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Pam Grier introduces Quentin Tarantino's worshipful homage to her action-hero past. Pam Grier is a film, stage and television actor, author, and philanthropist. Best known for her performances in the early '70s features Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Sheba Baby, she later starred in the Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She was the first black woman to appear on the cover of Ms. Magazine, was named as one of Ebony Magazine's "100 Most Fascinating Women of the 20th Century," and the recipient of the Career Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Chicago International Film Festival.

The Martian Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Mackenzie Davis, author Andy Weir and director Ridley Scott. Things you will learn about: Matt Damon's time at a Turkish bath with one of his castmates; the giant wall that the U.S. is building to keep out Canadians (Mackenzie Davis gets to stay in the States because of her powerful friends); how that Donald Glover fall happened; Michael Peña's claim to be the first Mexican in space (seriously, he wants you to remember that); and some very low-tech methods for making Hollywood stars look like they're floating. There are so many interesting people on this panel you will never be bored.

Our Brand is Crisis Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Sandra Bullock, Zoe Kazan, producer George Clooney, writer Peter Straughan and director David Gordon Green. Things you will learn: What age Sandra Bullock lost her virginity; Where the final quote in the film originated; That the main role was originally written for a man;

Demolition Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, writer Bryan Sipe and director Jean-Marc Vallée. Things you will learn: Jake Gylenhaal describes the techniques used by Jean-Marc Vallée in shooting Demolition and the effect that it had on him as an actor; The origins of the title from writer Bryan Sipe; Jake doesn't do shoutouts.

The people who finance movies speak a different language. Learn how to speak "finance-ese," and get a leg up on building relationships and working with financiers. Speakers: Charles King (Founder and CEO, MACRO), Tara Parker (Partner, Entertainment Group, Goodmans LLP), John Vandervelde (Co-Founder, The Entertainment and Media Finance Group Inc.) and moderator Adam Leipzig (COO, CreativeFutures)

How is data being used to determine script decisions? Is this the future of creative development, or are we diminishing the importance of the human touch in generating the emotional response? In this expert panel session, some of the most knowledgeable futurists in the industry will explore the role and future of data in entertainment. Speakers: Gary Faber (CEO at ERM Research), Michael Gottwald (Producer and Partner, Court 13 and Field Office Films), Evette Vargas (CEO and Co-Founder, Executive Producer, Digital-Reign), Jack Zhang(Founder, Green Light Essentials), Renee Robinson( Industry Programmer, TIFF)

LEGEND Press Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 featuring cast and crew including: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and director Brian Helgeland. Things you will learn: Tom Hardy is here to talk about LEGEND. Tom Hardy is not here to talk about The Revenant. Or his sex life, obviously; Emily Browning overthinks a lot of things in her life, but preparing for a role is not one of them; recreating '60s London required a whole bunch of stitching different locations together, as well as replacing hip-hop parties with churches; Brian Helgeland doesn't believe every legend about the Krays, but this is his LEGEND about them; Tom has crooked teeth.

Using the case study of Festival selection Ninth Floor, this session will examine the delicate role of music in story-telling. We will discuss the creative process, what a composer can (or cannot!) do for a film, and the difference between music and sound design. In Collaboration With the Screen Composers Guild of Canada.

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, co-directors of last year's Festival hit Spring, offer a candid session on the collaborative process, from creative and financing, to marketing and distribution. This case study takes one independent film property from last year's Official Selection and analyzes that film's creative, financing, marketing and distribution. Sessions in this case study series include Managing the Directorial Collaboration (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), Structuring the Co Production with Italy (Luca Legnani), A New Niche Of Genre-bending Film (Nate Bolotin, Raffaella Del Vecchio), and The Mixed Distribution Model (Tim League, Janet Brown).

Part two of our Horizontal Case Study — which unpacks the 2014 Festival selection Spring — outlines the process of working with Italian co-producers. This case study takes one independent film property from last year's Official Selection and analyzes that film's creative, financing, marketing and distribution. Sessions in this case study series include Managing the Directorial Collaboration (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), Structuring the Co Production with Italy (Luca Legnani), A New Niche Of Genre-bending Film (Nate Bolotin, Raffaella Del Vecchio), and The Mixed Distribution Model (Tim League, Janet Brown).