Story Forward: Film, Community & the Business of Storytelling
One night. One room. Five Film Communities having a conversation that will shape the future of film.
ABOUT STORY FORWARD
Story Forward is a live conversation amongst film community leaders - an evening of honest, unscripted dialogue with the founders, entrepreneurs, and above-the-line creatives building what this industry becomes next.
This is not a conference. No bullet-point decks. No panels of executives reciting talking points. Just people who've built something, being real about what that took - in front of an audience ready to receive it.
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THE EVENING
6:30 pm — Doors open. Music, drinks, light bites. Informal connections before the program starts.
7:00 pm — Welcome & opening remarks. Host Daron Jenkins sets the room.
7:10 pm — Featured interview. An in-depth live conversation with a film community founder or C-level media entrepreneur. Unscripted, honest, recorded.
8:00 pm — Short break.
8:10 pm — "We Built Our Own Table." Five film community founders — {Participating Film Communities to be Announced} — in honest conversation about building film communities that the industry wasn't building for them.
9:00 pm — Closing remarks.
9:10 pm — Reception & networking.