Film Independent (formerlyIFP/Los Angeles) will host its first annual Filmmaker Forum, Sell Your FilmWithout Getting Screwed!, on Oct 15 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

Topics to becovered include negotiating techniques, sales contracts, and new distributionmodels.

Panelistsinclude UTA's Richard Klubeck, director Catherine Hardwicke and her Thirteen producer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Netflixchief content officer Ted Sarandos, Lions Gate Releasing president Tom Ortenberg,Sony Pictures Classics co-president Tom Bernard, Cinetic Media founder JohnSloss, and WMA Independent's Cassian Elwes.