ZOOM LINK: https://cca.zoom.us/j/4876547396?
PASSWORD: FilmWeek20

CCA Faculty Alison O'Daniel (Director, The Tuba Thieves) and Rachel Nederveld (producer, The Tuba Thieves) will discuss their recent experiences pitching their film to funders, curators and programmers at Sundance Talent Forum, IFP week, and Points North Pitch Forum. They will offer an overview of how to construct a successful pitch and discuss their experiences pitching an unconventional, hard to classify film.

***OPEN TO CCA COMMUNITY ONLY.

THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE FIRST-EVER CCA FILM WEEK, a time for our community to come together, to explore, reflect on and celebrate the power and potential of the moving image, the diversity of voices working in this field and our questions related to racial and social justice.

PARTICIPANT BIOS:

Alison O’Daniel (CCA Faculty) is a filmmaker and visual artist. She is a recipient of 2019 Creative Capital and Louis Comfort Tiffany awards, was included in Filmmaker Magazine’s 2019 25 New Faces of Film, participated in the NYFF Artist Academy, and was an advisor for the 2019 Sundance Accessible Futures Impact Intensive. Her film, The Tuba Thieves, is supported by Sundance and Field of Vision. O'Daniel is represented by Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles.

Rachel Nederveld is an independent producer based in Los Angeles and Louisiana. She is an alum of the Sundance Producing Fellowship, IFP Cannes Producing Fellowship, Points North Fellowship, and Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access program, and her films have premiered at Sundance, TIFF, Tribeca, SXSW, and more. Rachel has a BA in Studio Art and worked in indie music and arts nonprofits before turning to cinema to push the boundaries on issues most important to her.