3RD ANNUAL MIND THE GAP SUMMIT

SATURDAY, OCT. 5  |  Outdoor Art Club & Sweetwater Music Hall,  Mill Valley

9-9:10 a.m.  |  Outdoor Art Club
Arrivals and check-in

9:10-9:50 a.m.  |  Outdoor Art Club
Power Networking:  Setting Expectations for the Day
Facilitated by Melissa Silverstein | Founder, Women and Hollywood

9:50-10:00 a.m.
Walk to Sweetwater

10:00-10:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Zoe Elton | Director of Programming, Mill Valley Film Festival
A look back over the past year

10:10-10:35 a.m.
Keynote:  Money and Gender Equity in Film
Anna Serner | CEO, Swedish Film Institute

10:35-11:00 a.m.
Pay Equity

• Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Documentary Filmmaker
• Pratibha Parmar | Filmmaker, Director
• Moderator:  Zoe Elton | MVFF Programming Director

11:00-11:25 a.m.
In Conversation:  How We Tell Women’s Stories

• Kasi Lemmons | Director, Harriet
• Olivia Wilde | Director, Booksmart
• Moderator:  Melissa Silverstein | Founder, Women and Hollywood

11:25-11:50 a.m.
Discovering New Storytellers

• Kristen Lester | Director, Purl | Pixar
• Rosana Sullivan | Director, Kitbull | Pixar 
• Lindsey Collins | VP, Development and Producer | Pixar
• Moderator:  Erin Lim | BitchTalk Podcast

11:50-12:00 noon
Break

12:00-12:25 p.m.
ReFrame Rise—The Importance of Having A Sponsor

• Alison Emilio | Director, ReFrame (Sundance Institute and Women In Film, Los Angeles)
• Sydney Freeland | ReFrame Rise Recipient / Film Director
• Moderator:  Zoe Elton | MVFF Programming Director

12:25-1:00 p.m.
Ask the Expert

• Emily Best | CEO, Seed & Spark—crowdfunding 
• Daniela Taplin Lundberg | Founder, Stay Gold Features—producing 
• Moderators:  Monique Dismuke and Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Co-Chapter Leaders, Film Fatales San Francisco

1:00-1:15 p.m.
Closing and Call to Action

• Zoe Elton | Mill Valley Film Festival
• Melissa Silverstein | Women and Hollywood

1:15 p.m.
Return to Outdoor Art Club

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Outdoor Art Club Patio
Lunch

2:45-4:00 p.m. | Outdoor Art Club
NO TIME TO WASTE documentary screening