Thank you for your interest in one of our wonderful panels!

How do I access the event?
If you’ve already reserved a seat, simply show up to the theatre about 15 minutes before. Alameda Theatre - 2317 Central Ave., Alameda, CA
Seating is first come first served. If you’d like to reserve a seat, click one of the panels below which will take you to our shop.

When & Where are they being held?
Both Saturday 2/18 & Sunday 2/19 @noon in the Mezzanine of the Alameda Theatre.

What if I’m seeing a screening before/after?
Your tickets to screenings can be picked up in the lobby of the Alameda Theatre.

Silent Filmmaking in the Bay Area
Saturday, February 18th @Noon - This panel discussion is free to the public!
Join author and film historian, David Kiehn, discussing the Silent Filmmaking Era of the San Francisco Bay Area - from the Essanay Film Company, to Niles Canyon, to Charlie Chaplin and The Tramp!

“David Kiehn is the author of Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company, the definitive history of that pioneering film company, published in 2003.  His research on the subject, which began in 1995, sparked a renewed interest in this local Niles history, resulting in the first Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival in June 1998, and the formation of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, a non-profit organization, in 2001.   He is the historian and film programmer for the Museum, located at the historic Edison Theater in the Niles district of Fremont, California.  In October, 2010, he was seen on 60 Minutes in a segment with Morley Safer about A Trip Down Market Street, a film which he discovered was shot by the Miles Brothers, a San Francisco film company, only four days before the 1906 earthquake. Both that film and a previously lost and unidentified Circus Parade film shot in 1902 were added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry due to David’s research.”

The Elusive Edit
The Emmy Award Winning Editor of HBO’s Euphoria and Award Winning Editor of Dick Johnson’s Dead in a panel discussion
Sunday, February 19th @Noon - This panel discussion is free to the public!
“Aaron I. Butler, ACE, is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and two-time ACE Eddie Award-nominated editor and producer. He is best known for editing the second season of the HBO series "Euphoria" for which he won a Primetime Emmy. Other projects he has edited include the Emmy nominated Sundance Film “Cries From Syria” and the TIFF film "J.T. LeRoy" starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern.”

“Nels Bangerter is an award-winning documentary film editor known for finding original and effective approaches to form and structure. His widely-acclaimed work includes CAMERAPERSON, the memoir of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson; LET THE FIRE BURN, an all-archival examination of the police bombing of MOVE in Philadelphia; DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, a hybrid docu-comedy about loss and memory; THE HOTTEST AUGUST, an essayistic survey of New Yorkers coping with the uncertain future; 32 SOUNDS, a live performance/documentary by Sam Green; and RIOTSVILLE, U.S.A., an archival interrogation of the state’s reaction to the uprisings of the late 1960s. Nels has won two Cinema Eye Awards and four International Documentary Association Awards, and has been nominated twice for News and Documentary editing Emmys and once for an ACE Eddie. He was named a film craft “Influencer” by Indiewire magazine, and is a member of ACE and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Nels has been an advisor at the Sundance Labs and has shared his experience on panels at Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, Full Frame, Camden, and True/False Film Festivals. He has mentored projects for SFFILM, Firelight Media, True/False-Catapult Film Fund, ESPN/Tribeca Film Institute, BAVC, and Film Independent, and has given presentations for the Sundance Documentary Film Program and at conferences for the IDA and True/False. Nels was also the editor of the short fiction film BUZKASHI BOYS, which was produced and edited in Kabul, Afghanistan and nominated for an Academy Award.

Based in Oakland, California, Nels holds an MFA in film production from USC. Before becoming an editor, he worked in a gold mine, lived in a redwood tree, and earned degrees in English and electrical engineering from Rice University. He has two terrific kids, ages five and nine.”

I still have questions!
No problem! Please email us with any questions and we’ll respond as quickly as we can: aiff@alamedafilmfest.com

Thank you again for being part of this wonderful event! We can’t wait to see you in person!