fundraising

In this Master Class, founding President of the National Black Programming Consortium, Mable Haddock will help participants identify who is currently funding what in the non-profit and foundation arena. She will share her expertise in grant proposal writing and the review process and give examples of funded film proposals. Ms. Haddock will also provide tips on making the best of your grant, laying the groundwork for the next grant and managing your limited resources in an economic downturn.

For more information, please call 215-222-4201 or register online now.

Have an idea for a video documentary project? This intensive workshop is designed for people who want to work in small-format video (DV, miniDV and HDV). We will focus on how to creatively develop and break down your idea into a one-page treatment and introduce materials to create project production schedules and a sample budget. This is the ideal workshop for first-time videomakers at the start of their projects.

Register by calling 215-222-4201 or online now and bring confirmation receipt on day of workshop. Thank you for registering.

Presented in partnership with film organization
Reelblack and PIFVA

Walk-in registrants welcomed

**THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED and will be rescheduled.**

In this Special Presentation, founding President of the National Black Programming Consortium, Mable Haddock will help participants identify who is currently funding what in the non-profit and foundation arena.  She will share her expertise in grant proposal writing and the review process and give examples of funded film proposals.  Ms. Haddock will also provide tips on making the best of your grant, laying the groundwork for the next grant and managing your limited resources in an economic downturn.  

Register by calling 215-222-4201 or online now and bring confirmation receipt on day of workshop. Thank you for registering.

A major part of filmmaking involves finding funding. In this Master Class, Tanya Hamilton will present a case study of how she funded her debut feature film Night Catches Us, starring Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington. She will focus on her strategies for attracting major investors to her film project. She will also show clips from Night Catches Us. Participants are encouraged to submit a treatment of their current projects for discussion in class.

About Night Catches Us, written and directed by Tanya Hamilton
In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry Washington, “Ray,” “Lift”) and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone's beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia. http://www.nightcatchesus.com/

Director Mark Landsman will guide participants through the process of marketing their work. At each step of the creative process, indy filmmakers must know how to attract potential backers, crew members, distributors and exhibitors to their project. Landsman will use his current project of adapting a documentary to a narrative feature as a model. Please submit a brief description of your project prior to the workshop.