Filmmaking Workshop Series: Getting Your Film Acquired
The Bronx Independent Cinema Center Presents... A Summer Film Workshop Series!
First, you make a movie, then you make a deal. The business side of the industry can take many filmmakers by surprise. Never had a movie of yours distributed? This workshop is for you.
It’s important to understand that when your movie is complete, you now become a seller. It is time to move on to the most crucial part of your journey: Acquisition.
The buyer negotiates for the acquisition of the motion picture distribution rights in a specific territory (also known as, licensing), or the purchase of a motion picture (or multiple motion pictures) so that ownership of the copyright and all rights are transferred to the buyer.
Before the agent acquires your film, they will insist upon certain assurance that the film will be free and clear of any issues:
This workshop will teach you how to communicate and negotiate with an “Acquisition Agent” who will buy your movie. We’re going to get into the major details:
- Chain of Title
- Title Report
- Script Clearance
- Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance
During this in-person workshop, you will learn the following:
- How to prepare and write a movie pitch
- How to pitch your movie
- What makes a pitch successful
Whether you’re a young, aspiring, early career or seasoned filmmaker from The Bronx or NYC as a whole, this event is for you!
Come ready to listen, learn, meet new people, and have conversations.
*RSVP Required
A little bit about BICC:
Bronx Independent Cinema Center (BICC) is a new 501©3 nonprofit organization with the mission to bring an independent movie theater to the Bronx. This will be a space for us, by us here in The Bronx, a space to enjoy indie, art house, foreign and local films, and an educational space to train the next class of successful filmmakers. Imagine a multi-screen cinema center on the Grand Concourse, near Fordham Road.
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Visit our website: bronxindependentcinemacenter.org
Join our team: Send an email to [email protected]
You can make a tax-deductible donation right now via our website!
About Zoe Mitchell:
Zoe is a screenwriter and director from Houston, Texas. She recently graduated from the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she concentrated in screenwriting and minored in producing for film. In 2020, she received an Honorable Mention from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for her original screenplay “Havana”. In 2021, Zoe was the recipient of the Venable Herndon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting. In 2022, she was one of six selected to participate in the Athena Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab. Zoe’s work has been featured in the 2021 Tisch Undergraduate Screenplay Showcase, the 2022 Sloan Film Summit, and Women & Hollywood. Her latest short film, THE FOURTH FRIEND, had its world premiere at the 2023 edition of FEST — New Directors New Films Festival located in Espinho, Portugal, where it competed for the Silver Lynx Prize in Fiction. It is now available to watch on Film Shortage. She is currently in pre-production for her next short film, a drama-thriller, which will shoot in summer 2023. Zoe is based in New York City.
Time: 3:00-5:00 pm EDT
Free!
