Slamdance Presents: Embers at the Arclight Cinemas Hollywood
Slamdance Presents will be screening Embers August 5-11, 2016 at the Arclight Cinemas Hollywood, with a program of panels with filmmakers and specials guests following each screening
Friday August 5, 6:30pm - Big Ideas, Small Budget: Indie Sci-Fi
Independent filmmakers discuss how logistical limitations can lead to creative innovation when making science fiction beyond the mainstream.
Guests:
Claire Carré (writer/director/producer EMBERS)
Charles Spano (writer/producer EMBERS)
Rebecca Rose Perkins (producer JACKRABBIT)
Sharon Green (writer OPERATOR)
Moderator: Ben Umstead (U.S. Editor, ScreenAnarchy.com)
Saturday August 6, 6:30pm - Inner Space: Women in Genre
Female filmmakers talk about their experiences working in genre and crafting worlds and characters different than our own.
Guests:
Claire Carré (writer/director/producer EMBERS)
Amber Benson (actor BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, director DRONES)
Whitney Able (actor MONSTERS, DARK)
Christine Boylan (writer/producer ONCE UPON A TIME, CONSTANTINE)
Moderator: Gretchen McCourt (Executive Vice President ArcLight Entertainment, ArcLight Cinemas Women In Entertainment)
Sunday August 7, 8:00pm - The Act of Forgetting: The Cast of Embers
Actors from the film talk about what it's like to play an amnesiac.
Guests:
Jason Ritter (actor EMBERS, GIRLS, FREDDY VS. JASON, PARENTHOOD, THE EVENT)
Karl Glusman (actor EMBERS, LOVE, THE NEON DEMON)
Tucker Smallwood (actor EMBERS, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, PIXELS, THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, CONTACT)
Monday August 8, 6:30pm - This Sounds Fantastic: Scoring Genre
Composers talk about different approaches and inspirations when scoring science fiction, fantasy and horror films.
Guests:
Kim Henninger & Shawn Parke (composers EMBERS)
Bear McCreary (composer THE WALKING DEAD, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE)
Rich Vreeland (composer IT FOLLOWS, FEZ)
Moderator: Jenn Wilson (Film Independent)
Tuesday August 9, 6:30pm - Visions of the Future: Speculative Design
From designing new technologies to building sets that imagine the future, special guests explore the intersection of art, craft, and futurism.
Guests:
Chelsea Oliver (production designer EMBERS)
KK Barrett (production designer HER, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH)
Heather Schegel (Futurist)
Moderator: James Kaelan (Editor-In-Chief, Bright Ideas Magazine)
Wednesday August 10, 6:30pm - Science Meets Fiction: The Science of Memory
Director Claire Carré is joined by an expert in memory research to discuss the science that inspired the film.
Guests:
Claire Carré (writer/director/producer EMBERS)
Adam Blake (Memory and Lifespan Cognition Lab, UCLA)
Thursday August 11, 6:30pm - Piece By Piece: The Making of Embers
The filmmakers of Embers talk about their DIY approach to making a first feature - from crowdsourcing to film festivals and everything in between.
Guests:
Claire Carré (writer/director/producer EMBERS)
Charles Spano (writer/producer EMBERS)
Chelsea Oliver (production designer EMBERS)
Moderator: Stephen Elliot (TheRumpus)