Friday, June 17 at 5pm
Ambassador Chicago
Salon 5, 2nd floor
1301 N State Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60610
Join award-winning producer Jay Van Hoy (The Witch, American Honey) in a frank conversation about creative producing, and finding private equity and financial sustainability in the risky world of independent filmmaking.
Networking event to follow at the Ambassador Chicago's Library Bar (off lobby)
Jay Van Hoy has produced over 30 films including the Sundance-award-winning box-office hit The Witch (2015) by Robert Eggers and his Oscar-nominated follow-up The Lighthouse (2019) as well the Cannes-award winning American Honey (2016) by Andrea Arnold. Other titles include Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank (2020), Mike Mills’ Oscar-winner Beginners (2010), David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), and Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange (2014). Jay is a long-time advisor at the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab, a participant in the creation of the Catalyst program at Sundance, and a mentor for the Cinetrust mentorship program at Cinereach.
Please direct any questions to:
lab@chicagofilmfestival.com