thanks 2004

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From 2004

December 2004 BAWIFT Holiday Party at Brava Theatre

November 2004 Guest Speaker: Screenwriter & Producer Janet Peoples

October 2004 Panel: Bay Area's All-Women National Film Challenge Crew

September 2004 Panel: Building a PROMO REEL with POW

Aarin Burch, Editor and Producer
Eric Ladenburg, Editor
Marla Leech, Editor and Director

August 2004 Panel: Independent Theater Programmers

Gary Meyer, Founder of Landmark Theatres and current owner of SF's Balboa Twin
Jan Klingelhofer, programming consultant to independent theaters around the US
Anita Monga, Director of Programming for SF's Castro Theatre
Will Viharo, Programmer and Publicist for Speakeasy Theaters

July 2004: Legal Eagles Panel:

Rochael Soper, BAWIFT Chairwoman of the Board and Legal Advisor
Richard J. Lee, Esq.
Brooke Wentz of The Rights Workshop

Carole Dean who founded the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grants, honored guest of the June BAWIFT benefit dinner, hosted by Justine Jacob.

June 2004: Member works-in-progress Screening:

Liz Nord - JERICHO'S ECHO
Mukta Vadera - A LITTLE MIX-UP
Erica Milsom - LIVE TO EAT
Karil Daniels - VOICES OF DISSENT

May 2004: Women in Animation Panel:

Christine Sugrue, Project Coordinator and Producer, Tippett Studios
Tracy Roberts, Character set up TD, Tippett Studios
Katherine Sarafian, Production Manager, Pixar Animation Studios
Niffer Desmond, Stop motion Puppet & 2D animator, mixed media artist
Lyla Warren, Freelance Animator

April 2004: Film Distribution: You CAN get There from Here Panel:

Jeffrey Brandstetter, President and Co-Founder of Windline Films, LLC,
Ellen Schneider, Founder and Executive Director of Active Voice
Cynthia Zeiden, Distribution Producer; Zeiden Media
Sarah Feinbloom, award-winning Filmmaker

March 2004 Feature Film Production Panel:

Anahid Nazarian, Producer, POMEGRANATE & THE ILLUSION
Lily Ng, Producer, HAPPILY EVEN AFTER
Sara Millman, Director/Producer, ROBIN'S HOOD

February 2004 Member works-in-progress Screening:

Victoria Gamburg - ANNA
Anne Rogers O'Hearn - LIFERS
Cortney Armitage - TRIBAL STYLE

January 2004 Fundraising in the Bay and Beyond Panel:

Klara Grunning-Harris, Production Manager, ITVS
Marlene Velasco-Begue, Programming Coordinator, ITVS
Merrie Snead, Sponsorship/Grants Manager, Film Arts Foundation
Lise Swenson, interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator