Industry Days - State of the Industry Game Show!: Your Questions Answered
Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM until 2:30 PM
AMC Newcity | Screen 5, 1500 N Clybourn Ave c301, Chicago, IL 60610
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PRESENTED BY SAGindie
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Do I need a star to make my movie? Is equity financing still a thing? Do film festivals matter anymore? Can I self-distribute? Do I need influencers or celebrity executive producers? Can you really build an audience online? Is YouTube the future? To AI or not to AI? These are just some of the many, many, many questions you might have about our rapidly changing and influx entertainment industry. Join industry experts/contestants in this game-show-style round of questions–supplied by you, our Industry Days attendees–and find the burning answers to everything you want to know. Everyone wins!
Industry Days staff will send out form to collect questions from registrants
Emcee Darrien Michele Gipson (SAGindie)
Contestants Ryan Bartecki (The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, Dead Man’s Wire), Corey Deckler (It Comes at Night, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch), Erica Weiss (G20, The Red Line)