Chats With ...

Learn about the film business up close and personal at our lunchtime Chats With… panel discussions at the Bermuda Society of Arts gallery at Hamilton City Hall and Arts Centre, Church Street, Hamilton.

Our visiting filmmakers and industry guests will discuss the creative and business issues facing filmmakers.

The panels, which are free, begin on Monday March 31 at 12.15 p.m., and run daily at lunchtime through Thursday April 3. Food and drink will be available.

Monday March 31

Focus on World Cinema

Filmmakers Susan Fueg (A Winter Tale, Canada), Halil Efrat (Souvenirs, Israel), Richie Mehta (Amal, Canada), Armanda del Rio (The Legend of the Slow Man, Spain), Harun Mehmedinovic (In the Name of the Son, Bosnia-United States) and Rafael Kapelinski (Emily Cries, Poland) discuss their films and the film business in their respective countries around the world.

Tuesday April 1

The Rise and Rise of the Documentary Film

Filmmakers Suzanne Chisholm/Michael Parfit (Saving Luna, Canada), Ben Herson (Democracy in Dakar, United States), Will Jewell (South Coast, United Kingdom) and Adrian Kawaley-Lathan and Kalilah Robinson (Behind the Mask: Bermuda Gombeys Past, Present and Future, Bermuda) chat about their films, and the rise of the documentary from film festival staple to box office driver.

Wednesday April 2

From Script to Screen: Getting a Short Film Into the Can

Filmmakers Stephen Sweeney (Bloom, United States), Daniel Mitchell (Triple Concerto in D Minor, Australia), Charles Reilly (Walking With Joseph, Bermuda), Milton Raposo (Old School/New School, Bermuda) and Andrew Stevenson (Sleeping With Whales, Bermuda) on the process of getting a short film into the can – and onto the screen.

Thursday April 3

The Rise and Rise of the Documentary Film

Filmmakers Nitzan Gilady (Jerusalem is Proud to Present, Israel), Steven-Charles Jaffe (Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird, United States), Sarah Knight (Hot Flash, United States), Neil Leifer and Walter Bernard (Portraits of a Lady, United States) and chat about their films, and the rise of the documentary film from film festival staple to box office driver.