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Celebrating Our 5th Anniversary!!
ANNUAL DINNER OUT -- JUNE
14TH
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WHO IN HELL ARE WE?
We are a group of Boston doc filmmakers who come together every month to make meaningful connections, share
news, resources and information and to exchange ideas.
A FEW OF OUR PAST PRESENTERS:
Jason Redmond, Executive Director, Independent Film Festival of Boston, http://www.iffboston.org, on entering your film into film festivals, from the festival's POV, and how to make the most of
your festival screenings.
Charles Schuerhoff, Director of Acquisitions, WGBH, International, http://www.wgbhinternational.org, on the international broadcast market--- what kind of doc films sell & who is buying them.
Steve Alves of archival footage company, Footage Farm, http://www.footagefarm.com on the use of low cost archival footage in doc films.
Jean-Phillipe Boucicaut, Editor of Citizen King, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ and American Blackout, http://www.americanblackout.com/.
Gary Roma/Henry Bass, Filmmakers, on successful self-distribution, http://www.ironfrog.com; http://merrimack-films.com
Liz Canner, Filmmaker, "Orgasm,
Inc." How helpful is the IFP Market? Thirty meetings with industry heavyweights, one year later...
Cynthia Close, Executive Director, Documentary Educational Resources,
on fundraising and gaining exposure for your films on I-Tunes University... http://www.der.org
Ross McElwee, Documentary Filmmaking Pioneer, "Making the Personal
Documentary" http://www.rossmcelwee.com
Sctott Kirsner, Author of "Friends, Fans & Followers:
Building an Audience & Creative Career in the Digital Age" http://www.scottkirsner.com/fff ; http://cinematech.blogspot.com/
