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Lights.Camera.America!

FilmUSA's signature panel series at the world's major festivals and markets.

Presented in partnership with Monarch Private Capital, Lights.Camera.America! brings industry leaders, policymakers, and creative voices together for substantive conversations about the future of American production, from incentive policy and workforce development to global competitiveness and the stories that define American culture. Three installments in, the series has become a fixture on the festival and market circuit.

Presented in partnership with

Monarch Private Capital
  1. Jan. 2025Sundance Film FestivalThe series premieres in Park City
  2. May 2025Marché du Film, CannesThe second edition at the FilmUSA Pavilion
  3. Jan. 2026Sundance Film FestivalMore than 400 attendees at Top of Main
  4. Up Next · Jan. 2027Sundance Film FestivalThe fourth installment at Sundance 2027 in Boulder

Where We've Taken the Stage

The series so far

Up NextLights.Camera.America!Sundance 2027 · Boulder, Colorado

Sundance Film Festival · January 2027

Up next: Boulder, Colorado

The fourth installment of Lights.Camera.America! heads to Sundance 2027 in Boulder. Panel details, partners, and programming will be posted here as they are confirmed.

Sundance 2027 Event Page

The Lights.Camera.America! panel at Sundance 2026, with FilmUSA Co-Founder Katie Patton Pryor among the panelists
The third installment drew more than 400 attendees in Park City.

Sundance Film Festival · January 2026

More than 400 strong at Top of Main

The third installment packed Top of Main in Park City with more than 400 filmmakers, production executives, film commissioners, and policymakers. FilmUSA Co-Founder Katie Patton Pryor joined panelists from Netflix and Wrapbook, producer Houston King, and CPA Fred Siegel, with Marco Cordova moderating.

The message from the room was clear: the U.S. needs competitive, predictable incentive frameworks to keep production, and its benefits, at home. The night closed with the Meet the Film Commissioners After Party.

The FilmUSA Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes
The FilmUSA Pavilion at the Marché du Film, home of the Cannes edition.

Marché du Film, Cannes · May 2025

The conversation goes global

The second edition took the stage at the FilmUSA Pavilion in the International Village Pantiero, presented on Georgia Entertainment's Georgia Day at FilmUSA. Panelists from A24, DLA Piper, Shadowbox Studios, Blue Ocean Press, and FilmUSA Co-Founder Tony Armer joined moderator Marco Cordova.

At the world's largest film market, the discussion widened to global collaboration, innovative financing, and the possibility of a federal film office and incentive.

The Lights.Camera.America! stage set at the Sundance Film Festival, with FilmUSA and Monarch Private Capital branding
The stage set for the series premiere in Park City.

Sundance Film Festival · January 2025

The series premieres in Park City

Lights.Camera.America! launched at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, bringing film commissioners, producers, and incentive experts together for the series' first conversation about keeping film and television production in the United States.

Moderated by Marco Cordova of Monarch Private Capital, the premiere set the template for every installment since: candid talk about incentives, jobs, and what it takes for American communities to compete for production.

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