Peter Broderick is a leading Distribution Strategist. He spearheads the distribution of exceptional documentaries and consults with independent filmmakers around the world. He helps design and implement customized plans to maximize revenues, audience, and impact. Peter is President of Paradigm Consulting, which specializes in state-of-the-art distribution techniques—including hybrid strategies and innovative approaches to global distribution.Peter was President of Next Wave Films, which supplied finishing funds and other vital support to filmmakers from the US and abroad. He helped launch the careers of outstanding directors including Christopher Nolan and Amir Bar-Lev. Peter’s reports, “Welcome to the New World of Distribution” and “Declaration of Independence” are concise guides to the latest distribution strategies. Read his articles and subscribe to his Distribution Bulletin at www.peterbroderick.com.He’s a graduate of Brown University, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School.

John J. Lee, Jr. successfully led the vision, launch and expansion of several entertainment and media entities and provided business, funding and distribution services for over 20 major studio-released motion pictures, television network series and specials, with combined production costs of over $470 million and global rights earnings exceeding $4 billion, including: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Goonies, The Terminator and The Nutty Professor; released through Universal, Paramount, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros., HBO among others. Author of The Producer's Business Handbook, used in film and business schools the world over, now in its fourth edition published by Focal Press, co-branded by the AFM.

Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Kinema. Kinema is a global film distribution and exhibition platform that leverages the power of community and social interaction to screen and stream films. She was previously the founder of the impact agency Picture Motion and led as CEO for 9 years. Prior to PicMo, she ran impact for Righteous Pictures, led digital strategy for the social action group at Participant Media, and handled program coordination and social media strategy at Norman Lear's nonprofit Declare Yourself. Christie is also the co-author of The Distribution Playbook and won several industry recognitions, including being named one of Fortune’s Rising Female Founders in 2023 and Fast Company’s Most Creative People in 2021. She’s currently on the board of Subject Matter and The Reinvent Stockton Foundation, and on the Capacity Council for Brown Girls Doc Mafia.

After graduating from Law School in Toronto, Canada, Jeff Deverett launched his film career in the Distribution division of Astral Media, a large public entertainment and media company. Throughout his distribution career, Jeff specialized in indie feature films, having acquired and sold over 500 indie movies of all sizes and budget ranges. In 2005, Jeff produced his first indie feature, My Brother’s Keeper and thereafter he has produced and/or written and directed six other features, all of which have been distributed worldwide, three of which were picked up by Netflix.

Mark Harden has almost 100 credits as a film and TV animal trainer which include the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Captain Marvel, Stuart Little 1 & 2, both Cats and Dogs films, Golden Seal, The Lone Ranger, Must Love Dogs, Catwoman and Hachi: A Dog's Tale. Starting with wild animals, he’s worked with tiny ants and small rats to huge elephants - and everything in between. Most often, he worked with dogs and domestic cats - with dogs being his favorite because they can learn complex behaviors and portray a range of emotions that most other animals simply cannot. From 1979-1993, he worked with Animal Actors of Hollywood, a company that supplied exotic animals to the industry, then Boone's Animals for Hollywood until his retirement in 2021. He’s been happily married to Lori since 1983. They have three grown children and three grandchildren.

CEO and Founder of BooksOffice. com, Makers&Shakers Tech Production of the Year 2023 Winner, Top 10 global Startup at EFM Berlinale, 25 years experience in publishing and entertainment, Created QuestX talent event for HRH The Princess Royal, set up the first ever live vote on British TV, entrepreneur, author and award winning marketeer.

Amy Lyndon is considered Hollywood’s premiere celebrity Acting/Booking coach and creator of the Internationally acclaimed, revolutionary book, The Lyndon Technique: The 15 Guideline Map To Booking.“The Lyndon Technique” is part of the curriculum at the University of Kansas and was part of “Aaron Sorkin Week” through Syracuse University. Amy has had the opportunity to travel all over the United States and Canada conducting intensives and lecturing about how to make it in the acting world teaching her Technique, helping Actors understand the philosophical principals of booking and teaching the importance and application of marketing and business strategies.

