Tara Hein-Phillips

CEO

Jolt

Tara Hein-Phillips has spent more than two decades as a digital product and technology leader, with a focus on the arts and education. She was the Chief Product Officer at Sundance, launching the first virtual festival in 2021, and was co-founder of Sundance Collab. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Jolt, she leads the efforts to deliver relevant new audiences for extraordinary new independent films. Jolt’s Interest Delivery Network uses analytics and AI to connect premium content with the audiences most eager to engage with it.

Participating Sessions

One Year In: Forging New Alliances in Funding and Distribution

As PBS redraws its role for nonfiction films and as major streaming platforms and traditional broadcasters narrow their slates for investigative documentaries, independent filmmakers face both daunting challenges and rare opportunities in getting their work to audiences. Navigating this unsettled territory—where public infrastructure is receding and corporate algorithms reign—has become a defining issue along today’s “New Fault Lines.” This session brings together leading voices from long-standing and emerging alternatives for...