Variety FYC Fest Returns In-Person With Cord Jefferson, Kemp Powers, Josh Singer and Robert Smigel on Dec. 6
This awards season’s premier contending filmmakers, talent and artisans will gather for exclusive panels at Variety FYC Fest on Dec. 6 in Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Variety FYC Fest will be an all-day, invite-only event featuring an audience of voters and industry leaders. All conversations will be moderated by a Variety journalist.
Programming includes a Documentary Panel, Animation Panel, Screenplay Panel, Song/Score Panel, along with three spotlight conversations.
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Director, producer and writer of MGM’s “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson, will participate in a conversation with Variety’s awards editor Clayton Davis. Director Abdulelah Alqurashi and writer Hani Kadoor of Saudi Arabia’s foreign language entry “Alhamour” will participate in a conversation with Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay. Producer Gina Shay and director Walt Dohrn of DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls Band Together” will also participate in a spotlight conversation with Tangcay at the summit.
A breakdown of the panels is as follows:
Screenplay Panel
Samy Burch, writer for “May December”
Ilker Çatak, director for “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Alex Convery, screenwriter for “Air”
Maryam Keshavarz, writer and director for “The Persian Version”
Josh Singer, writer for “Maestro”
Song/Score Panel
Gordy Haab, composer for EA Games’ “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor”
Laura Karpman, composer for the film “American Fiction”
David Metzger, composer for the film “Wish”
Stan Walker, co-writer and performer of “I Am” from the film “Origin”
Documentary Panel
Jesse Moss, director and producer of “The Mission”
Sean Mullin, director of “It Ain’t Over”
Rebecca Tickell, co-director of “Common Ground”
Michael Zelniker, director, producer and writer of “The Issue with Tissue: A Boreal Love Story”
Animation Panel
Nick Bruno, director of “Nimona”
Karey Kirkpatrick, writer of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget”
Kemp Powers, co-director of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Robert Smigel, director, writer and songwriter for “Leo”
Peter Sohn, director and writer of “Elemental”
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