In 1999 Ms. Lyons launched Snowfall Films and to date has produced/executive produced thirteen movies. These include: A BAFTA award-winning British comedy UNDERTAKING BETTY (aka “Plots With a View”), with actors Christopher Walken, Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina and Naomi Watts with Miramax Distribution. British/Canadian thriller JERICHO MANSIONS staring James Caan, Genevieve Bujold, Maribel Verdu and Jennifer Tilly. JERICHO MANSIONS was an official selection at the Montreal Film Festival and the Hollywood Film Festival. British/Canadian family comedy BAILEY’S BILLION$ which stars Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Tim Curry, and Jon Lovitz. A drama THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, based on J.T. LeRoy novel, starring Asia Argento, Marilyn Manson, Winona Ryder, Peter Fonda and Jeremy Renner. The film premiered during the Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and screened to high acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival.

Marc Clebanoff, a graduate of the USC School of Cinema/Television, is an award-winning filmmaker and global sales agent. He is the managing partner of Odyssey Motion Pictures, alongside long-time producing partner Louis Mandylor.

Andreas Olavarria has over 25 years of experience in the development, production and distribution of motion pictures and television movies, having worked as an executive at both 20th Century Fox and The Walt Disney Studios. His specific areas of expertise include film packaging, production, sales, marketing and distribution.

Mario Niccolo Messina, a top expert in YouTube and AVOD ecosystems, developed hisexpertise by working with Europe’s leading telecommunications CEOs, focusing on internet mobile traffic andvideo searches. His insights have made him a recognized authority in free streaming distribution.

Vice President of Business Development at Mometu, a free ad-supported platform that is focused on independent and underserved content that is 100% hand-curated & Founder of the Mometu College Shorts Film Festival, supporting the future filmmaker via placement on Mometu, hosted educational panels, and building industry relationships.

CEO Indie Rights for past 15 years, filmmaker, ex-international investment banker.

Richard is the Principal Attorney at m.e.t.a.l IP., a boutique media and entertainment law firm based in Los Angeles. For more than two decades, He has represented indie motion pictures, documentary films, unscripted shows, music videos, video games, podcasts, and content creators, and he has negotiated deals with major studios, networks, streamers, production companies, brands, and other non-traditional companies. Richard routinely publishes articles, provides legal commentary for media, conducts seminars, moderates panels, and presents at conferences (including NATPE and SXSW). He is a graduate of The Ohio State University and Southwestern Law School and an active member of many legal organizations. For more information, please visit the firm’s website (metal. law) and its award-winning resource website (lawyersrock.com), which provides helpful information to entertainment professionals who need guidance but may not yet have the budget to hire legal counsel.

Producer's Rep, Blood Sweat Honey (300+ films into distribution); Producer/Creator, "Independent Focus" (IFC); EP "Aint it Cool with Harry Knowles"; Distributor, Walking Shadows; Director of Programming, IFP/Los Angeles aka Film Independent, Director/Producer "Burning Man - The Burning Sensation"

Listed annually in Super Lawyers New York Metro edition. Author of Your Child's Career in Music and Entertainment. Recipient of Hip Hop NYC's 50th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award for Legal Excellence. Cited by The Wrap magazine as “21 Great Thinkers of Indie Film".

Matthew Helderman founded Buffalo 8 in 2010, while an undergrad student. Buffalo 8 has since premiered projects at Sundance, SXSW, and Berlin, as well as produced the Netflix original film “Rodney King” directed by Spike Lee and the Joe Berlinger directed Netflix global hit “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes”. In 2013, he co-founded BondIt Media Capital and has led BondIt in the deployment of over $400M of capital in over 450+ film, television, and media opportunities, while expanding the company’s credit facility to $100M in 2024. Helderman also co-managed the acquisition of 30-year-old entertainment payroll firm, ABS Payroll, in 2017 and today serves as an Executive Director, Partner, and Board Member after having overseen the sale of the business to Vensure Employer Services.

Monica Trombley is Of Counsel to YK Law. Her background is rather unique as entertainment lawyer, creative professional (specifically actress, singer, writer, model, blogger, podcast host/producer of "The Gorgeous Ginger Lawyer" and beauty ambassador for How to Be a Redhead) and former film production company executive. A first generation college graduate and a first generation lawyer, Monica has a long history of trailblazing, overcoming adversity and fighting against the odds such as overcoming age discrimination to get her first retail job at 15.5 years old and moving to NYC at 26 in fulfillment of her lifelong dream to live there despite no family, friend, trusts or preexisting business contacts at her disposal. She also got a tubal ligation at 26 despite being told otherwise by “well meaning” doctors and had her story published in Slate.com's “XX Factor” blog as well as Look magazine in the UK.

Nadine Velazquez is more than an actress; she is a beacon of empowerment and resilience. While she has shone brightly on screen—playing an ambitious rapper and dancer in ABC's musical-drama series Queens alongside stars like Eve and Brandy, and capturing hearts as 'Catalina' in NBC’s My Name is Earl—her real passion lies in using her platform to advocate for mental and spiritual wellness. Her notable roles include starring in History's Six with Walton Goggins, The Real Husbands of Hollywood with Kevin Hart, and feature films such as Paramount's Flight with Denzel Washington, Ride Along 2, Snitch opposite Dwayne Johnson, and The Bounce Back with Shemar Moore. Beyond the screen, Velazquez is a dynamic creative force as a writer, singer, and poet.

JAINA’s breakout role was that of ‘Detective Annalise Villa’ in the hit Fox series ROSEWOOD alongside Morris Chestnut. The show premiered in 2015 and enjoyed a successful two-season run, earning her widespread acclaim for her performance. Her portrayal of the tough and determined detective solidified her status as a rising star. Following the conclusion of ROSEWOOD, JAINA was hand-picked by Shonda Rhimes to lead the ABC drama series STATION 19 for 7 seasons and over 100 episodes. She stared as firefighter ‘Lieutenant Andy Herrera’, a strong and fearless character who leads her team through the challenges of their profession. Other TV credits include the USA series SHOOTER and the Amazon series THE AFTER.

Joan Bevan Webb is a film producer, virtual production producer and president of Roninfilm. Webb started her career in national TV advertising representing Oscar winning directors for commercials. With $9M VC capital, she built the first professional ProTools facility. Two years later, with $16M additional VC capital, Margarita Mix de Santa Monica was added to their roster of facilities, creating the world’s largest, privately-held, post audio facility.

Feras is a film producer with over a decade of experience spanning development, production management, and accounting. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Producing from the American Film Institute and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Animation from DePaul University.

Julian graduated from the LA County High School of the Arts (LACHSA) and went into singing commercial jingles, radio jingles and becoming the lead singer of various local cover bands around the LA area performing and having residency's at such places as BB Kings Universal City Walk, Disneyland, California Adventure and over seas in Guam & Thailand. Julian's first major tour was singing back up for Jessica Simpson on her sweet kisses tour, then on to Teena Maria and Rick James for 7 years, as well as the Enrique Iglesias World Tour, where they traveled to over 33 Countries. He has sang with and opened for Ray Charles, Oleta Adams, Luther VanDross, Gloria Estefan, Stephen Bishop, Juanes & Nelly Furtado. Currently, Julian sings with the iconic Taylor Dayne.

PR firm, Critics reviews of independent film, Author of Making Movies W/O Losing money, Investor and Producer

J.R. Stewart is the known as "The Queen Of Branded TV." 

She is currently is Chief, of Celebrity Acquisitions & Branded Entertainment for Indistry Media, and C.E.O of Content Kingdoms.

J.R. has worked with some of the largest and most respected TV and Film networks for development of International” and “National” Television programming for the United States, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America, and specializes in Branded Entertainment acquisitions for linear and O.T.T. Platforms.

Her client list includes ABC, Disney, NBC, CBS, Nickelodeon, TNT, ESPN, TLC, E!, HGTV, Soap Net, NBC, Discovery, A&E, FOX, VH1, Lifetime, FYI, NBC Sports, and MTV.

Award-winning filmmaker/author Dan Mirvish directed and produced such features as 18½, Bernard and Huey, Between Us, Open House and Omaha (the movie). Dan’s films have screened in over 100 festivals on 7 continents, sold to 150 countries, all had theatrical releases and played on everything from Netflix and Showtime to Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue. He co-wrote the critically-acclaimed novel I Am Martin Eisenstadt (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) and wrote two editions and an audiobook of The Cheerful Subversive’s Guide to Independent Filmmaking (Focal Press/Routledge). Dan’s lectured in over 70 film schools around the world and teaches regularly at Chapman University and he cofounded the Slamdance Film Festival.

