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Panel Discussions


All panel discussions are open to the general public, EXCEPT the discussion to be held at WILL-TV studios on Friday, April 23rd at 1 p.m. Roger Ebert is the scheduled moderator for all panels except for the Women in Film panel.


Thursday, April 22nd, 10am - 12pm
at the Illini Union General Lounge, 2nd Floor North

Topic: "Overlooked" Film Concept; Kick-off of the Film Festival

Participants: Kal Alston, UI educational policy studies; Ramona Curry, UI cinema studies and English; David Desser, UI cinema studies and criticism and interpretive theory; Edwin Jahiel, UI cinema studies and French; Nate Kohn, festival director; Dale Rosenbloom, director, producer and writer; and David Warner, actor.


Friday, April 23rd, 10am-12pm
at Levis Faculty Center, Rooms 401 to 404

Topic: Independent Film Makers

Participants: Carl Borack, producer; David Desser, UI cinema studies and criticism and interpretive theory; Kevin Di Novis, actor, director, editor and writer; Richard Guay, producer and writer; Dale Rosenbloom, director, producer and writer; and David Warner, actor; Nancy Savoca, director and writer; Holly Sorenson, The Shooting Gallery, Los Angeles; David Williams, director and writer; and Scott Wilson, actor.


Friday, April 23rd, 1pm
at WILL-Channel 12 Studios,
Campbell Hall for Public Telecommunications

Topic: Roger Ebert Symposium: Movie Trends

Participants: David Desser, UI cinema studies and criticism and interpretive theory; Nancy Savoca, director and writer; Paula Treichler, criticism and interpretive theory, medicine and women's studies; David Warner, actor; David Williams, director and writer.


Friday, April 23rd, 3-5 pm
at 112 Gregory Hall

Topic: Computers and Film

Participants: Robert Baird, UI English; James Berardinelli, Web film critic; Richard Leskosky, UI cinema studies; Steven Lisberger, director, producer, special effects and writer; Larry Smarr, supercomputing applications, UI; Paula Treichler, criticism and interpretive theory, medicine and women's studies.


Saturday, April 24th, 10:30 a.m.-12 pm
at Levis Faculty Center, Rooms 401 to 404

 Topic: Women in Film

Participants: Richard Guay, producer and writer; Eric Pierson, UI graduate student in communications research; Andrea Press (moderator), UI communications research; Grace Giorgio, filmmaker, co-founder Freaky Film Festival, Ph.D. student Speech Communication; Angharad Valdivia, UI communications research.