Opal Hope Bennett

Co-Producer & Shorts Producer

Opal Bennett is Co-Producer and Shorts Producer at POV. Her first season curating POV Shorts won the 2020 IDA Award for Best Short Form Series. Previously she was Shorts Programmer and Director of Artist Development at DOC NYC and Senior Programmer at Athena Film Festival. Prior to that, Opal worked with Nantucket Film Festival, Aspen ShortsFest, Tribeca Film Festival and IFP. She is a Programming Consultant for the March on Washington Film Festival.

Participating Sessions

MEET THE SHORTS PLATFORMS

So you’ve completed your short documentary film – what’s next? Short documentary is in a digital renaissance, with opportunities to reach audiences constantly evolving, but the trip from production to platform remains unsteady or unclear for many journalists and filmmakers. Join commissioning editors and producers of a wide range of international news outlets, broadcasters and digital distribution platforms in a conversation about the ins and outs of reaching an audience...