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 Navigating
the International Film Festival Circuit
Wednesday,
November 28 / 6:30 to 8:00
$35 (reg. rate) |
$25 (discount rate)
Film Festivals have become an essential step to reaching your film’s
audience as well as catching the eye of distributors. Join WMM
Executive Director, Debra Zimmerman as she presents ways to use the
film festival circuit to launch your film and gain word of mouth.
Find out how to optimize your festival screenings with tips on
creating your festival strategy, packaging your film, and navigating
the scene once you’re there. This is the perfect workshop for
learning more about how to better market and launch your feature,
documentary, or short film. Attendees receive a packet of
information on festivals and distributors, and sample press
materials.
 The
Secrets of Successful Proposals
Wednesday,
December 5 | 6:30 - 8:30PM
Regular Rate: $35.00 |
(discount rate)
$25.00
As film funding becomes increasingly scarce and competition grows
equally fierce, how will you make your proposal and film stand out in
the crowd? Join us for an essential evening of grant-writing how-to’s.
Topics will include identifying a proposal’s 13 elements, writing an
effective synopsis, approaching the best funders, and avoiding common
mistakes. Successful proposals will be passed out and discussed.
Presented by Tracie Holder, filmmaker, fundraiser and consultant to
WMM’s Production Assistance Program. Tracie has received grants from
numerous funders including the Ford Foundation, ITVS, National Endowment
for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York State
Council for the Arts, New York Council for the Humanities, Lynn and
Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film, The Sulzberger Foundation,
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The J.M. Kaplan Fund and The
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, among others. Her new documentary
JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS, co-directed with Karen Thorsen, has screened at
several film festivals throughout this year.
 Stories
from the Other Side: Finishing Your Documentary
Incredible stress and overwhelming pressure - how often do you
feel those as you struggle to finish your documentary? Where
will you find the money to finish and how will you find the
time? You are not alone: the average documentary takes longer to
finish than the filmmaker expected, especially with first and
second films. Come get the support you need with this workshop
featuring Production Assistance Program filmmakers Cristina
Ibarra and Therese Shechter as they share tips and stories of
what it is like to finally be reaching the finishing line.
Cristina Ibarra is finishing her documentary Las Marthas, for
which she received support from ITVS. LPB and Jerome Foundtaion.
Therese Shechter has successfully completed two Kickstarter
campaigns and has created a supportive community through the
website and blog of her almost completed film How To Lose Your
Virginity.
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
View
Past Workshops  Winter
2012
Fall
2012
Spring
2012 (Part 2)
Spring
2012 (Part 1)
Fall
2011
Spring
2011
Fall
2010
Spring
2010
This
Series is funded, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts, New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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