SHOOT publisher and editorial director Roberta Griefer moderated this panel discussion which included three of the 2024 New Directors Showcase helmers: Chris Cole, Thavary Krouch and Shahriar Rahman, all currently unaffiliated with a production company. Offering professional expertise from the advertising production house and agency sides of the business, were

DGA’s Michael Mintz welcome remarks & SHOOT’s Roberta Griefer introduction to the NDS 2024 Reel Screening. Click here for the article on The SHOOT 2024 New Directors Showcase Event “SHOOT’s 22nd Annual New Directors Showcase Event Features Insights From IDA Honoree Dawn Porter, A Cross-section of Industry Pros” Click here

Dawn Porter, founder of Trilogy Films, is “In the Director’s Chair,” interviewed by SHOOT editor Robert Goldrich. Porter recently received the International Documentary Association’s Career Achievement Award, an honor presented annually to an individual film or video maker who, through a body of work, has made a major and lasting

This session features past NDS directors who share insights into their recent work ranging from a microfilm to feature documentaries that have made their mark on the festival circuit, theatrical and VOD marketplaces. They also discuss industry lessons learned and tips for new directors. The lineup of panelists consisted of:

This panel discussion focused on artificial intelligence with a look at an AI feature trailer, and a holiday thank you project in which generative AI was used to make 100,000 unique personalized videos. They were discussed, respectively, by Vico Sharabani, founder and executive creative director, The-Artery, and Ryan Chong, executive