EditFest LA Announces Date/Location

American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced its annual day celebrating editors and their craft, EditFest, will return to Los Angeles on August 6, 2016.  Launched in LA in 2008, EditFest now has annual events in New York and London that offer participants the opportunity to learn from award-winning film and television editors who share their insights and experiences.  EditFest panels regularly include Oscar and Emmy-winning editors. A sampling of recent panelists include: Anne V. Coates, ACE, Tim Porter, ACE, Fred Raskin, ACE, Barney Pilling, ACE, Paul Hirsch, ACE,  and Tom Cross, ACE.

The event returns again this year to the Frank Wells Theater at the Walt Disney Pictures lot in Burbank. The lineup features some of the best editors in the world, who are delighted to share their experiences and expertise with attendees.  As in previous years, EditFest will feature film and television panels, a catered lunch, and a cocktail reception.   Raffle prizes will be supplied by DaVinci Resolve Software and Avid. Proceeds for EditFest LA go the ACE Educational Center and are tax deductible.

The schedule* for the 9th Annual EditFest LA is as follows:

Cutting it in Hollywood – Personal learning experiences and overcoming obstacles

John Axelrad, ACE - Crazy Heart, Rudderless, Something Borrowed

Zene Baker, ACE - 50/50, Neighbors, This is the End

Barbara Gerard - Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, Supergirl

David Rodgers, ACE - Entourage, The Office, The Mindy Project

Moderated by Mitchell Danton, ACE (Editor and Author of Cutting it in Hollywood)

 Cult Film Favorites

Mark Helfrich, ACE – Showgirls

Tina Hirsch, ACE – Deathrace 2000, Gremlins

Norm Hollyn – Heathers

Mark Golblatt, ACE – Terminator, Starship Troopers

Jane Kurson, ACE – Beetlejuice

Moderated by Michael Krulik – Avid Technology Principal Applications Specialist

Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen: A Conversation with Michael Tronick, ACE

Michael Tronick, ACE – Straight Outta Compton (co-editor), Hairspray, Scent of a Woman (co-editor)

Moderated by Bobbie O’Steen (Author of The Invisible Cut & Cut to the Chase)

 The Lean Forward Moment

Jeff Ford, ACE – Avengers, Captain America

Kim Roberts, ACE – The Hunting Ground, Waiting for Superman

Kevin Tent, ACE – The Descendants, Nebraska

Moderated by Norm Hollyn (Editor, Author and Head of USC School of Cinematic Arts)

Additional panelists are being added daily. *Panelist participation subject to change.

Tickets are on sale now. For further information, updates, and registration information, visit americancinemaeditors.org. EditFest is presented with the support of Platinum Sponsor Blackmagic Design, Gold Sponsor Avid, and the Motion Picture Editors Guild.