TAC offers two specialized programs dedicated to pitching: Pitch THIS! and Fast Track
Pitch THIS!
Presented by 9 Story Entertainment
Thursday, October 15th, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Château Laurier - Starz Room
Pitch THIS! gives two producers the opportunity to steal everybody's attention by revealing their new project to everyone in the TAC audience, which includes over 300 potential buyers, financiers, partners and industry masters. Two brilliant ideas will have been elected by our committee for a chance to WOW our panel of broadcasters and industry leaders for 10 minutes. Both producers and audience members alike will receive valuable feedback from the likes of Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and TELETOON. Pitch THIS! is available for all TAC pass-holders to enjoy!
Speakers:
Birkner Rawlings, Vice President of Animation Development, Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Caroline Tyre, Director of Programming, TELETOON
The deadline has now passed for Pitch THIS! applications. Thanks to all those who applied! Results will be released shortly!
Fast Track
Wednesday, October 14th, 1:00pm - 2:30pm, Château Laurier - MacDonald Room
Wednesday, October 14th, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, Château Laurier - MacDonald Room
Thursday, October 15th, 2:00pm - 3:30pm, Château Laurier - MacDonald Room
Thursday, October 15th, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, Château Laurier - MacDonald Room
Fast Track gives you the opportunity to meet privately with all your targets in one shot. Whether you plan to pitch a project, gain insight into what executives are looking for, find a suitable production company for your story idea, or simply establish important relations - Fast Track will get you there!
Fast Track is exclusively for fully registered TAC passholders. Registration will begin September 18th at noon (Eastern Standard Time) with meetings being set up online and scheduled on a first come, first-served basis. Space is limited. You may select as many meetings as you wish but, where possible, please be selective about your requests. We suggest using the speaker biographies and
Q&A’s (see below) as a guide in selecting your targets. Each meeting is 9 minutes long.
IMPORTANT:
To sign up, 1) you must have an active login account and 2) you must have ordered a TAC AnimaPass or TAC Only Pass for this year. Once registration opens on Friday, September 18th, at 12 noon (EST), you can begin the process by logging in and selecting "Fast Track Registration" from the User Menu on the left.
Fast Track Executives
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Raquel Benitez, CEO, Comet Entertainment
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Stephanie Betts, Director of Development and Licensing, Breakthrough Animation
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Catherine Branscome, President, Branscome International
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Mary Bredin, Development and Acquisitions, Guru Studio
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Natalie Dumoulin, Producer/Development Executive, Galakids
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Ken Faier, El Presidente, Nerd Corps
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Louis Fournier, VP, Business Development, Tribal Nova
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Athena Georgaklis, Manager, Original Production, TELETOON
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Alan Gregg, VP International Distribution, Brown Bag Films (Canada)
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Eric Homan, VP of Development, Frederator Studios
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Lisa Jones, Senior Coordinator, Cartoon Network
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Tanya Kelen, Executive Development, Kelen Content
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Heather Kenyon, Vice President, Starz Animation
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Robin McCleod, Development Executive, Fresh TV Inc.
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Sarah Muller, Head of Drama and Animation Development, Children's BBC
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Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos, VP Program Distribution, Bejuba!
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Jamie Piekarz, Director of Content, Treehouse Discovery Kids Canada, Corus Entertainment
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Romen Podzyhun, President and CEO, Channel Zero Inc. (Movieola - The Short Film Channel)
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Frank Saperstein, Vice President, Children's Programming, E1 Entertainment
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Linda Simensky, Vice President, Children's Programming, PBS
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David Wiebe, Director of Content, YTV
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Melissa Wolfe, Director of Development, Cookie Jar Entertainment
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