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• Networking Wednesday: Summer Preview

  • When
    07 Jun 2023
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    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom meeting
  • Registered
    37 registrants

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  Join WIFVNE Member Erica Brookhyser as she leads this WIFVNE Networking Wednesday. 

  

  What's on tap for summer? Are you heading to a film festival? Working on a passion project?  Searching for a gig or new job? Join us for this Networking Wednesday to meet other WIFVNE members and connect with this month's special guests:  Alexandria Hunter-Whalen and Claudia Raschke.

  

  Alexandria Hunter-Whalen is currently the VP of Strategy and Operations at MK3 Creative in Boston where she leads the production team and partners with the CEO on company growth and insights. Before that she was at Bose Corporation for more than 8 years as a Global Group Creative Manager in marketing communications and user experience. Additionally, she is a seasoned presentation coach with more than 15 years’ experience having worked with individuals and teams at the C-suite level to interns. Her unique background as an actor, spokesperson, producer, and global creative leader helps talent to be remarkable and remembered. She lives in Boston, MA and Newport RI and in her free time does yoga, makes a mean chili and herds her 3 rescue cats with her husband.

  Claudia Raschke  was born in Hamburg, one of the largest European ports near the Baltic Sea in Northern Germany. Throughout her childhood the chain of movie theaters owned by her mother brought Claudia into the world of film. After college Claudia studied the art and technique of cinematography on the practical level while working with some of the most prominent and accomplished international filmmakers. Today she lives in New York City and is a founding member of the NYC Kamera Kollektiv, a boutique agency for documentary cinematographers and a member of AMPAS.

  Among her many notable award-winning films are: Oscar-nominated and Emmy winning RBG (Magnolia/ Participant/ CNN), Oscar shot-listed JULIA (CNN / Imagine Entertainment/ Sony Classic), Critics Choice nominated FAUCI (NAT GEO/ Magnolia/ Disney+), Peabody winning and NAACP Image Award nominated MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY (Amazon Studios/Participant Media), Oscar short-listed and Emmy winning BOYS STATE (A24), Oscar-nominated GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS (HBO), Oscar short-listed MAD HOT BALLROOM (Paramount), PARTICLE FEVER (Bond 360), THE FREEDOM TO MARRY (Argot Pictures). Her latest documentary series work titled THE HOUSE OF HAMMER (Discovery) aired Sept of 2022.

  Currently Claudia is in production of a six-part documentary series about Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt’s relationship during the four term run as a political couple and Eleanor’s work at the United Nation after FDR’s death. The release of the series is slated for Spring of 2024.

  Many members are open to work, actively looking for freelance work, contemplating changing jobs, educating themselves, developing their passions, and planning for productions. Prior to this event, WIFVNE recommends that members update their Member Profile in the Member Directory, so connections can become collaborators! 

  
  

  Erica Brookhyser is an accomplished voiceover artist with over 15 years of performing experience. A trained opera singer, Erica completed her voiceover training at Edge Studio in New York. Her background in vocal performance, acting, teaching, and foreign languages brings extra versatility to Erica’s natural vocal richness. A sought-after VO for corporate videos and commercials, her client list includes The Washington Post, Nokia, Thomson Reuters, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Johns Hopkins University among others. www.EricaBrookhyser.com

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• WIFT US event: Members only National Networking Night

  • When
    08 Jun 2023
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

  National Networking Night

  Thursday, June 8:  7pm eastern

  A Virtual Event for members of WIFT-US chapters

  Check in, Crew up, or just talk shop!
  

  WIFVNE Members:  Log in at the WIFVNE website and visit the WIFT-US discounts page to find the Zoom registration link

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• Provincetown Film Festival

  • Start
    14 Jun 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    18 Jun 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Provincetown, MA

  
  

  The Provincetown Film Festival (PIFF) is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to showcasing new achievements in independent film and honoring the work of emerging as well as acclaimed directors, producers and actors. We are committed to serving communities who are often outside of the mainstream, in the margins, or otherwise underserved, but have a voice critical to the evolution of artistic expression. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, PIFF has permanently established itself as the largest cultural event in lower Cape Cod and Provincetown’s premier cultural event, attracting 10,000 plus film-goers, movie buffs, and arts patrons. This 5-day festival showcases over 80 American and international independent narrative, documentary and animated features and shorts as well as panel discussions and special events.

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• The Power of Text Message Marketing -- a WIFT Marketing Zoom

  • When
    15 Jun 2023
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    5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom meeting

  
  

  The Power of Text Message Marketing 

  We've talked about email marketing, social media, and so many other avenues for getting your name, your projects and your brand out there. Next up is text message marketing. When used properly, text message marketing is a great way to connect with your followers, get succinct and important messages to them, and more. 
  

  Register for the Zoom link! 

  
  

  Christine Merser is the managing partner of Blue Shoe Strategy, a marketing company specializing in content creation for all media platforms. But more than marketing, she loves film and TV and all things on a screen, however small. Eight years ago, she partnered with Heidi Sullivan, whose film, Ash Bash, A Love Story, was an entry in the Wood's Hole Film Festival, to start Screen Thoughts, a podcast reviewing all things on the screen from within a female lens. More than 250 episodes later, Christine continues to podcast weekly around film, although Heidi passed away a few years ago. In addition, Christine has worked with filmmakers to ensure their films are seen. Blue Shoe did the strategy and public relations around the documentary, India's Daughter, in its bid for an Academy Award. 
  

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• Roxbury International Film Festival

  • Start
    20 Jun 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    28 Jun 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Boston, MA

  
  

  Provocative. Entertaining. Fiercely Independent. 

