Working on It: Session 1

12:30–4:30 p.m.: Reverse Shot Emerging Critics Workshop (PRIVATE) 

2:00–4:00 p.m.: Work-in-progress presentation and discussion: Filmmakers Steve Maing and Eric Metzgar present material from their project The Great Experiment, an ambitious cinematic time capsule of one of the most volatile and perplexing eras of American history and identity, a surprising and cinematic meditation on the intersection of our complex, ever-evolving individual and national narratives. (Bartos Screening Room) 

2:15–4:00 p.m.: Special Preview presentation: “Pete Docter and Frank Oz on the Art of Character Creation.” In this conversation recorded exclusively for MoMI at Pixar Studios in late 2024, Pete Docter, Chief Creative Officer of Pixar, talks to the legendary Frank Oz about his extraordinary approach to creating some of the most beloved characters of the past half-century, including Yoda, Cookie Monster, Miss Piggy, Bert, Grover, Fozzie Bear, and dozens of others. (Redstone Theater) 

4:30–5:30 p.m.: Work-in-progress presentation and discussion: Artist Max Bowens shares material from his project Male Fantasies, an embodied portrait of law, order, and masculinity in the American Midwest, combining police bodycam footage with hybrid testimonials from the present. (Bartos Screening Room) 

Followed by a reception sponsored by Lismore Road. 

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