Lecture schedule
all subject to change
Thursday - June 18
5pm – Filmmaker Bingo / Pick up Badges – Restaurant
Filmmaker Bingo in connection with Women In Film & Television Ohio (WIFTOH), Pickup badges, play our special Bingo Game, win a tshirt!
Friday - June 19
6PM – Monologue Competition Training – Lecture Room
Join our moderator JoAnn Hess / Tina Hobbs and several nominated screenwriters for a process to learn about their script and what they expect for the actors.
- Exclusive Insight: Work closely with the screenwriters, dive into their creative process, and fully capture the emotion behind the scenes. Each participant will have the weekend to practice or seek additional advice from our moderator and scriptwriters.
7:00pm – 8:00pm – Fight Choreography with Keith Collins
Learns hands on in choreographing fight sequences in your film and making sure it is done safely.
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8:00pm – 9:00pm
8pm – Red Carpet Interview
10pm – Networking and Karaoke – starting at Room B – Hosted by Erik William
Saturday - June 20
10:00am – 11:00am – Producing Panel
Learn from filmmakers about how to properly produce a film and what obstacles may one encounter. Moderated by Johnny K. Wu. Panel members include:
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11:00am – 12:00pm –
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Special FX and Makeup Lecture
Join Ron Georgeand Alan Tuskes and learn about Special FX and Makeup for your films.
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Casting and Auditions with Tina Hobbs
Learn from veteran Casting Director Ms. Hobbs about how to successful being cast for films.
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Screenwriting with Dan O’Shannon
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Acting : What do Directors and Producers look for?
Listen to various filmmakers on what they are looking for from actors and how they work with them. Moderated by Tina Hobbs. Panel members including
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4pm – 5pm – Screenwriters: Horror openings that hook an audience in the first 5 pages Panel.
This panel helps screenwriters learn how to craft horror openings that hook audiences fast, using the first five pages to build tension, establish tone, and draw readers in. Moderated by Erik Williams with:
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Award Ceremony 5pm - 7pm Room A
7pm – 8pm – Screaming King / Queen Competition – Lecture Room
Be the next Horror Hotel
Scream Queen or Scream King
and be networked to Horror films world wide!
Competition will be held on Saturday at 7PM at the Convention Room (vendors will participate).
If you have a weekend pass or day pass, there is no charge for the competition. You can order your pass by clicking here.
Only one winner per King/Queen.
The competition consists of contestants being asked a different question by each of our judges like:
How would you like to die in a horror movie?
and followed by your best scream.
Click here for Registration Form.
Contestants are judged on: Personality, Presentation, and Performance
11:00pm Networking party at Room B with Karaoke Singing hosted by Erik Williams
Sunday - June 21
10:30am – 4:00pm : FX Makeup Competition – Convention Room
Artists compete in both divisions and are scored separately for 1st place winners in each.
Winners to be announced during the festival award ceremony on Saturday evening.
1st-3rd place winners in each division
Medals (1st to 3rd) to winners.
1st place winner on both competes for overall to win $100
It is free to compete but registration is limited!
Please click here for Registration Form.
Contact us HERE for more information on registering.
10am – 11:30am – Cinematography / Photography – Guerrilla Styled
Join the Scotts (Scott T. Morrison and Dr. Scott Brosius) on understanding the importance of lighting for video and photo shoot.
11:30am – 1:30pm- Monologue Competition – Lecture Room
12:30pm – Room 237 Film Competition and Award : Room A
1:30pm – 2:30pm – How to make a script festiva l- and producer- friendly
This panel is for screenwriters who want their scripts to feel festival-ready and producer-friendly, with a strong hook, clean formatting, a clear marketable concept, and practical production value. It will cover how to write a script that stands out to readers while also making producers see it as something they can actually package and make.. Moderated by Erik William. Panel members including
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2:30pm – 3:30pm – Editing & Sound
Listen to panel of experts in conversing their editing and sound mixing style. Moderated by Scott E. Brosius. Panel members include:
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3:30pm – 4:30pm – Marketing with Mike Berry
Mike Berry is an author, award-winning filmmaker, and motivational speaker whose message is, “Operate in your purpose, on purpose.” He is the Amazon bestselling author of The Dangerous Times, has two Billboard Top 100 albums, and holds 10 feature-length film credits, with projects featured on Peacock, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime, Starz, Hulu, and Dish Network. He has directed actors including Clifton Powell, Omar Gooding, Mark Taylor, Erica Hubbard, and Paula Jai Parker, while also leading the nonprofit Releasing The Pressure to support people facing mental health challenges. Through his daily social media series, One Minute of Motivation, he inspires others to keep pushing forward through adversity.
4:30pm – 530pm – Director’s Panel
Join the directors from the festival to talk about their experiences filming their project. Moderated by Scott E. Brosius. Panel members include
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3:30pm – 4:30pm – How to get help with your film using the film commission with Cleveland Film Commissioner Bill Garvey.
Bill Garvey is the President of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, where he helps attract film and television production to Northeast Ohio and supports local workforce development for the industry. Before taking the role in 2021, he spent more than a decade working as a location scout and location manager, with credits on major productions including The Fate of the Furious and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Born and raised in New York City, Garvey moved to Cleveland in 2008, later bringing both his industry experience and his regional ties into leading the commission’s efforts to grow Cleveland’s film economy.
3:00pm – Spooky Sunday Costume Competition – Convention Room