Join us for a discussion of the legal and insurance-related challenges, and opportunities, facing filmmakers in a post-Covid-19 world. Our panel of experts will discuss strategies for safely, and legally, re-starting the work of filmmaking in Chicago.  The program will also introduce the multi-part series of webinars on film law principles presented by Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the Chicago Film Office.

Thursday, July 9 from 12-1PM

July 9 panelists:
Congressman Danny Davis | 7th District of Illinois
Kwame Amoaku | Chicago Film Office
Chris Johnson |  Johnsonese Brokerage
Tom Leavens | Mandel Menkes
Brenda Robinson |  Swanson, Martin & Bell

Moderator: Betsy Steinberg, Independent Film Alliance Chicago

Note: A recording will be available shortly after the session on the Chicago International Film Festival's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/chicagointernationalfilmfestival

Upon registration, a Zoom link will be provided on July 9. This conversation will be from 12-1PM CT.

Please direct any questions to: industry@chicagofilmfestival.com

Presented by the Chicago International Film Festival | Industry Days and the Independent Film Alliance Chicago, the Indie Film Town Hall series is a series of lunchtime meetings over Zoom where members of Chicago’s indie film and media organizations discuss the challenges that face our industries and actions we are taking in support of each other and Chicago-area creators.