Paco de Onís
Executive Director - Executive Producer
Skylight
Paco de Onís grew up in several Latin American countries during a time of dictatorships. He is the Executive Director and Executive Producer of Skylight, a human rights media organization dedicated to advancing social justice through storytelling, by creating documentary films and innovative media tools applied in long-term strategies for strengthening social justice movements. One of these long-term strategies is Skylight SolidariLabs, a program designed to disseminate Skylight's innovative model for creating human rights media ecosystems in conjunction with committed media makers, artists, technologists and movement organizations, with the aim of building enduring networks of 21st century human rights practitioners. Paco’s film producing credits include 500 YEARS, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator, Rebel Citizen, Disruption, State of Fear, and The Reckoning. Paco is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sessions in which Paco de Onís attends
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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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pulling Back the Curtain
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interactive Workshop
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Making a New Reality with Kamal Sinclair
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Presentation
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
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Industry ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Whine Before The Wine Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
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
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
- Sally Jo Fifer Mini-Keynote
- Participant Sally Fifer (ITVS) |
- 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | 15 minutes Part of: 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings
- Keynote
- 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Presentation
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
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 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
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
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Global Advocacy Convening
- Signup required LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Making the Most of Mentorship ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Crediting at a Crossroads ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Role of Documentary in the Public Sphere
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening