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Schedule of Events

Thursday, Feb. 23rd
6:30 PM Opening Reception (Location: Lonesome Dove Room, San Antonio Convention Center)
Panelists and Invited Guests only

Friday, Feb 24th

7-8:30 AM Breakfast Tacos/Guadalupe Theater

9:00 - 9:45 Opening Remarks from Ted Hope, with introduction by Alfredo Lomeli (UNIVISION)
English

10-10:45 Session One: The Nature of Collaboration - Getting the most out of filmmakers across_borders
English and Spanish
Moderator: Luis R. Garza, Monterrey International Film Festival
Panelists:
Debra Sugerman - producer/director "Dear Mr. President"
Jesse Borrego -actor/musician and theatrical director
Francisco Mendoza - producer Televisa "Dos Hogares"
Kerry Valderrama - producer/wirter/director "Garrison", writer "Memories of a Hundred"
Laura Varela - producer "As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos: "
Victor Orozco - producer "From Prada to Nada"
Brandon Olmos - producer "The Return of Johnny V"

10:45 - 11:00 Break

11-12:30 PM Session Two: Writers - Collaborating on stories that ring true in two cultures
(for TV and Features)
English and Spanish
Moderator: Drew Mayer-Oakes
Panelists:
Plutarco Haza - actor, director and writer "Hugo vs el Mar"
Kerry Valderrama - writer "Memories of a Hundred"
Juan Carlos Hernandez - producer/writer Eagle Eye Productions
Jorge Jimenez - writer/director "Hermoso Silencio"
Luis R. Garza
Ted Hope - producer "Adventureland", "Super"
Debra Sugerman
Tatiana Smithhart - writer, Eagle Eye Productions

12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH

2:00 - 3:30 Session Three: Storytelling in Two Cultures - Fusing the cultural styles of
Latin American and American cinema (Storytelling and How We View Media)
English and Spanish
Moderator: Luis R. Garza
Panelists:
Plutarco Haza
Laura Varela
Bryan Anthony Ramirez - writer/director "Mission Park"
Aaron Lopez - writer/director "The Return of Johnny V"
Pablo Veliz - writer/director "La Tragedia de Macario"
Dora Peña - writer/director "Dreamhealing"
Luis Muñoz - producer, Bauhaus Media

3:30 - 5:00 PM Session Four: Producers Maximizing the Appeal of Two Cultures - American
expectations of film and TV versus Latin American expectations.
English and Spanish
Moderator: Drew Mayer-Oakes
Panelists:
Victor Orozco
Don Franken - producer, "The Kid: Chamaco"
Francisco Mendoza
Brandon Olmos
Zach Nasits - DP/producer, Geomedia
Ralph Lopez - producer, "Wolf"Luis Muñoz

5:00 - 8:00 PM Open Time for participants/Private dinner for speakers and sponsors

8:00 - 10:00 PM Screening - "The Kid: Chamaco" with producer Don Franken in attendance, Guadalupe Theater

10:30 PM - 1:00 AM Closing Reception (El Tropicano Hotel Tiki Bar)

Wednesday, February 22, 2012