The Attend Theatrical Marketplace and How Technology Will Transform Independent Film Distribution

Speakers

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  Charles Beale CEO, Titlepool
  

  Charles Beale

  CEO, Titlepool

  Charles Beale is the CEO of Titlepool, a rights and revenue management platform built for the film industry. Titlepool gives filmmakers, sales agents and distributors tools for rights management, contract importing, recoupment scheduling and customizable revenue waterfalls, along with Collection Account Management (CAMA) services that bring transparency to how film revenue is collected and paid out. Titlepool was selected as one of the EFM Startups at the 2025 European Film Market in Berlin.

  Titlepool is the technology partner behind Attend Theatrical Marketplace, which launches at AFM 2026 to connect filmmakers directly with theater operators for booking, film-rental contracting and payment.

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  Lilian T. Mehrel Director, Writer, Producer, HONEYJOON
  

  Lilian T. Mehrel

  Director, Writer, Producer, HONEYJOON

  Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor.

  She is the winner of the biggest film production prize in the world for her debut feature, Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca and 50 festivals, winning the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award and over 25 audience and jury awards. It opened in theaters with Utopia / Circle, becoming an indie theatrical phenomenon. Lilian’s films have also screened at Clermont-Ferrand and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. She was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, TorinoFilmLab ComedyLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, CineQuaNonLab, Film Fatales Episodic Directing Shadow Workshop, TFI Labs with YouTube/Google and Warner Media, and the Sony Pictures Classics Marcie Bloom Fellowship.

  Lilian earned her MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film with a PDS Fellowship, and her BA from Dartmouth with a Senior Fellowship. She also enjoys hip hop dance.

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  Patrick Corcoran Board Member, Attend Theatrical Marketplace
  

  Patrick Corcoran

  Board Member, Attend Theatrical Marketplace

  Patrick Corcoran is a Founding Partner of The Fithian Group and Board Member of Attend Theatrical Marketplace, Inc.

  He is the former VP & Chief Communications Officer of the National Association of Theatre Owners; Director of Media & Research & California Operations Chief (24 years).