Mark Landsman From Pitch to Premiere

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DATE: Wednesday, August 11; TIME: 7:00PM-9:00PM; SUMMER 2010

Instructor: Mark Landsman
Workshop Location:
Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Fee: $20. 10 for Scribe members

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.

Instructor: Mark Landsman is an independent filmmaker and director of the feature documentary, Thunder Soul (screening in Scribe's Producers' Forums Series, August 10 at the International House). The film had its World Premiere at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival where it won an Audience Award for Best Documentary; and has gone on to win the Audience Awards at 2010 Hot Docs and 2010 Dallas International Film Festival. His first film, Peace of Mind, about Palestinian and Israeli youth perspectives on coexistence, won an Audience Award at the Hampton's International Film Festival; screened at Sundance; and aired internationally. His comedic fictional short, Skylab, won Best of Fest at the 2005 Chicago Shorts Festival; and screened in the U.S., Canada and Europe. He is currently developing a fictional feature based on the life of legendary high school band director, Conrad "Prof" Johnson. More info: http://thundersoulmovie.com