Schedule for Free-to-the-public NYFF LIVE talks

NYFF LIVE Schedule- all events are FREE:

Saturday, September 29
6:00PM: Apple Store, SoHo
Meet the Filmmaker: Barry Levinson (THE BAY).


7:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: 50 Years of Film Culture with the NYFF Selection Committee: Melissa Anderson, Scott Foundas, Amy Taubin, Todd McCarthy, Wendy Keys, Philip Lopate, David Ansen. (Moderated by James Schamus, CEO, Focus Features)
Sunday, September 30
7:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: Discussion on LIFE OF PI with Tom Rothman (Moderated by Scott Foundas, Associate Director of Programming, FSLC)

8:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: Meet the NYFF Filmmakers, Part 1: Dheeraj Akolkar (LIV AND INGMAR), Alan Berliner (FIRST COUSIN, ONCE REMOVED), Philippe Béziat (BECOMING TRAVIATA), Tom Donahue (CASTING BY), Michael Gochanour (CHARLIE IS MY DARLING), Jeff Kaufman (THE SAVOY KING), Antonio Mendez (HERE AND THERE).

Monday, October 1
7:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: A Conversation with Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner (FRANCES HA)

Tuesday, October 2
7:00PM: Amphitheater
New York Women in Film and Television Panel: The New York State Post Production Tax Credit: Alex Halpern (CEO and Founder, Post Factory) and Yana Collins Lehman (Managing Director, Trevanna Post). The panel will be moderated by Richard Guay.

Wednesday, October 3
7:00PM: Amphitheater
WGA East: The Play's The Thing. Lucy Alibar (BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD), Eric Bogosian (SUBURBIA, TALK RADIO) and John Patrick Shanley (DOUBT).

Thursday, October 4
7:00PM: Apple Store, SoHo
Meet the Filmmaker: Lee Daniels (THE PAPERBOY).

Tuesday, October 9
7:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: A Conversation with Sally Potter (GINGER AND ROSA)

8:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: A Conversation with Cristian Mungiu (BEYOND THE HILLS)

Wednesday, October 10
7:00PM: Amphitheater
SAGIndie: Casting & Working With Actors: A Guide for the Perplexed
Tom Donahue, Larry Fessenden, Ry Russo-Young, Michael Sladek, Cindy Tolan.

Thursday, October 11
7:00PM: Apple Store, SoHo
Meet the Filmmaker: Pablo Larrain and Gael Garcia Bernal (NO).


7:00PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: Meet the NYFF Filmmakers, Part 2. Guests to be announced.

Friday, October 12
6:00PM: Apple Store, SoHo
Meet the Filmmaker: Roger Michell (HYDE PARK ON HUDSON).

7:00PM: Amphitheater
A Conversation and book-signing with David Thomson, author of The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies. In association with the NYFF Critics Academy.


Saturday, October 13
4:30PM: Amphitheater
NYFF LIVE: A Conversation with Richard Peña (Moderated by Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly)