Hala Gabriel
Producer/Director
Desert Wind Productions
Director/Producer: Hala Gabriel was born as a Palestinian refugee in Syria to parents that were forced from their homes in Palestine. When she was 8 years old, Hala's parents managed to immigrate to the United States where she has spent her adult life as a proponent for the Right of Return and working to improve the lives of Palestinians around the world.
Artistically, Hala attended the California Institute of Arts, majoring in Film and Television Production and in 2004, won the Silver Award at the International Houston Film Festival for her critically acclaimed short documentary entitled The Love Project.
Hala continues to work as a freelance producer, production supervisor and production accountant for the major studios in Los Angeles.
Sessions in which Hala Gabriel attends
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Pre-conference Screening: Food Inc
- Signup required Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Theater
- 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Screening
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Registration Cinerama Dome - Lobby
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 9 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Here's What Really Happened - Hero
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Two Radio Guys Help Your Movies Look Better with Sound ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Conversation
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Therapeutic Interventions in Documentary
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Airtight and Incontestable ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Challenge of Independent Film Distribution ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Whine Before The Wine Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Opening Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Localizing Your Content for Any Market ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Filmmaker ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Collective Intelligence: Co-Creative and Emergent Documentaries
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Presentation
- Journalists Under Threat ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Reenactment Reconsidered: Staged Realities and Nonfiction Fantasies
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Getting In Early: Development Funding ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Not Your Grandmother's Historical Doc
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- After #MeToo ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the NEH
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Gimme Truth!
- Signup required The Montalbán - Theatre
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Game Show
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- PBS Indies Party
- Signup required NeueHouse Hollywood - NeueHouse Hollywood
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Orwa Nyrabia
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Mock Deposition: The case of IDA vs. Marco Williams
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Audience ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Documentary Production Between China and the US ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Equity Investment in Documentary Film ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Ramp Less Traveled
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Palestinian Filmmaker Panel
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Working with International Public Broadcasters ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
- Closing Remarks
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM | 15 minutes
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Closing Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes