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2024 UMFF Pitch & Catch Panel
This panel is a place for a face-to-face discussion, individual meetings for projects that searching investors, producers and distributors. Each project representative will do 10min. presentation in front of the investors/producers/distributors; distribute the project summary and the contact information.
Pre-registration is strongly recommended and the project presenter must be registered festival attendees of 2024UMFF with a panel pass.
This year, the UMFF will have film delegations from China, Korea, Russia, Mexico, Japan, UK, Iran, India, etc. Remember to made additional meetings after the panel with them while they are in town.
2PM-5PM; Friday, June 14, 2024; Address: Fireside Room in Fred Hesse Park (29301 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275)Admission by Panel Pass.
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Scott duPont , Film Finance Expert, Panel Moderator
Scott (aka www.MovieFinanceGuy.com ) has raised millions $ the past 25 years for almost 2 dozen features. He was the LA based producer of Movie Money CONFIDENTIAL (documentary about raising movie money) and is a member of the Producers Guild & the Int’l Documentary Association. DuPont hosts a free podcast called Finance YOUR Movie (now in it’s 5th Season) which premieres each week on MillionaireFlix before releasing to all major podcast platforms. Scott also consults with indie filmmakers challenged with raising the “equity” portion of their projects budgeted between $100K - $1M. His mission is “to help filmmakers get their money, so they can make their dream project a reality and to the screen!” For more info visit: www.FinanceYOURMovie.com. |
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Qiang Li: Investor, Producer,
Mr. Li is a investor, producer. initiator of the “Belt and Road Film Sharing Plan” chairman of Qiaoao International Public Relations Think Tank vice president of Beijing Great Wall International Cultural Exchange Promotion Association, founder of Dream International Pictures He is the founder of Beijing Shixiaobao Intelligent Technology and the chairman of the board of directors of Chensheng Investment Holding Group. After graduating from Peking University with a major in business administration, he studied equity investment, Internet finance, film and television finance, film and television production and other majors at Tsinghua University, Renmin University, Beijing Film Academy and other institutions of higher learning. He is the author of "Chief Cross-Border Officer" and published it in 2018, which proposes a new perspective for business leaders that "the future is here, cross-border symbiosis". The film "Landscape Lovers" won the Best Cinematography Award at the 15th Universe Multicultural Film Festival, the film "Love" won the Remy Gold Award for Romantic Comedy at the Houston Film Festival, and the film "Virtual Lies" won the 10th Beijing International Film Festival. Online Film Festival "Top Ten Films" Award,
The TV series "Forward Bravely" won the "Rating Ace Award" of Shandong Radio and Television Qilu Channel in 2020 |
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Gary Tomchuk; Film/Media Leader
Gary is a leader in the intersection of film/media and business for social impact. As CEO of Transformational Media he builds the business foundation for many movie and TV projects such as launching the Ethical Markets TV series to over 44 million homes through PBS and Harmony Channel on Comcast VOD. He started Global Film Ventures, an accelerator for independent film bringing Silicon Valley entrepreneurial practices to the film world. He is a proven leader who drives results through production, management, consulting, and advisory roles, earning multiple awards (including an Inc 500), and raising over $11 million for his projects |
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Mia Rivera, Moderator
Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actress, Songwriter
Mia Rivera is an award-winning writer, producer, actor and songwriter. Her films and screenplays have won accolades in festivals worldwide, including Best of Festival, Best Comedy, Best Screenplay, Best Song and more.
Mia’s a very proud U.S. Army Veteran. She served as a Combat Medic. She graduated from of U.C. Berkeley earning her B.A. in Rhetoric and A.A. in English. She since has graduated from: Writer’s Guild Foundation Veteran Writers Program; VME (Veterans in Media and Entertainment) AT&T Media Fellowship; USC Warrior Bards program and UCLA Wordcommandos. She studied comedy with: Brett Forrester, Simon Rich, Bobby Telatovich and Rich Talarico. |
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