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Monday, June 10
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presidents Hall

Speed Meetings: Unscripted/Factual/Doc

Monday, June 10
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presidents Hall

Speed Meetings: Unscripted/Factual/Doc

Advance sign up is required via lottery, see networking page for more details. There will also be a wait line on site if any openings become available.

BANFF’s Speed Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading development executives, distributors, programmers and funders in eight-minute meetings. 

Connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage - this program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content.

Attendees who secured a meeting or stand by spot in advance for Speed Meetings 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 Speed Meetings spot or a stand by 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

Speed Meetings are on the Conference Centre side of the hotel. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meetings.

*This session is for UNSCRIPTED / FACTUAL / DOC pitches only. Please research each meeting host to be sure your pitches fit their remit.



Featuring:


Table host

Jolise Beaton

Director, Original Content Canada

Audible Inc.

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Scott Boyd

Vice President, Development, Television – Unscripted

Lionsgate Canada

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Samantha De France

Senior Production Executive

Amazon MGM Studios

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Christine Diakos

Vice President, Development, Television – Unscripted

Lionsgate Canada

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Sarah Fowlie

Head of Production, Original Programming

Bell Media

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Lyle Gamm

SVP, Original Series, CNN

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Michael Gelman

Vice President of Acquisitions & Co-Productions

A+E Networks

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Aneka Hylton-Donelson

Director of Development

Nat Geo / Disney

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Ava Knight

Director, Acquisitions

FIFTH SEASON

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Marianne Lambert

Director Co-Productions & Acquisitions

TFO

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Felicia Litovitz

VP, Acquisitions, North America

Cineflix Rights

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Sandra Murphy

Vice President of Content Sales & Co-Productions, Canada and Latin America

BBC Studios Canada Limited

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Natasha Negrea

Head of Programming

TVO

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Jack Oliver

Head of Co-Productions

Sky TV

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Mike Omelus

Executive Director Content & Strategy

APTN

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Sitarah Pendelton

Head of Unscripted Series

MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

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Stefania Scarfo

Head of Content Strategy & Planning

Paramount

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Jessica Schmiedchen

Director of Development, Unscripted Content

CBC

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Lauren Whitelaw

Head of Programming

OUTtv Network Inc

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Justina Wójtowicz

EVP, Acquisitions Co-Productions & Sales

Rive Gauche Television

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