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How is data being used to determine script decisions? Is this the future of creative development, or are we diminishing the importance of the human touch in generating the emotional response? In this expert panel session, some of the most knowledgeable futurists in the industry will explore the role and future of data in entertainment. Speakers: Gary Faber (CEO at ERM Research), Michael Gottwald (Producer and Partner, Court 13 and Field Office Films), Evette Vargas (CEO and Co-Founder, Executive Producer, Digital-Reign), Jack Zhang(Founder, Green Light Essentials), Renee Robinson( Industry Programmer, TIFF)

LEGEND Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and director Brian Helgeland. Things you will learn: Tom Hardy is here to talk about LEGEND. Tom Hardy is not here to talk about The Revenant. Or his sex life, obviously; Emily Browning overthinks a lot of things in her life, but preparing for a role is not one of them; recreating '60s London required a whole bunch of stitching different locations together, as well as replacing hip-hop parties with churches; Brian Helgeland doesn't believe every legend about the Krays, but this is his LEGEND about them; Tom has crooked teeth.

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, co-directors of last year’s Festival hit Spring, offer a candid session on the collaborative process, from creative and financing, to marketing and distribution. This case study takes one independent film property from last year’s Official Selection and analyzes that film’s creative, financing, marketing and distribution. Sessions in this case study series include Managing the Directorial Collaboration (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), Structuring the Co Production with Italy (Luca Legnani), A New Niche Of Genre-bending Film (Nate Bolotin, Raffaella Del Vecchio), and The Mixed Distribution Model (Tim League, Janet Brown).

Using the case study of Festival selection Ninth Floor, this session will examine the delicate role of music in story-telling. We will discuss the creative process, what a composer can (or cannot!) do for a film, and the difference between music and sound design. In Collaboration With the Screen Composers Guild of Canada.

Part two of our Horizontal Case Study — which unpacks the 2014 Festival selection Spring — outlines the process of working with Italian co-producers. This case study takes one independent film property from last year’s Official Selection and analyzes that film’s creative, financing, marketing and distribution. Sessions in this case study series include Managing the Directorial Collaboration (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), Structuring the Co Production with Italy (Luca Legnani), A New Niche Of Genre-bending Film (Nate Bolotin, Raffaella Del Vecchio), and The Mixed Distribution Model (Tim League, Janet Brown).

BLACK MASS Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Johnson, Julianne Nicholson, Peter Sarsgaard, David Harbour and director Scott Cooper

HIGH RISE Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, producer Jeremy Thomas and director Ben Wheatley. Things you will learn: The casts interpretation of the original book this film is based on; The cast explains how working with Ben Wheatley is different than working with any other director; Tom Hiddleston has never to his knowledge eaten dog; Ben Wheatley loves ABBA.

ROOM Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, author Emma Donoghue and director Lenny Abrahamson. Things you will learn: Emma Donaghue's reasoning for where the location of the book is set; How Brie Larson prepared for the role and the effects it had on her; How Jacob Tremblay was cast for the role.

The annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, celebrates the best in motion pictures and television; and largely sets the standard of what the broad cinephile public comes to understand as ‘acclaim’ within the industry. The Association views, interviews, and reports on over 300 films each year all around the world in preparation for the Awards. With insight on some of the most talked-about films campaigns of the year, Lorenzo Soria, President of the HFPA will address trends emerging in marketing and exhibition, and what this means for the success of a film’s campaign towards the Awards Season. Speaker: Lorenzo Soria (President, Hollywood Foreign Press Association)

CITY TO CITY: LONDON Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring directors: George Amponsah(The Hard Stop), Michael Caton-Jones(Urban Hymn), Elaine Constantine (Northern Soul), David Farr (The Ones Below), Tom Geens (Couple in a Hole) and Paul Katis (Kilo Two Bravo). Things you will learn: This mix of filmmakers have a compelling and divided opinion on the class structure that still remains in London.

MAN DOWN Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, writer Adam Simon and director Dito Montiel. Things you will learn: Adam Simon actually wrote the feature while he was living on the street; Shia LaBeouf discusses taking home elements of the characters they portray; Kate and Shia have no idea about what is going to happen to the future of our world.

ANOMALISA - Indiewire @ The Festival featuring Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Rosa Tran and moderated by Eric Kohn Things you will learn: Charlie Kaufman's motivation for making this film that took over two years of production; This film was made possible through Kickstarter; Charlie Kaufman discusses the difficulties in getting projects funded due to the current state of the industry.

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT - Indiewire @ The Festival with director Michael Moore and moderated by Anne Thompson Things you will Learn: The reasons Michael Moore made this film; He is shy, introverted and wishes someone else could make these films sometimes; Michael puts it quite simple "Things get better when women are at table".

SON OF SAUL - Indiewire @ The Festival with director László Nemes Things you will learn: Director László Nemes had some real difficulties in getting this WWII holocaust drama into production, but this acted as further motivation to have it made; He discusses how a range of people have interpreted the film differently, from holocaust survivors; He loves film and discusses using it for Son of Saul and it's effect on both the production but also the crew.