The CFVA Producer Accelerator Pitch Event
A first-of-its-kind Colorado initiative aims to train the next generation of producing talent through mentorship, business education, and industry access.
The Colorado Film & Video Association (CFVA), in partnership with The Eii, has launched the inaugural CFVA Producer Accelerator Pilot Program, a six-week professional development program designed to support Colorado producers navigating the business side of the entertainment industry.
The program concludes with a live public pitch session where the 12 participating producers will present their projects to an audience of filmmakers, industry professionals, potential collaborators, and invited guests.
Join us on September 19th at the Sie Film Center from 1pm-4pm to see the future of filmmaking in Colorado!
Hear the pitches from the 12 Producers from the 2026 Cohort Admission to the 2-hour Producer Accelerator Pitch Event and networking to follow in the SIE Film Center Lounge with other attendees.
Schedule:
1 pm: Pitches begin in the theater
3 pm: Networking in the Lobby for General Admission / VIP Lounge Opens
4 pm: Event concludes
Tickets:
General Admission CFVA Member: Free
Hear the pitches from the 12 Producers from the 2026 Cohort. Admission to the 2-hour Producer Accelerator Pitch Event and networking to follow in the SIE Film Center Lounge with other attendees.
General Admission Non-Member: $25
Hear the pitches from the 12 Producers from the 2026 Cohort. Admission to the 2-hour Producer Accelerator Pitch Event and networking to follow in the SIE Film Center Lounge with other attendees.
VIP Admission + Lounge: $100
VIP front row seating for the Pitch Event, then exclusive access to meet the producers and discuss their projects in a VIP experience following the Pitch Event where the mentors, CFVA Board and other investors will enjoy small bites and free beverages and deeper conversations. Tickets are limited.
We’d love to have you there and see this as an opportunity to help create a Colorado catalyst for getting great projects moving here in the state.
Accessibility
This venue is ADA accessible. If you have an accommodation need, please reach out to CFVA's Disability Integration Coordinator (accessibility@cfva.com). Need help with your ticket? We want everyone to join! Just reach out to us at admin@cfva.com for a coupon code.
Meet the Producers
Name: Andrew Jackson
Credential: Producer
Learn more: www.vagabondho.me
Project Title: Vagabond Home
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: After losing everything to raiders in a postwar frontier, a lone scavenger teams up with a tethered soldier of the occupying regime, and their journey across forgotten battlefields uncovers a war that never truly ended.
Name: Breanne Nicole Wilson
Credential: Founder & Exec. Producer of Leaky Skylight Pictures LLC
Learn more: www.leakyskylightpictures.com
Project Title: Shenanigans
Project Format: Narrative Series
Logline: To get into medical school and escape her toxic relationship, a people-pleasing college student must navigate working at a senior care home, surrounded by quirky residents and a frazzled manager.
Name: Daniel Wright
Credential: Producer
Learn more: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6438237/
Project Title: The Really Big One
Project Format: Documentary Series
Logline: Beneath the Pacific Northwest, two tectonic plates collide at the speed of a growing fingernail. Each day adds pressure where ocean meets continent, leaving only one outcome: a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. Blending documentary investigation with dramatized disaster, this urgent geologic detective story reveals the worst-case scenario we are racing to avoid.
Name: Dee Dee Norman
Credential: Producer, Filmmaker, Writer, Actor
Learn more: www.normandeeproductions.com
Project Title: High Strangeness
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: When a hiker goes missing in the Colorado mountains, a small-town sheriff and his bumbling deputy must face the truth: that their rescuers are idiots, Bigfoot might be real, and their friendship might not survive.
Name: Eric Todd Patton
Credential: Writer, Producer
Learn more: https://erictoddpatton.com/
Project Title: The Brothers Robinson
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: A functioning-ish alcoholic flees court-ordered rehab and drags his tightly-wound brother on a road trip to find his birth mother - erroneously convinced something in his biology can resolve his struggle with addiction.
Name: Jacob Kimmick
Credential: Producer, Director
Learn more: https://youtu.be/3P22YCznz0M?is=KKZD8PtB6zf8sRhu
Project Title: Iridium Springs
Project Format: Narrative Series
Logline: Two teenagers from the 90s get cryogenically frozen and wake up after the apocalypse, they set off to find a new home and who they really are in the ridiculous wasteland that is Iridium Springs.
Name: Katherine Martinez DeLeon
Credential: Producer, Writer
Learn more: N/A
Project Title: Sin Ver ("Without Seeing")
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: During the 1930s Mexican Repatriation, a boy unwittingly unleashes an ancient predator aboard his family's transport train, forcing them to survive a harrowing journey where looking into its eyes means instant death.
Name: Kersten Parrella
Credential: Producer, Writer, Director
Learn more: redroadfilms.com
Project Title: Sophomore Year, 2020
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: During the COVID-19 lockdowns, a lonely college sophomore yearning for deeper connection falls for a free-spirited thru-hiker passing through town.
Name: Ryan Kerwin
Credential: Producer
Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/not_ryankerwin
Project Title: Before Us
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: Five women—strangers on a collision course charted by the meddling spirits of their great-grandmothers—wrestle with motherhood, purpose, and identity. As their stories increasingly intertwine, they find strength in community and the shared power of women across generations.
Name: Twich Collins
Credential: Creative Producer
Learn more: www.FADEINtoFADEOUT.com
Project Title: Rawtown
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: After his brother's killer is released early, an impulsive teen spirals into a dark obsession, tracking the man, risking the teen's emotional survival and his chance to escape his small town.
Name: David Chavez
Credential: Filmmaker, Producer
Learn more: www.youtube.com/@Chavez228
Project Title: Hacked
Project Format: Narrative Feature
Logline: When a brilliant but naive female cyber-hacker breaches a corrupt Senator’s dark web network, her dangerous curiosity turns her from an invisible hunter into the prime target of a lethal syndicate.