Schedule

10 am: Doors Open

10:30 am: Funding Your Projects in 2025 

While the funding landscape shifts, it’s critical that we are still able to produce our work and sustain ourselves. So, how do we do that? Grantmakers, producers, and fundraisers share their insights and key resources for getting funded. 

11:30 am: Break

11:45 am: Rethinking Distribution and Marketing

What is the best way to get your film in front of your audience? Which of the new platforms are best for independent creators? Where should you put your money and your energy as distribution models change? Hear from seasoned filmmakers, marketers, and distribution experts about best practices and how to stay ahead of the game.

12:45 pm: Mix and Mingle 

Schedule

10:30 am: Cafe + Conchas

Conchas provided by Florecita Panadería

11 am: Latinx Filmmaking in the Bay Area 

Presented by CiNEOLA and BAVC Media.

Join our panel of local filmmakers as they discuss their unique perspectives and experiences making documentaries in the Bay Area as Latinx artists, and how they approach telling stories as part of an intersectional Latin American diaspora. Panelists will share recent work samples, and there will be an opportunity for audience questions after a moderated discussion.

Panelists: Emily Cohen Ibañez, Luca Capponi, Maya Cueva, Colette Ghunim

Moderated by Daniel Díaz

To conclude BAMMS 2025, please join Cinemama and the filmmaking community for our traditional Lamb & Rum Fest at Golden Gate Park (Peacock Meadow). It promises to be an afternoon of delicious food, refreshing drinks, and great company!

Come and meet each other and get collaborating!

Hosted by the Law Office of George M. Rush

Please note: the closest parking is behind the Conservatory of Flowers on Fulton.