The Santa Fe Film Festival, in conjunction with its many partners, offers many panel discussions, demonstrations, talks and workshops this season. All are open free to the public, unless otherwise noted.

(All Santa Fe Film Festival panels and seminars are open free to the public. New Mexico Women in Film also is presenting a workshop which will carry a charge, but will be free to NMWIF members and SFFF passholders.)

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BOOTSTRAP CINEMA
Want to make a movie but you're short on cash, equipment and don't have an angel anywhere this side of Santa Monica willing to pick up your tab? Relax. Where there's a will, there's always a way to get your movie made, although you might have to bootstrap things and go low-fi, guerrilla, super cheap. Participating filmmakers in the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival offer practical tips from the trenches and share their war stories. Moderator: Stephen Rubin with Audrey Moore and Aviva, actresses, Jonathan Blitstein,  filmmaker, and 3 All Roads filmmakers.
1:30-3:00 PM Thursday, Nov. 29
Unitarian Church
107 West Barcelona

THE METHOD OF ACTING
An examination of the legacy of Lee Strasberg, famed acting teacher, who influenced several generations of actors through his position as director of the Actors Studio. Strasberg was to become America's most acclaimed teacher of Konstantin Stanislavsky's style of "Method" acting. The program includes a film in which Strasberg directs actress Francesca Ursone through an emotional memory exercise and a discussion on the art of contemporary acting.
Moderator: Lynn Stalmaster, legendary casting director whose credits include TOOTSIE, THE RIGHT STUFF and DELIVERANCE
9:00-11:00 AM Friday, Nov. 30
Unitarian Church
107 West Barcelona

ALL ROADS PHOTOGRAPHERS'
SLIDE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
Two 2007 All Roads photography awardees- Akintunde Akinleye, Nigeria, and Altaf Qadri, Kashmir - share images reflecting the rapid change in their homelands as part of the All Roads photography exhibition entitled, CULTURES ON THE EDGE. Acclaimed photographer, Larry McNeil, 2005 All Roads photography awardee and now an All Roads photography program advisory board member, will moderate the discussion.
10:30 AM-Noon Friday, Nov. 30
Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail



COPYRIGHTS AND CONTRACTS
FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS
Thousands of documentary films get made every year that cannot be sold because the filmmakers failed to legally clear their film. Filmmakers often use other people's images and music without securing permission, or do not register their copyrights. This workshop aims to provide documentary filmmakers with appropriate knowledge to assist them with legal protection of their films. While this workshop is geared toward documentary filmmakers, other filmmakers are also welcome to attend.
Presenter: Sherri Burr, University of New Mexico law professor and author of three books on entertainment law
4:00-6:00 PM Friday, Nov. 30
Meem Auditorium at the Laboratory of Anthropology
Museum Hill, 708 Camino Lejo

3-D has come and gone, and come and gone again, several times since the 1952 release of BWANA DEVIL, the first color stereoscopic feature. Now a new wave of large-scale 3-D movies, ranging from Paramount's BEOWOLF to Disney's animated MEET THE ROBINSONS, has pundits wondering if the technology has finally made more permanent inroads with mainstream audiences. Can 3-D continue to coax folks out to theaters as opposed to watching movies on their laptops and cell phones? A panel of experts weighs in on the commercial and artistic prospects for 3-D, and discusses some of the emerging technological breakthroughs, including a new theater planned for Los Alamos where virtual reality will become the norm. Panelists include Bobby Pinkston, vice president of theater relations for Dolby, and Pete Rogina, president of WorldScape Inc. Pete Warzel, Senior Vice President for Strategic Development, Veriana Networks, Inc.

Pete Rogina, President and CEO, WorldScape, Inc.

Rod Fleck, Fellow for CE solutions, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc – AMD

Steve Stringer, Industrial Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratories

George Johnsen, Chief Animation and Technology Officer, Threshold Digital Research Labs

Moderator: Pete Warzel of Denver is a former president and CEO of United Artists Theater Circuit Inc. and past chairman of the National Association of Theatre Owners
9:15-10:45 AM Saturday, Dec. 1
Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail

THE THIN RED LINE
Documentary and narrative filmmakers once approached the art form from entirely different directions. But nowadays, the boundary lines between the two are blurring. Exercising artistic license, documentary filmmakers often employ dramatic techniques to re-create scenes in ways that used to be verboten. Likewise, narrative filmmakers interject cinema verite, grainy still images and other documentary elements to make their fictions appear more believable. Where will all this cross-pollination lead? Is it a breath of fresh air or an unethical hoax being perpetrated upon the public? We have invited still photographers, documentarians and cinematographers, including Luminaria Tributees Marina Goldovskaya and John Bailey, to address the promises and perils of this brave new world.
Moderator: Ericka Frederick, account representative with the cinema & television division of Kodak
10-11:30 AM Saturday, Dec. 1
Unitarian Church
107 West Barcelona

NEW MEXICO FILM INCENTIVES:
CAN THE SUCCESS BE DUPLICATED?

Film production has not only doubled, but tripled and even quadrupled since Gov. Bill Richardson, with the blessings of the New Mexico Legislature, enacted sweeping tax rebates and incentives to lure Hollywood to the state. Now, inquiring minds want to know: Can those same incentives be expanded to support the growth of a more sustainable and permanent multimedia cluster grounded in New Mexico, from soundstages and post-production houses to game designers and digital developers? Will the Legislature buy into sweetening the pot, or will the film industry have to prove itself before more gains can be made?
Moderator: Alton Walpole, president of Mountainair Films, Santa Fe's largest, full-service film production company
1:30-3:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 2
Unitarian Church
107 West Barcelona

NEW MEXICO WOMEN IN FILM
WORKSHOP WITH THOM EBERHARDT

Screenwriting workshop with writer-director of CAPTAIN RON, NIGHT OF THE COMET, and many other films.  3:15 PM Sunday, Dec. 2
RSVP to Janet Davidson at Betbuddy@msn.com
Free to passholders and NMWIF, charge to general public.