October 23, 2015
Holyoke, MA
The Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative (BFMC) is pleased
to announce that the 2nd Annual Western Massachusetts Film and Media Exchange
will feature a diverse series of panels and workshops of interest to the film
and video community and the business community who want to utilize film and
video in their marketing and social media efforts. The Exchange will take place
on Friday, October 23rd from 9:30am – 5:30pm at the Baystate Health’s
Conference Center, Holyoke, MA.
Cynthia Wade, the Academy Award-winning Berkshires-based
filmmaker will be the Keynote Speaker. Wade won the Oscar for her short documentary
“Freeheld,” the story of a New Jersey police officer who was diagnosed with
cancer and wanted to give her benefits to her same-sex partner. The acclaimed
documentary has been turned into a motion picture of the same name.
Other panels during The Exchange will be geared to
filmmakers and their interests. Entertainment lawyer, Fred Fierst, who led a
standing room only seminar last year, will bring a panel of lawyers and
filmmakers to discuss every legal aspect of getting a project done – from concept
to script, to raising the funding, to attaching cast and crew and dealing with
the unions, to negotiating and closing the distribution deal, tax credits, and
gap financing.
Another panel, “Funding Your Film” will include with leaders
in crowdfunding and how to source local production grants.
Several panels will be geared to all of the attendees.
