Molecule Communication in collaboration with SVA & SAG/AFTRA Presents Ticket 2 Bollywood “Cinema Beyond Boundaries” the 2nd annual conference for successful film industry professionals working in the Bollywood and New York film industries. Over three days of panels, workshops and receptions where today’s hottest writers, directors, musicians and actors recount experiences in the field and lessons learned. They will offer personal insights and forecast changes in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global film making industry, while also taking the opportunity to extend their professional networks. CBB will focus on global cinema opportunities, bringing Hollywood and Bollywood film professionals together to discuss screenwriting trends, co production opportunities, and international film financing to connect the world’s most important film industries.
Guest Speakers from the East:
- Madhur Bhandarkar: Screenwriter/Producer/Director; Fashion, Jail, Heroine, Chandni Bar
- Sanjay Gupta: Screenwriter/Director/Producer; Kaante, Shootout at Wadala, Dus Kahaniya
- Aunradha Tiwari: Screenwriter; Fashion, Jail, Heroine
Guest Speakers from the West:
- Michael Canzoniero: Co-Writer and Co-Director, Don Peyote (starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and Topher Grace)
- Dan Fogler: Tony Award-Winning Actor, Singer, Comedian, Co-Writer and Co-Director, Don Peyote (starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and Topher Grace);
SAG-AFTRA:
- Bernadine Goldberg, Member Outreach;
- Nicole Hill, Equal Employment Opportunities & Diversity Department;
- Leif Larson, Theatrical Department
- Reshma Shetty: Actor, Royal Pains (TV Series)
- Dylan Marchetti : Variance films
- Ajay Naidu : Actor
- Elliott Kanbar : President of the QUAD MEDIA New York
- Aroon Shivdasani: Executive Director, Indo-American Arts Council – Festival Founder – NYIFF
- Vladan Nikolic : Professor, Film Directing, Production and Digital and Transmedia Filmmaking: The NewSchool and NYU
- Wayne Shapre : Music Composer
- Vladan Nikolic : Professor, Film Directing, Production and Diigital and Transmedia Filmmaking: The NewSchool and NYU
- Tanuj Chopra : Writer Director Holds a BA in Art Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in Film direction from Columbia university where he was awarded the Deans scholarship
Moderators:
- Taylor Negron: Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer
- Aroon Shivdasani: Executive Director, Indo-American Arts Council
- Kanika Chadda-Gupta: Anchor, Spokesperson, Zee TV
- Geetika Agrawal: Creative Director, R/GA
- Simon Taufique : is an award-winning Composer, former Film Festival Programming Director, Sundance Lab Finalist and Film Producer.
Ticket to Bollywood: “Cinema Beyond Boundaries” features a full roster of highly-respected Bollywood and New York City film industry professionals – technicians, writers, actors, soundtrack composers/musicians, and directors – who are helping to unite the global film industry.