  The ROXBURY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is the largest New England Film Festival dedicated to celebrating films by, for, and about people of color. 

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• WIFT US event: Members only National Networking Night

  • When
    13 Jul 2023
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  WIFVNE hosts the July monthly WIFT-US National Networking Night! 

  
  

  National Networking Night

  Thursday, July 13:  7pm eastern

  A Virtual Event for members of WIFT-US chapters

  Check in, Crew up, or just talk shop!
  

  WIFVNE Members:  Log in at the WIFVNE website and visit the WIFT-US discounts page to find the Zoom registration link

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• Bridgeport Film Fest

  • Start
    08 Sep 2023
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    4:30 PM
  • End
    10 Sep 2023
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    10:30 PM
  • Location
    The Klein, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06605

  
  

  The third annual Bridgeport Film Fest plans to offer both in-person and virtual screenings, as well guest speakers from the entertainment industry and creative workshops for both youth and adults!

  2023 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

  Save an additional 15% off your entry with the code: "BPT15"

  With City Lights & Company as its fiduciary, the Bridgeport Film Fest is making “philanthropy through film” a priority in Bridgeport, CT. This nonprofit initiative is dedicated to the discovery, championing and development of independent filmmakers and audiences.

  Through various programming the festival seeks to showcase, guide and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the Bridgeport community and beyond. Local audiences will be enriched by the films, workshops, panels discussions and other forms of artistic expression curated by the festival team and will ensure the promotion of Downtown Bridgeport to continue to thrive as a cultural artistic center.

  
  

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• Camden International Film Festival

  • Start
    14 Sep 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    17 Sep 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Camden, Rockport, and Rockland, Maine

  
  

  When it was founded in 2005, the Camden International Film Festival was one of the world’s only small town film festivals focused exclusively on documentary film.

  In 2009, CIFF took the second big step for the organization by launching the Points North Forum. What began as an afternoon of panel discussions has since grown into one of the largest gatherings of documentary filmmakers and industry professionals in the United States, with more than 50 funders, broadcasters, distributors and producers participating annually.

  The core element of the Points North Forum has been our growing investments in the development of the next generation of nonfiction storytellers.

  The 18th edition of the Camden International Film Festival will take place throughout venues in Camden, Rockport, and Rockland, Maine from September 14-17, 2023.

  Learn more here.
  

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• WIFTI Summit 2023

  • Start
    22 Sep 2023
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    23 Sep 2023
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    8:00 PM
  • Location
    Helsinki, Finland

  
  

  SAVE THE DATE FOR THE WIFTI HELSINKI SUMMIT 2023 September 22-23rd

  "WIFTI Helsinki Summit 2023 - Facing the Future" takes place in Hanasaari cultural center and conference hotel in the inner city archipelago of Helsinki.

  It is a two-day event bringing together Wiftians from all over the world, sharing experiences and ideas with their peers, creating an action plan to face the challenges and possibilities for the future.

  WIFVNE Members are WIFTI members!  

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• Boston Women's Film Festival Fall Showcase

  • Start
    23 Sep 2023
  • End
    25 Sep 2023
  • Location
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  
  

  
  

  Join the Boston Women’s Film Festival and MFA Film for a showcase of award-winning new films by emerging filmmakers from around the globe. The sun-drenched Croatian thriller Murina follows a teenage girl plotting to escape her domineering father and the remote island where they work as eel divers; the smart Spanish horror flick Piggy shows us a teen who finds the strength to vanquish a psychopathic stalker in spite of her peers’ bullying. Clara Sola is a surreal Costa Rican drama about a woman with mystical gifts who longs to be free of her strict religious family. And the acclaimed French film Happening follows a college student in the 1960s who risks jail and worse for the sake of her budding future when she becomes pregnant. See these stories and more in this celebration of women and their strength.

  Learn more at https://www.bostonwomensfest.org/

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• New Hampshire Film Festival

  • Start
    12 Oct 2023
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    15 Oct 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Portsmouth, NH

  
  

  The New Hampshire Film Festival is an annual fall event that unites professional filmmakers, screenwriters, and film industry experts with film lovers.

  Founded in 2001, the non-profit New Hampshire Film Festival has become one of the leading festivals in New England and a highly anticipated Portsmouth, NH tradition. Over 10,000 attendees enjoy screenings of carefully curated films, lively panel discussions and buzzworthy events in addition to the multitude of dining and shopping options Portsmouth offers.

  New Hampshire Film Festival is an Academy Award qualifying festival The Short Film Awards.

  For more information, please visit their website. 
  

  
  

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• Mystic Film Festival

  • Start
    19 Oct 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    22 Oct 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Mystic, CT

  
  

  The 6th Annual Mystic Film Festival returns to hybrid programming this year at four local venues from October 19-22 featuring new short and feature-length documentary and narrative films from around the world, a screenwriting competition, filmmakers’ workshops, industry events, and panel discussions; our online cinema platform will have encore presentations and some workshops and panels. Mystic Luxury Cinemas, La Grua Center, United Theater of Westerly, and the Mystic Seaport Museum will host film screenings.

  WIFVNE Members receive a discount on submissions; log in to learn more. 

  Learn more about the Mystic Film Festival here.
  

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• Arlington International Film Festival

  • Start
    02 Nov 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    05 Nov 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington, MA

  
  

  The Arlington Film Festival offers a unique opportunity for cross-cultural education by promoting understanding of the many cultures represented in our town and beyond. We are registered in Arlington, Massachusetts as an organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and increasing multicultural awareness and understanding. The festival is a means for recognizing that such diversity enriches our community.

  Learn more about the Arlington International Film Festival here.
  

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