Wendy is a Hollywood Talent Manager and the Founder of Hollywood Winners Circle Academy, the Industry Standard in Acting Business Training.She coaches tens of thousands of actors around the world through her popular YouTube Channel “Secrets of A Hollywood Talent Manager” as well as her Facebook group Talent Managers For Actors. She is a writer for Backstage.com, is regularly a guest on Industry podcasts, Magazines and has appeared with Oprah Winfrey talking about the Law Of Attraction.Wendy’s Actors at Hollywood Winners Circle Academy have booked Network shows including: Equalizer, Love Victor, General Hospital, Waco: Aftermath, FBI, The Umbrella Academy, New Amsterdam, Chicago Fire, Better Call Saul, Chicago Med, Atlanta, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Young Rock, Swat, Blue Bloods, The Bay, Station 19, Gossip Girl, Wonder Years, Gaslit, Mr Mayor, Animal Kingdom.

In a very fortunate career some of my professional highlights include creating Global Cinema Events for Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd, Green Day, Miles Davis, RUSH, Iron Maiden, Melanie Martinez, Iron & Wine, and others to help bring these films to fans around the world.

Keith is a filmmaker and Founder of Show&Tell. Over the last four years, Keith has coached and advised thousands of filmmakers on their distribution and fundraising strategies. Filmmakers in the Show&Tell community have raised over $20 million in nontraditional ways including: partnerships, sponsorships, conferences, and more. Keith was a filmmaker for 12 years and produced three films that appeared on PBS and Netflix. His film Age of Champions screened in over 3,000 communities and generated over $1.5 million—powered by partnerships with groups like AARP and the Alzheimer’s Association and companies like Cigna Health. He’s delivered keynote presentations on distribution at filmmaking organizations like IDA and his work has appeared in IndieWire and Documentary Magazine.

Lisa London has been a Casting Director for 30 plus years and has cast over a 100 successful film and television shows. She has cast along with her business partner, Catherine Stroud, many notable actors and actresses early in their careers who have all gone on to become stars; such as Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana, Jonah Hill in Grandma’s Boy, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee and Kat Dennings in The House Bunny, Selena Gomez in two Disney pilots, Jennifer Aniston in her first feature, Leprechaun, Mark Ruffalo in an episode of a CBS series, Due South, Brad Pitt in an episode of the series, Freddy’s Nightmares, Megan Hilty, Adrian R. Mante, and Joey King in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Yara Shahidi in her first television series, The First Family, Noah Centineo in the Disney pilot, Growing Up and Down and Josh Gad in a wild comedy film, entitled Mardi Gras, Spring Break. Lisa has cast many genres of projects from comedies to dramas to thrillers to family friendly films and television shows. She cast many movies for Adam Sandler’s company, Happy Madison Productions including the comedy classic, Grandma’s Boy and The House Bunny. She also works with many independent filmmakers helping them to get talent attached to their films to get them into production. Lisa recently cast a number of exciting movies that are in post-production Operation Taco Gary's (a very funny road-trip comedy) which stars an amazing comedic ensemble including Simon Rex, Dustin Milligan, Brenda Song, Tony Cavalero, Arturo Castro, Jason Biggs and the iconic, Doug Jones. Boundary Waters (a family drama that takes place in a small town) which stars Allison Miller, Bill Heck, Chris Jackson, the legendary Carol Kane and up and coming young actor, Etienne Kellici. Guttermuckers (a wild comedy about a couple guys starting a roofing company). The movie stars, Jim Belushi, Leslie Jones, Bobby Lee and Lil Rel Howery. Mr. Manhattan stars Carlos and Alexa Pena Vega and the movie was #1 when it recently streamed on Great American Pureflix. Lisa also wrote a book for actors which is the 411 guide on the business side of acting, From Start to Stardom (The Casting Director’s Guide For Actors). Her book is available on Amazon. She also teaches audition technique classes where she strives to help actors with many aspects of their careers. Lisa assists actors in building confidence in themselves and turning their goals into realities..

Lisanne Sartor is an award-winning writer/director whose short films have screened at hundreds of worldwide festivals. An alumna of the AFI DWW, and Yaddo, Hedgebrook, Storyknife, Ragdale and Gulkistan residencies, she has a UCLA Screenwriting MFA, had an original screenplay air on Lifetime, worked with numerous production companies, and taught screenwriting at UCLA, Stephens MFA, Disney Launchpad and the AFI DWW. She is The CineStory Foundation Board President/Creative Director Mentorship.