Schedule

Registration/Badge-Pickup

8 – 8:30 a.m. at the Tucson Convention Center

Arizona Film & Media Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony

Please join us from 6-8 p.m. for the Arizona Film & Media Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. Arizona Film Commissioner Matthew Earl Jones will be our keynote speaker, and will be revealing his plans for the Arizona film industry for the next five years, after which emcee Daryl Mallett will kick off the awards ceremony with our special guests and the presentation of the Inaugural Arizona Film & Media Hall of Fame Awards, designed by Tucson artist Marco Gonzalez. [Copper Hall, Hotel Congress (reserved seating)]

Vendor Area:

Mojave Room, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Film Fest Tucson [Tucson Scottish Rite, AC Marriott & Fox Theatre]

Thursday, October 10 – Saturday, October 12, 2019

Film Expo Attendees Day at Old Tucson Studios

Saturday, October, 19 & Sunday, October 20. Old Tucson Studios will offer $3 off admission for anyone who has a ticket from TenWest on these two days. (Good for up to 4 people per TENWEST ticket.)

Inductees

The 2019 Inductees are: Steven Spielberg, Barbara Eden, Gary Clarke, Red & Margie Wolverton, Bob Shelton (posthumous), Old Tucson Studios, Tom Mix (posthumous), Romaine Fielding Sr. (posthumous), Lubin Manufacturing Company (poshumous).

Presenters

Presenters will include to: Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino; Arizona Film Commissioner Matthew Earl Jones; Arizona Western Film Historian Charlie LeSueur; Marana Film Commissioner Laura Funkhouser Cortelyou; and more.

Programming at the TCC Begins at 9 a.m.

MOJAVE ROOM COCONINO ROOM COCHISE ROOM
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Vendors

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Broadcast News: How is It Different from Television & Film? Karly Tinsley, KOLD-TV 13 [moderator]; Dan Marries, KMSB-TV FOX 11/KOLD-TV 13 Tucson; John Overall, KVOA-TV NBC 4 Tucson; Lec Coble, General Manager, KMSB-TV FOX 11/KOLD-TV 13 Tucson. [Panel]

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Barbara Eden Appreciation Day Proclamation Presentation, Barbara Eden, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild [GRAND BALLROOM]

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Vendors

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Agents and Managers and Publicists, Oh, My! Bella Hibbs, Good Faith Casting (moderator); Dani Green, Dani’s Agency; Daniel Seco, Schemers Entertainment; Katrina Fristoe, South West Artist Group; Mina Lara, South West Artist Group. [Panel]

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Producer’s Checklist. Kate Snapp, Marriott; Taylor Davidson, Neil Benton Arts & Enterainment; AJ Cotton, Cotton Family BBQ; Allison Shea Estrada, on-set educator; Dr. Amanda Marquis, Marquis Family Medicine, on-set medical; Scott P. “Doc” Vaughn, storyboard artist [Panel]

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

VENDORS

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Successfully Submitting to a Distributor: Danny Vinik, Brink Vision (moderator); Cupid Hayes, Arrow Advising; David Pike, Brink Vision; [Panel]

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Film Commissioners & Government Officials Breakout Session [Closed/Private Session]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Vendors

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

No programming.

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

No programming, but overflow for Film Commissioners / Government Officials Meeting available.

1:00 -1:45 p.m.

Vendors

1:00 -1:45 p.m.

Could My Great Idea be a Movie or a TV Show? Genie Joseph, Independent Film Arizona [Workshop]

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Western Films: Charlie LeSueur (moderator); Gary Clarke; Mark Baugher, C-Bar Productions; Rob Jensen, Old Tucson Studios; Arizona Film Historian Marty Freese [Panel]

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Vendors

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

From Concept to Completion: How to Take Your Idea to Finished Project, Mark Crockett, Paddlefoot Productions [Workshop]

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Pitch Session: 2-5 p.m.

Pitch Session – Agents, Managers (By Appt. Only) 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Pitch Session – Distributors (By Appt. Only) 3:30-5:00 p.m.

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Vendors

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Successfully Submitting to a Film Festival: Eva Louis, Worldwide Women’s Film Festival (moderator); Herb Stratford, Tucson Film Fest; Ralph Score, Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival; Shelley & Roger Gillespie, COPA Short Film Fest; Toni Ross & Jason Ryan, Jerome Film Festival; et al. [Panel]

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.Vendors 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.Arizona Film Industry Town Hall,  Genie Joseph, Randy Murray, et al.

HAPPY HOUR & COCKTAIL NETWORKING MIXER 5-6 p.m. Hotel Congress
ARIZONA FILM & MEDIA HALL OF FAME AWARDS 6-8 p.m. Hotel Congress (Reserved Seating)