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Upcoming IFP/Midwest Activities for Independent Filmmakers!! If you can, please send to your email lists or promote to your students, members, or on your websites!
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Back by POPULAR DEMAND!!
IFP/MW and CAVA/COLUMBIA COLLEGE Workshop Series
From Concept to Distribution – A Series On The Business of Independent Film Production
FIRST PROGRAM on Saturday, December 1st
ALL SEMINARS WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW
Columbia College Screening Room 304, 1104 South Wabash Street, Chicago
-$10 per seminar for IFP/MW Members,
-$20 per seminar for non-members
(The series is free for Columbia College Students.)
ALL SEMINARS ARE FROM 11AM TO 2PM
This seminar series is designed to alert you to the most common legal and business hazards faced by independent film producers and to suggest ways of handling these problems.
Join Bob Labate and Timothy S. Kelley, two Chicago-based attorneys who have been advising independent film producers for many years, and their guest speakers to discuss the challenging work of producing independent film.
December 1, 2001:
Organizing Issues & Choosing The Right Corporate Structure
Anticipated Guest: Jonathan Scott, Swell Productions
In this Seminar we will discuss the first business steps that film producers should take before the script is finished, before actors are attached and before money is raised. We will review a variety of organizing structures commonly used for film/music production including LLC, C and Scorporations; 501(c)(3) not-for profit; and limited partnerships, and we will discuss the advantages and problems with each.
To RSVP, contact the IFP/Midwest office at 312-435-1825 or e-mail infoifpmw@... .
Four workshops follow on the first Saturday of Each Month from January to April. Topics include:
-Financing the Production
-Copyright, Music, Contracts & Talent
-Finding an Audience and Distributing Your Film
-The Special Problems of Documentary Film Production
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IFP/Midwest Facets Film Series presents
KWIK STOP
Wednesday, December 5, 7 pm
Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton, Chicago
FREE ADMITTANCE. SEATING IS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS.
A new spin on the road movie, written and directed by Chicago native Michael Gilio. Both touching and unpredictable, his Midwestern fable follows Mike (Gilio), an
aspiring actor who sets off for sunny L.A., but makes a fateful and "quick stop" at a convenience store where he meets Didi (Lara Phillips), an effusive young drifter. After afairy tale night together in the honeymoon suite of a roadside motel, Didi decides to tag along. Soon, an ex-girlfriend, Ruthie, joins the mix, and several twists and turns later, Mike’s plans have unexpectedly downshifted into neutral. But there will be many more quick stops on the way to Hollywood.
Producer Rachel Tenner will be in attendance. Join us at 5 pm at Facets for a workshop with Ms. Tenner as she discusses the film's financing, production, and its search for distribution. RSVP to attend at 312-435-1825.
FREE ADMITTANCE. SEATING IS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS.
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DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
FILM MARKETS: WORTH THE MONEY?
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Katerina's Coffee House,
1920 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago
6 pm to 8 pm
Film Markets, such as the markets in Berlin, Rotterdam, and Cannes, the American Film Market, and the IFP Market, are perceived differently by both distributors and filmmakers than Film Festivals. What is the value of entering a Market vs. a Festival? Join us as we discuss Film Markets and their role in the distribution world. Designed to be informal, these meetings will allow members to meet one another and discuss issues among themselves that they find important. The agenda of each meeting is up to the members themselves!
To RSVP and for more info contact: 312-435-1825 or email us at infoifpmw@...
FREE ADMITTANCE!
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