Come hear more and bring your questions for Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger and Judith Helfand, founders of Chicken & Egg Pictures, who will share information and discuss their application process.

Websites and Social Networking: Building Audience and Buzz for
Your Film
Wednesday, Sept 24  6:30 – 9:00PM
$50 (reg. rate)      $40 (discount rate) 
 

Social Networking has grown from a niche pastime to one that reportedly involves more than 150 million people worldwide, with some 230,000 joining daily. Leba Haber, an award-winning filmmaker and interaction designer and Michelle Halsell, producer, filmmaker, WMM board member and CEO of Missing Pixel, a leading design and technology company that produces interactive media solutions for corporate and non-profit clients, lead this workshop that will explore how to utilize social networking tools and create a website to build audience for your film and increase your project’s profile. Specifically, you will learn how you can use this new technology to promote your film and to reach targeted audiences and virtual communities. Debra Zimmerman, WMM’s Executive Director, will moderate.

Navigating the International Film Festival Circuit
Wednesday, Oct 1  6:30 – 9:00PM
$50 (reg. rate)          $40 (discount rate) 

Film Festivals have become an essential step in reaching your film’s audience as well as catching the eye of distributors. Join WMM Executive Director, Debra Zimmerman, as she discusses how to use the film festival circuit to launch your film and build word of mouth. Find out how to optimize your festival screenings, create a festival strategy right for your project, package your film, design press materials and navigate your way through a festival. Attendees receive a packet of information on festivals and distributors, and sample press materials.

Fear of Fundraising
Wednesday, Oct 15  6:30 – 9:00PM
$50 (reg. rate)          $40 (discount rate) 
 

Setting Up Your Company: A Business and Legal Primer
Wednesday, Oct 22 6:30 - 9:00PM
$50 (reg. rate)          $40 (discount rate) 
CLOSED: REGISTRATION IS FULL

Whether or not you have a Fiscal Sponsor, there are certain basics all filmmakers need to know about the business of making a film. For example, does it make sense to set up your own company? How do you set up your books and organize your financial records? What is an LLC? What is an S-Corp? What do you need to know to file 1099s? This workshop addresses the business ins and out’s from both the filmmaker’s and attorney’s perspective. Fernando Ramirez, entertainment lawyer Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner, the award-winning filmmaking team of Naked Eye Productions will cover an array of business and legal issues you need to know to ensure all of your bases are covered and your assets protected.

Location and Directions
All workshops take place at:
 
Women Make Movies, Conference Room
462 Broadway, 5th Floor, between Broome and Grand in SoHo
Tel: 212.925.0606
 
Subways: Q/N/R/W, 6, J/M/Z to Canal Street; W/R to Prince Street
 

Registration
Advance registration is required for all WMM events. Registering online via this page is the easiest.

You can also print this page, circle the workshops you would like to attend and mail with a check or money order to:
Women Make Movies
Workshops Registration
462 Broadway, 5th Floor New York, NY 10013
 

Pricing and Discounts

Special Workshop Discount - A discount of 20% on individual workshops is available to WMM Fiscally Sponsored Filmmakers, filmmakers whose work we distribute, WMM Friends, and members of Asian Cine-Vison, Chica Luna Productions, CineWomen NY, DCTV, Events in the City, IFP, NYWIFT, Shooting People, Third World Newsreel, Cinema Tropical, New York Film and Video Council, DocuClub, and Film in the City. 

Student Discount - Students are also eligible for a half price discount rate for any one workshop per season.  Students must present valid student IDs when they sign in to workshops.  Sorry, web registration for this discount is not available, please email your request to fsprogram@wmm.com. 

WMM Friends are individuals who donate at least $50 per year to the organization, and are entitled to a discount of 20% off the individual workshop rate.  To become a WMM Friend, click here.
 

More is Less: It’s Cheaper By the Pass!
Purchase a three workshops pass and receive significant savings. Purchase a four workshop pass and savings are even greater. The discount is good for the entire year.
It applies to workshops offered in both the Fall and the Spring. 

You must purchase the passes through the below buttons and then send an email to fsprogram@wmm.com to let us know which workshops you will be attending.