Will.i.am., The Bear co-showrunner Joanna Calo and Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman are all set to take part in panel discussions as a part of the Lighthouse Campus Festival, set for Feb. 11-12 in Venice, California.
The 2-day event, from Whalar Group and Tribeca Festival, marks the official opening of The Lighthouse Venice campus designed to bring together Los Angeles’ creators and creatives and continues Tribeca’s move into the creators space after the launch of its creators vertical last yr.
The festival will include screenings, talks and workshops with talent from film, TV, music, podcasting, food and more.
Along with the panels with will.i.am., Calo and Karpman, the festival will feature a director’s screening of Bob Trevino Likes It followed by a discussion with Tracie Laymon. Additional speakers include CEO of iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group Conal Byrn, CEO of Liquid Death Mike Cessario, contemporary artist Hebru Brantley, founding father of Make Big Talk Kalina Silverman, Hayden Hillier-Smith and co-founder of Colin and Samir Colin Rosenblum.
Within the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, the Lighthouse Campus Festival goals to support displaced creators, providing them with production facilities, creative resources and space to work on their craft. And each speaker on the festival has chosen to donate their honorariums to the California Fire Foundation, helping firefighters and communities rebuild.
“We stay up for bringing a little bit of Tribeca and top talent from film, TV, and music to The Lighthouse Campus Festival and into the creator space,” Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises, said in a press release. “The more storytellers across disciplines come together to collaborate, share ideas, and learn from each other, the higher, and Tribeca desires to help facilitate that. We’d like community and we want storytelling that inspires.”
Lighthouse president Jon Goss added, “We’re so grateful to open the Lighthouse Venice campus with a dynamic storytelling community that reflects how the entertainment industry is growing and evolving. Our partnership with Tribeca is significant to propelling the continued convergence between Hollywood and the social media Creator generation because our goals are exactly aligned with enabling recent opportunities at that intersection. That could be a core foundational component to the ecosystem we’re constructing.”
