Pitch-A-Thon!

Sarah Minnie is an Emmy nominated Producer, an award winning Director/Editor and Open Television’s Head of Artist Development + Production. Sarah’s work spans across feature films, documentaries and commercials, to music videos, web series, pilots, short films, and more. Her work has been published in publications such as VOGUE, The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, Hyperlink Magazine, Women & Hollywood, just to name a few, and in film festivals all across the globe.

Kyle Castellanet is the VP of Development and Production at Echo Lake Entertainment. Kyle manages Echo Lake’s film and television slate which includes both domestic and international co-productions. A Colorado native, Kyle began his career at Paradigm Talent Agency after receiving his BFA in Film Production from Chapman University. In 2022, Kyle was honored on Coverfly’s Industry Next List for his work to support emerging filmmakers.

Christine Dávila is the former Head of Development and Production for Ojalá Productions, a content pod at Universal Studios Group founded by Tanya Saracho, where she developed and set up multiple projects at Starz, Peacock, Netflix and Anonymous Content. Prior to Ojalá she was Director of Development at Warner Bros’ Stage 13, where she developed three seasons of “Two Sentence Horror Stories” created by Vera Miao for the CW, and the Emmy nominated series, “It’s Bruno” created by Solvan Naim for Netflix. Dávila has spent over a decade programming films for many festivals including Sundance Film Festival.