Producers Christine Vachon, Bob Teitel top 15 events at IFP’s Filmmakers Summit, Oct. 27-29

The busy month of October is capped by the 15th annual IFP Filmmakers Summit, the one time of year when Hollywood is delighted to come to Chicago and share its secrets with us.

Producer/author Christine Vachon of Killer Films (“Boys Don’t Cry”) and Chicago’s Bob Teitel (“Barber Shop”) headline the Oct. 27-29 weekend when more than 600 filmmakers are expected to attend.

There’s pretty much something for everyone.

Want the inside scoop on how deals come together? A panel with CAA agent Kevin Iwashina (“Crash,” ” Garden State “) rep Kevin O’Keefe of Cinetic Media (“Little Miss Sunshine”) and producer Vachon will tell you how it’s done.

Moderator is local filmmaker Ben Berkowitz of Benzfilms whose movies found distributors and racked up sales.

Want to pitch your project to top professionals? Bob Teitel, Kevin Iwashina and producers’ Dana O’Keefe will be listening.

Want to increase chances of festival acceptance? Festival programmers Doug Jones of the Los Angeles Film Festival, Milton Tabbot, IFP/New York’s new program director and Chicago International’s Philip Bajorat will tell you how. Facets’ enduring Milos Stahik moderates.