The 2008 Moving Image Institute schedule is available for download.
| Thursday, April 10 | |
| 6:00 - 7:30 | Opening reception, hosted by Herbert S. Schlosser (Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Museum of the Moving Image). |
| Friday, April 11 | |
| 9:30 - 11:30 | Opening remarks and tour, Rochelle Slovin (Director, Museum of the Moving Image). |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | A. O. Scott (The New York Times). |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Lunch. |
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Panel: Publicity and Marketing with Harris Dew (IFC Center), Julie Fontaine (Miramax Films), Susan Norget (Susan Norget Film Promotion) and Cynthia Swartz (42West),. |
| 3:30 - 4:30 | Group discussion. |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Bingham Ray (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment). |
| Saturday, April 12 | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Panel: Online Film Criticism with Eugene Hernandez (IndieWire), Michael Koresky (Reverse Shot / Criterion Collection), S. T. VanAirsdale (The Reeler), and Matt Zoller Seitz (The House Next Door / The New York Times). |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Group discussion. |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch. |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Panel: Independent Filmmakers with Tom Kalin (Savage Grace) and Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy). |
| 3:00 - 4:30 | Panel: Independent Distribution with Don Krim (Kino International) and Ryan Werner (IFC Films). |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Group discussion. |
| 5:00 - 6:30 | Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell. |
| 6:30 - 8:30 | Dinner. |
| Sunday, April 13 | |
| 10:00 - 1:00 | Work-in-progress screening of For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism with Amy Geller (producer) and Gerald Peary (Boston Phoenix). |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Lunch. |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Ellen Kuras (cinematographer of films including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and co-director of Nerakhoon). |
| 4:00 - 5:30 | Group Discussion. |
| Monday, April 14 | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch. |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Meeting at The New York Times with Sam Sifton (culture editor), Lorne Manly and Ann Kolson (film editors), David Carr (culture/business reporter), and others. |
| 3:30 - 6:30 | Michael Barker (Sony Pictures Classics) discussion and screening. |
| Tuesday, April 15 | |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Presentation on developments in internet, digital media with Heather Chaplin (author and journalist) and Ed Halter (critic and curator) moderated by Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image). |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Group discussion. |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Closing lunch. |