ACE EditFest LA 2026

Saturday, August 22 | In-Person
Disney’s Grand Central Air Terminal
The attendee parking lot and entrance is located at:
1311 Grand Central Glendale, CA 91201

$150 – Non Member Ticket
$95 – Member Ticket

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EditFest 2026 Schedule

*Panelists are subject to change


9:30am – Check-In Begins

10:15am – President Welcome & Opening Remarks

10:30am – Demo Practical Applications for Editors and Blackmagic Design / DaVinci Resolve

10:50am to 12:00pm
Show Your Work: Inside the Timelines of Today’s Editors
Panelists open their timelines and give us a rare look at the decisions, instincts, and techniques behind the cut.

Moderated by Michael Krulik
Panelists:

  • Andy Jurgensen, ACE – One Battle After Another
  • Joel Negron, ACE – Project Hail Mary
  • Rosanne Tan, ACE – Ahsoka
  • TBA


12:05pm to 1:15pm
Wearing Every Hat: What It Really Means to Cut an Indie
Panelists share lessons from the trenches; navigating micro-budgets, wearing multiple hats, and protecting yourself while doing the work you love.

Moderated by Maura Corey, ACE
Panelists:

  • Yvette Amirian, ACE – A Winter’s Song
  • Matt Friedman, ACE – Palm Springs
  • Alex O’Flinn, ACE – Sorry, Baby
  • Sandra Montiel, ACE – Diamond


1:15pm to 2:30pm – Lunch Break


2:40pm to 3:50pm
Editing the Unknown: Cutting a Doc about AI, While AI is Changing Everything
The team behind The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist sit down to discuss one of the most unusual editorial challenges in recent memory: shaping a film about a technology that was actively reshaping their craft as they made it. A conversation about storytelling, uncertainty, and what it means to cut a story that doesn’t have an ending yet.

Moderated by Carolyn Giardina
Panelists:

  • Daysha Broadway, ACE
  • Davis Coombe, ACE
  • Ted Tremper, producer


4:00pm to 5:15pm
Cut to the Scare: Horror is Built in the Cutting Room
What separates a good scare from a great one? Hear from the editors behind some of the genre’s most unforgettable moments.

Moderated by Jouvens Exantus
Panelists:

  • Terel Gibson, ACE – Ready or Not, Cuckoo
  • Joe Murphy, ACE – Weapons, Barbarian
  • Greg Ng – Backrooms, Longlegs
  • Esther Sokolow – It: Welcome to Derry


5:30pm to 7:30pm – Mix and Mingle at the EditFest Afterparty

 

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