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JUST ANNOUNCED! FIRST FILMMAKERS TAKING CHARGE CONFERENCE!

Published April 23, 2010 1 Closed
Tags: 2010, Aaron Katz, Andrew O'Hehir, Baltimore, Beach House, Benny Safdie, Casey Rae-Hunter, Christopher Horton, conference, discussion, Ed Sanchez, filmmakers, Filmmakers Taking Charge Conference, IndieWire, interactive, Ira Deutchman, Janet Pierson, Jason Foster, Joe Swanberg, Josh Safdie, Kate Ewald, Lena Dunham, Linas Phillips, Maryland Film Festival, May 6 - 9, May 7, Michael Tully, networking, Ponytail, roundtable, Ruby Lerner, Salon.com, Scott Kirsner, Scott Macaulay, Stephanie Carter, SXSW, The Blair Witch Project, Tom Cunha

Friday, May 7, 2010, 9am – 5pm

The Maryland Film Festival is pleased to announce a new filmmaker-focused event to take place the first full day of MFF 2010, May 7, in the Filmmaker Tent Village. This intimate conference is a daylong set of case study roundtables and networking opportunities focused on identifying methods to connect audiences and filmmakers in an increasingly overpopulated (and tech-savvy) market. More personal and interactive than big festival panels, attendees will receive a thorough understanding of how to navigate and take charge of the current climate of film distribution and promotion.

Sponsored by MFF Board member Stephanie Carter, and using funding from a two -year Warhol Foundation grant, the day long event will bring visiting and local filmmakers & aficionados together with a variety of distributors, critics, and exhibitors in a spirit of mutual support and cooperation that the festival was founded upon.

Passes for FILMMAKERS TAKING CHARGE are on sale today!
Call (410)752-8083 or visit our website to order!

General Admission: $75
Students/Creative Alliance Members: $50
MFF Filmmakers: Free

$25 off all passes before April 30th!

Scholarships & Group Rates are also available – Contact Kate Ewald at (410)752-8083 or kate@mdfilmfest.com to apply.

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GUESTS – More TBA:

Aaron Katz (Director, Dance Party, USA, Quiet City)
Andrew O’Hehir (Salon.com)
Benny Safdie (Director, Daddy Longlegs)
Casey Rae-Hunter (Communications Director, Future of Music Coalition)
Christopher Horton (Head of Acquisitions, Cinetic Rights Management/ FilmBuff)
Ed Sanchez (Director/Writer, The Blair Witch Project)

Ira Deutchman (President/CEO, Emerging Pictures)
Janet Pierson (Head, SXSW Film Festival)
Jason Foster (Head, We Are Free Records; Manager, Beach House, Yeasayer, & Ponytail)
Joe Swanberg (Director, LOL, Hannah Takes the Stairs, Nights and Weekends)
Josh Safdie (Director, Daddy Longlegs)
Lena Dunham (Director, Tiny Furniture)

Linas Phillips (Director, Bass Ackwards)

Dan Geva (Filmmaker-in-Residence, MICA)

Noit Geva (Filmmaker-in-Residence, MICA)

Michael Tully (Writer – IndieWire, Hammer to Nail)
Ruby Lerner (President, Creative Capital)
Scott Kirsner (Author, Journalist)
Scott Macaulay (Editor, Filmmaker Magazine)
Tom Cunha (Mammoth, Movieline)

Tent Village Panel Series Announced!

Published May 1, 2009 1 Closed
Tags: Baltimore, CAmm, Creative Alliance, directors, discussion, editors, film critic, filmmakers, free, horror, influences, Kurt Kolaja, local, Maryland Film Festival, Maryland Film Office, Matt Porterfield, Matthew Modine, panel, Ramona Diaz, short film, social justice, Tent Village, The Charles Theatre

The schedule for the Maryland Film Office Discussion Panel Series is now up on our website!

This year we are offering ten engaging panels over the course of the weekend. The titles range from “First Encounters: Films That Influenced Us” to “Social Justice Filmmaking: Social Issues Brought to the Screen,” and other topics like the collaboration between directors and editors, shorts filmmaking, and film criticism. Highlights include a panel with MFF Alums Matt Porterfield, Ramona Diaz, and Kurt Kolaja, who are currently working on new films, and a conversation with Matthew Modine!

Plus the Creative Alliance Movie Makers program brings us “B-more Indie Horror Movie Makers” feature guest filmmakers from Baltimore’s booming youthful underground horror scene!

All panels are FREE and open to the public, unless otherwise noted, and located in the Tent Village across the street from The Charles Theatre!

Click here to view the Maryland Film Office Discussion Panel schedule!