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Signature Partners
Tribeca Talks: Future of Film - Blockchain: Can Blockchain Breed Blockbusters?
Tribeca Talks
| 45 MINUTES
Blockchain was originally devised for the digital currency Bitcoin, but the tech community is now finding other potential uses for the technology, from feeding digital kittens to funding films. Blockchain-based funding has the potential to enable new and creative stories to be financed that might have otherwise been turned away by Hollywood studio executives. Blockchain technology is being positioned to disrupt the traditional method of financing and distribution in the film world, but what does this mean for the industry? Panelists include Mitzi Peirone, writer-director of the 2018 Tribeca selection Braid, the CTO for IBM’s Media & Entertainment Industry Peter Guglielmino and SingularDTV's VP of Entertainment Finance and Development Daniel Hyman.
Panelists
Daniel Hyman
Daniel brings several years as an independent producer and sales-agent at Preferred Content to spearhead the development of a new model of digital distribution at SingularDTV. Daniel has negotiated the worldwide and North American sales for dozens of independent films to distributors ranging from Netflix and Amazon Prime to Gravitas and IFC. Prior to entertainment, Daniel spent years as a consultant to financial institution clients including Barclays and BNP Paribas, developing new finance and accounting models for derivative securities.
Peter Guglielmino
Peter Guglielmino is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and has worldwide responsibility as CTO for IBM’s Media & Entertainment Industry. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing the architectures that will serve as the basis for the IBM media offerings relating to media enabled Micro-Services infrastructures, digital media archives, rich media utilities, media on demand, and secure content distribution networks. Peter has chosen to focus on the Media and Entertainment Industry which allowed him to cultivate his passion for working with recording media. He gives back to the community by running a recording studio in his spare time working with emerging artists.
Mitzi Peirone
Born and raised in Turin, Italy, Mitzi's first directorial effort premiered at Art Basel 2015 and won Indiewire Project of the Week (Braid concept teaser). Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and NYU SCPS in Screenwriting, Mitzi's feature film debut is the first Ethereum based equity crowdsale in the history of filmmaking. Her movie, Braid, premieres at Tribeca this year.
Logan Hill
Logan Hill is a veteran writer and editor. Formerly on staff at New York Magazine and GQ, he now contributes regularly to outlets including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wired, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. He is the host of the recently launched New York Times screening series ScreenTimes. As a consultant, he developing a new blockchain news site, funded by SingularDTV. For more info, see loganhill.com.
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The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
