The Rough Cut Lab is an in-depth workshop featuring a filmmaker and their producer in conversation with a panel of internationally renowned experts. The project is first viewed in full by the team, the panelists, and the Forum RIDM audience. This viewing is followed by a professional discussion around issues in the editing process, festival strategy, and marketing at this crucial stage of the project’s development. Every year, the guest panel is made up of a new selection of festival programmers, distribution and exhibition companies, as well as editors.