in a NEW LOCATION, on the Conference Centre side. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the Hotel side so that you are not late for your scheduled meeting.

Production company development execs will be taking one-on-one, 8-minute pitches. Similar in format to our Speed Meeting sessions, this is your chance to pitch to production companies and studios who are looking for great ideas and partnerships.

These meetings are all specifically designed to be 8-minute time slots, with a 2-minute transition time between meetings. 

NOTEWe acknowledge there's an ongoing labour dispute between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). If you are participating in meetings or planning on pitching, we encourage you to abide by the guidelines of any union or guild affiliations you may have.


Featuring:


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Kerry Appleyard

Senior Vice President, Scripted & Unscripted, Television

Boat Rocker Studios

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Vibika Bianchi

Executive Producer

Catalyst

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Elliott Brannon

Director, Acquisitions & Content Strategy

Lionsgate Entertainment

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Myiea Coy

SVP of Television

Confluential Films

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Marina Di Pancrazio

Chief Content Revenue Officer

Just For Laughs Group

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Simon Faber

Founder & Producer

Taiga Pictures

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Nua Finau

Co-Founder, Executive Producer and Showrunner

Tavake Ltd

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Chris Fry

Joint Creative Director of Scripted

Sister Pictures

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Richard Jean-Baptiste

Vice President, Business Innovation, Executive Producer

Attraction

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Julie Lacey

VP, Creative

Shaftesbury

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Alex Lalonde

Chief Operating Officer

Amaze

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Graham Ludlow

Head of Development and Production

Incendo

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Bill Lundy

SVP Comedy

New Metric Media

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Quan Phung

SVP, Original Series, Topic Studios

Topic Studios

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Nataline Rodrigues

SVP of Development

Vortex Media

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Adam Steinman

Production and Development

Walt Disney Television Alternative

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Benjamin Tappan

President, Production

Walden Media

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Karen Tsang

SVP Creative Affairs/Executive Producer

Pier 21 Films

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Cyle Zezo

President

Solarpunk Village

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