Whether you’re someone who’s been working in film for years or you’re a newbie, you’re likely ready to kick your film career up a notch. Our panel of pros will discuss the state of the independent film industry in the 21st century, offering some tips for funding, producing, and distributing your films. Led by NewEnglandFilm.com Founder/Publisher Michele Meek and Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG) Founder/President Daniel Bérubé, our panel will take on one of the most important questions of your film career—how do you take it to the next level?

Afterwards, we’ll move next door to Salvatore’s for some complimentary food and drinks while we accomplish one of the top tips: Networking!

Panel at February 28 7:00-8:30 pm
Bright Family Screening Room at Emerson College
Paramount Center
559 Washington Street
Boston, MA

Networking Party 8:30-10 PM
Salvatore’s Theatre District
545 Washington Street
Boston, MA

Panelists include:

Nancy Campbell, Program Director, IFFBoston

For nearly twenty years, Nancy Campbell has been dedicated to the exhibition of independent and foreign films in the Boston area. Since 2004, she has been on the staff of the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) and is currently the Program Director. She serves on the board of the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. For the past 10 years, she has worked as the Theatre Manager the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA, one of the nation’s most prominent non-profit, independent cinemas. She has sat on the juries for festivals including New Orleans Film Festival and Boston Latino International Film Festival.

Cirina Catania, President/Founder, Catania Group, Inc; Co-Founder, Sundance Film Festival; Former Studio Executive

Cirina Catania, Founder/Lead Creative at The Catania Group and partner, Lumberjack System, and Tech Evangelist for Blackmagic Design, is a member of the PGA, WGA, and IATSE-Local 600. She has worked as a writer, director, supervising producer, cinematographer, post-producer, or marketing exec on over 130 film, television and new media projects for the big screen as well as for networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, etc. She is one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival and former Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at MGM-UA and United Artists. Cirina is based in LA, D.C. and Berlin when she is not on the road filming in the Amazon or other exotic locations. She is very proud of the fact that she has not yet contracted malaria and that, after all these years, she still loves her job!

Alecia Jean Orsini Lebeda, President, Women in Film/Video New England; CEO/Co-Founder, Good Natured Dog Productions LLC

Alecia Orsini is an award winning multi-media professional with more than 10 years experience working in the film industry. She is the CEO of video agency Good Natured Dog Productions LLC. Alecia is a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, and in that spirit of sisterhood, she is the current President of Women in Film and Video of New England.

Clemence Taillandier, Head of Theatrical Sales, Distrib Films US; Head of Theatrical Sales, Film Movement

Clemence Taillandier is a veteran of the independent film industry for over 15 years. She began her career as a theatrical and festival booker at Zeitgeist Films, a NY based distributor renowned for ground-breaking documentaries and award-winning foreign films which include The Corporation, Bill Cunningham New York, and Nowhere in Africa. She now operates her own distribution services company and provides theatrical, festival booking and consultation services to boutique distributors including Film Movement, Music Box, Distrib Films and Under The Milky Way. 

Hosts include:

Daniel Bérubé, Founder/President, Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG); Proprietor/ Digital Creative, Jupiter Hall, LLC

Daniel Bérubé. Producer, Editor and Proprietor of Jupiter Hall, has more than two decades of production and editing credits on public and network television. Dan is founder of Boston Creative Pro User Group, a story driven, globally connected community of collaborative digital media makers and a creative outlet to pitch ideas for episodic content creation and to discover talent, crew, and distribution for projects. Additionally, Dan is also co-founder and co-producer of the Creative Pro User Group Network (CPUG) SuperMeets, social gatherings of Adobe, Avid, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro editors, gurus and digital media creators from throughout the world who use or want to learn to use Macintosh-based workflows. Presently, Dan runs Jupiter Hall, where communites experience arts, culute and innovation.

Anna Feder, Director of Programming in the Visual Media Arts department at Emerson College

Anna Feder currently serves as the Director of Programming in the Visual Media Arts department at Emerson College and curates the Bright Lights film series in the Bright Family Screening Room. Anna has been working with film festivals in various capacities for two decades. Currently, she is a programmer at the BostonLGBT film festival. She served on the board of Press Pass TV for six years. She also served as the Networking Program Manager for the Creative Mind Group advising students and setting opportunities for them at the Cannes film festival. Previous to this, she served as associate director of the Northampton Independent Film Festival and was the director of the Boston Underground Film Festival for seven years.

Michele Meek, Founder/Publisher, NewEnglandFilm.com LLC and the Online New England Film Festival; Board Member, The Independent and Independent Media Publications; Filmmaker

Michele Meek pioneered the development of NewEnglandFilm.com, the online magazine and resource for filmmakers, and led the transition of the 30-year-old film magazine The Independent to the nonprofit Independent Media Publications where she remains a board member. Her entrepreneurial successes have been lauded in Inc. Magazine, National Public Radio, and The Boston Globe. She has served on numerous juries including the Coolidge Award, Women in Comedy Festival, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and New Hampshire Film Festival. She co-edited The Independent’s Guide to Film Distribution (2014) and has written on film in publications including MovieMaker Magazine, The Independent, and Indiewire. She also has directed several short award-winning narrative and documentary films, including her most recent Imagine Kolle 37.

Free RSVP and Complete Details Including Directions & Easy Validated Parking: 

Our BOSCPUG events and speakers that we invite to Boston are part of Emerson College’s Bright Lights Film Series: http://web.emerson.edu/brightlights/

DATE: Thursday, February 28, 2018

TIMES: 7PM-9:30PM (doors open at 6:30PM)**
**Meeting begins PROMPTLY at 7PM!

VENUE:
Bright Family 4K Screening Room
The Paramount Center
559 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111

DIRECTIONS:
Enter the main entrance to The Paramount Center at 559 Washington Street. Go up the elevators to the left and to the 4th floor. There will be front of house staff to greet you at the Bright Family Screening Room.

Venue Box Office: 617-824-8400

SPECIAL VALIDATED $14 FLAT RATE PARKING:
*SALVATORE’S (545 Washington Street, directly between The Paramount Center and The Boston Opera House) offers validated discount parking for a $14 flat rate between 4pm-5am at LAFAYETTE GARAGE, across the street from the restaurant and inside the Hyatt Regency Boston, One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston)  – stop by before BOSCPUG at Salvatore’s for a bite to eat or coffee/drink!

Emerson also recommends to park in the Millennium Place Garage at The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common, 47 Boylston Street (617-574-7252). Note this parking is not vaildated!

MBTA:
– Orange Line: Take the Chinatown Exit
– Red Line: Take the Park Street Exit
– Green Line: Take the Boylston Street exit
MBTA info:http://mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/

Questions? Email Dan Bérubé at dberube at boscpug.org

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