Category: Filmmaker Support – Current Activities
Register now for Getting Down to Business!
Getting Down to Business is a 3-Part Webinar Series to help filmmakers manage budgeting, accounting, and fiscal sponsorship for their films.
Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media
Free / Sliding scale donation ($0 and up)
More info and registration: https://filmmakerscollaborative.org/events
Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media are presenting a three-workshop webinar series dedicated to helping emerging and mid-career filmmakers develop strategies for the producing and business side of independent films to ensure they are effectively moving their project forward.
Structured around the filmmaking process of development, production, and post-production, the workshops will cover producing strategies related to financial, legal, marketing, and other business topics required throughout the filmmaking process.
This is not a “how to” workshop series, but rather addresses the “why and what” behind developing practical strategies for integrating the business side of film to match the creative approach and goals of your project. Along with our presentation, we will provide case studies, guest speaker insights, and other resources to help you develop your strategies.
This series is ideal for emerging and mid-career filmmakers with a current film project.
You can register for the entire series or for individual workshops.
Cost: Free for Filmmakers Collaborative SF members. Sliding scale for non-members ($0-$25 for individual workshops or $0-$50 for the series).
More info and registration: www.filmmakerscollaborative.org/events
We are excited to announce that Re-Present Media received a California Humanities grant for our event series, For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities. The series is planned to take place in Spring 2024.
In partnership with Filmmakers Collaborative SF, we are presenting a film screening and discussion event series highlighting six documentary films made by a multicultural group of local filmmakers who are telling personal stories of Bay Area community heroes. The featured filmmakers were fellows in our inaugural For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator program in 2023. We look forward to continuing to amplify their work and are grateful to California Humanities for their support!
Our Director Jennifer Crystal Chien is featured in DOK Leipzig’s new podcast episode “Keep on Keeping On” from What’s Up with Docs. In this episode, host Toni Bell discusses with Jennifer the vital question of who is determining what is of interest and to whom?! They dive into the challenges faces by BIPOC filmmakers working in a dominant white supremacy culture and the need to generate new and more authentic representations and portrayals of BIPOC communities. Jennifer also talks about her commitment to advocacy and the field-building work at Re-Present Media.
Tune in now: What’s Up with Docs feat. Jennifer Crystal Chien – Keep on Keeping on
Curators of the episode: Toni Bell and Brianna Jovahn, MBA.
We are excited to announce our For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator cohort! Seven filmmakers telling personal stories from Bay Area communities not often seen in media were selected to participate in our six month intensive. The cohort will participate in workshops, receive mentoring, and be given stipends to strategically use for their films.
With each film comes an opportunity for community members to express their points of view and provide insight into how we can better understand each other and ourselves. The six selected projects highlight intersections of race, class, and gender from across the Bay Area.
Congratulations to Caroline Julia Cabading, Megan Martinez Goltz, Chad Santo Tomas, Mauro Sifuentes, Sé Sullivan, Erika Staud, and Priyanka Suryaneni. We look forward to supporting these filmmakers on their journeys!
Click here to learn more about the filmmakers and their projects.
Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media are collaborating to present the For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator, a six month intensive to support a cohort of local documentary filmmakers of different backgrounds who are telling personal stories from Bay Area communities not often seen in media.
For Us, By Us will support a cohort of local documentary filmmakers of different backgrounds who are telling personal stories from Bay Area communities not often seen in media. The filmmakers will participate in workshops, receive mentoring, and be given stipends to strategically use for their films. The mentoring will be focused on a group setting, with additional individual mentoring with program directors as needed. The six month program will run from March-August 2023.
Our goal is to nurture stories that expand our understanding of those who live in our Bay Area communities, especially those who will benefit from seeing their perspectives realistically represented, validating their lived experiences and providing insight into how we can better understand each other and ourselves.
Filmmakers Collaborative SF is a nonprofit media organization with a mission to catalyze positive change through the power of filmmaking. Re-Present Media is an organization dedicated to advocating for personal storytelling from communities not often seen in documentary film and nonfiction media. The launch of the For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator marks an exciting next step in our work to support storytellers of different backgrounds and strengthen the Bay Area’s filmmaker ecosystem.
The six month program includes:
To be eligible, applicants must:
Application deadline: February 22, 2023 at 11:59pm PST
For more information and to apply: filmmakerscollaborative.org/for-us-by-us