On Main Street, Park City, Utah

The PNYA was fortunate to be present at the Sundance Film Festival this year. We were honored to be a sponsor at NYPA’s NY Lounge, located on main street, along with many other New York based companies including PNYA entities Post FactoryNY, DIVE, Empire Visual Effects, The Mill, The Molecule, Sixteen19, and Trevanna Post. Throughout the first half of the festival, filmmakers visited the lounge daily for networking breakfasts, informative panels and afternoon musical performances.

Post FactoryNY sponsored a panel entitled The Devil’s In The Deliverables: How to plan successful workflow strategies for indie films in our modern digital world. Alex Halpern, filmmaker and Founder/CEO of Post FactoryNY, moderated the discussion on the state of technological advances and how to make the most of today’s shrinking budgets.

The Devil’s In The Deliverables panel (from left): Guenter Noesner of ARRI, creators of the groundbreaking – and extremely popular - ALEXA camera; Mike Jackman, Co-Chair New York Production Alliance, EVP Post Production, FilmNation Entertainment; Jennifer Lane, New York-based post production supervisor (‘Into The Woods’); Paul Rachman, Filmmaker/Slamdance Organizer, (Lost Rockers).

The PNYA sponsored a panel entitled Visual Effects. Ben Baker, of Empire VFX, moderated the discussion on the growing Visual Effects community in New York and the new visual effects tax incentives that have been passed in the state.

Visual Effects panel: (from left) Bob Lowery, VP Business Development, DIVE; Andrew Bly, Principal / Executive Producer, The Molecule;Yana Lehman, Managing Director, Trevanna Post / Co-Chair Post New York Alliance; Dee Allen, Executive Producer, The Mill; Marcelo Gandola, Co-Chair Post New York Alliance.

The PNYA also co-hosted a rockin’ party with post production companies DIVE and Sixteen19 and the entertainment department of the law firm Cozen O’Connor. Guests were entertained throughout the evening by the incredibly talented musician Michael Tolcher, and guest musicians.

We are grateful for all of our friends and filmmakers who stopped by the lounge, listened to our panels and enjoyed an evening at our party. Thank you all for your support. We hope to see you all again next year at Sundance 2015!!

The new brochures on display.