Lights, Camera, Action: How to Grow Your Career as an Emerging Filmmaker
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Lights, Camera, Action: How to Grow Your Career as an Emerging Filmmaker

Whether you're a novice or pro, this workshop is your compact guide to navigating the industry and unlocking your potential as a filmmaker!

By YES Employment + Entrepreneurship

Date and time

Wed, May 15, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT

Location

Online

Refund Policy

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About this event

  • 2 hours

Embark on a career-boosting journey in our condensed filmmaker workshop!

Dive into three case studies – a $750 no-budget film, a self-financed $10K project, and a $60K grant-funded film. Unpack the nuances of each, covering grant writing, personal marketing, film markets, festivals, awards, distribution and licensing.   

Explore the funding landscape, from public to industry grants, and gain insights on kickstarting your career and growing your resume. Learn to plan your filmmaking path strategically. Whether you're a novice or a pro, this workshop is your compact guide to navigating the industry and unlocking your potential! 

Guest speaker: Gavin Seal, Award-Winning Filmmaker | Alumnus of TIFF Lab, Netflix DOV Pitch Program, Reelworld E20 Emerging Writer, Fiction Toolbox Program at Berlinale's EFM 

Available as a live, online streaming webinar. Pre-registration is required.

Once you have registered for the online workshop, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log on a few hours before the start time of the workshop. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you have not received your email with instructions 1 hour before the start time of the workshop.

*This low registration fee is only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.

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YES Employment + Entrepreneurship is dedicated to enhancing the careers of job seekers, entrepreneurs, and artists across Quebec. We are a not-for-profit organization that provides English-language support to help Quebecers find employment, and start and grow businesses.

Our low registration fees are only possible thanks to our generous funders and partners. Where applicable, workshop payments of $20 or less are non-transferable and non-refundable. Cancellations for any paid workshop series must be received two business days before the start of the FIRST workshop of the series.

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