Film Neighbor Network

Thank you to everyone who visited our table at the Casting Buffalo Actors Expo yesterday! It was so great connecting with everyone, learning about their creative interests, and giving out candy 🍬🍭

Be sure to register for the Western New York Creative Sustainability Summit on September 14th from 3:30pm-8pm at Villa Maria College’s recital hall! This free event will host CEO of Seed&Spark, Emily Best, teaching workshops on how to crowdfund and find distribution for independent films. RSVP here: https://luma.com/6j4td1g5

Join us on Monday, September 14th at Villa Maria College’s Recital Hall for the Western New York Creative Sustainability Summit! Hosted by Emily Best, filmmaker and CEO of Seed&Spark, the leading crowdfunding and creator education platform. This event is FREE for all. Light refreshments will be provided. Register here: https://luma.com/6j4td1g5

Brought to you by Film Neighbor Network, Get Fokus’d Productions, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, and VonSchmals Productions.

3:30pm-4:00pm: Registration & Networking

4:10pm-5:25pm: Workshop 1: Crowdfunding to Build Independence

This class lays out the steps toward a successful crowdfunding campaign for any creative endeavor, as well as a career-long action plan most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with an audience. Attendees learn how to find their audience, structure their crowdfunding campaign, pick the right goal and incentives, and much more.

Class taught by filmmaker and CEO of Seed&Spark, Emily Best.

5:45pm-7:15pm: Workshop 2: Six Steps to Build Your Own Film Distribution Playbook

Now more than ever, distribution is in the hands of the makers, which brings both tremendous opportunities and challenges. This session breaks down six clear steps to developing a distribution playbook for filmmakers for your project to have the greatest chance of accomplishing your goals, and offer distribution tips, tactics, and, most importantly, the economics for every window from theatrical through VOD and beyond.

Class taught by filmmaker and CEO of Seed&Spark, Emily Best.

7:30pm-7:50pm: Local Creative Resource Discussion

We want to hear from the Western New York creative community regarding resources they could see helping them in their respective fields. There will be surveys present throughout the event that can be completed during breaks between workshops to provide us with this information.

Discussion led by Kalmia Strong, Executive Director of Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center.

Flyer by Hanna Woltz 🎨

Check out the Dr. Jeannette Jurasek Community Library at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center located at 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo, NY 14214!

The collection was generously donated by the family of Dr. Jeannette Jurasek and is co-hosted by Film Neighbor Network and Squeaky Wheel. It includes books about filmmaking, several screenplays, film theory, and more.

Thank you Squeaky Wheel for partnering with FNN to host this incredible resource for the local community!

A HUGE thank you to everyone that joined us yesterday at our Film Neighbor Network(ing) event, it was a fantastic night of networking and thoughtful conversations! Thank you and for hosting us in your incredible space, thank you for the amazing spread, and thank you to all of our exhibitors and attendees for coming out to connect with the local creative community!

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Today is the day! Hope to see you there! Enter the building through the Myrtle Avenue entrance and take the elevator to the 4th floor. Parking is available in visitor lots on Seneca and Spring Street!

Join us at our networking event tomorrow at 500 Seneca Street!

Join us next Thursday, April 30th at 5:30pm at 500 Seneca Street for a night of networking! Meet our community partners and learn more about upcoming workshops, events, and local film festivals 🎬☺️ RSVP using the link in our bio!

Save the date 🗓️ RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/gkwDvbHj2Vu5UKMY4VsE?c=_iZ9m2e2

Join us on Thursday, April 30th from 5:30pm-8pm at 500 Seneca Street for a night of networking with the local creative community! Connect with independent filmmakers and arts organizations, and learn more about all of the exciting arts events coming up right here in the 716!

This event is hosted in collaboration with Get Fokus'd Productions and Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center who are dedicated to serving the community of Buffalo through art and digital storytelling. You can connect with and learn more about them on April 30th! 🎬

We hope to see you there! ☺️

Thank you Gianna Lopez for creating this awesome graphic!