The New Independent Filmmaker - 5 Part Live Event Series
Hi All,
We’d like to invite you to an exciting new series of live events.
This is a collaboration between The Industry and Ted Hope’s Hope for Film.
This 5-part live webinar series will dive deep into the world of new independent filmmaking.
What is the Series about?
The series will start with Christine Vachon, where she will speak to the director/producer collaboration and how to be bold with limited resources.
We then have two case studies - Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden with their SXSW film, The Black Sea. And Josh Mond’s Cannes film It Doesn’t Matter.
Next is Ross Katz who will speak to the many misconceptions that exist when working with a low budget.
Finally, we will wrap up with Ted Hope, who will provide a roadmap to distribution and licensing of these films in a way that will strengthen your career as a filmmaker.
Ted Hope interview…
We recorded an interview with Ted about the series.
Do yourself a favor and listen to this 24-minute interview, as filmmakers ourselves, it really is inspiring - https://theindustry.co/p/ted-hope-webinar-interview-2024
But here is a quote from the interview that explains why this is important.
“The micro-budget (500k or less) side of American independent film has always been a vital adjunct to independent film. But as we’ve had the rise of the global streaming platforms, and the pivot into that as a dominant piece of the equation, we’ve also witnessed the way that the global international independent have also been essentially repressed. In that the foreign sales has been hit very hard…As we see the traditional indie driven by foreign sales go away how do bold filmmakers stay prolific?
I think there are lots of things that can be done to build a more diverse cinema ecosystem. And a big part of that is moving from “indepenant film” to “non-dependant film.” I use that as a distinction because what we call independant has always being fully dependant on licencing of the mainstream users, [And therefore] following the path of the status-quo.”
Now before you think…”micro-budget” no thanks!
Here are 3 filmmakers who went on to bigger things after shooting films like these.
Chloe Zhao with her feature Songs My Brothers Taught Me (budget, $100K) premiered at Sundance in 2015, and she went on to win best picture for Nomadland (2020).
Sean Baker shot Tangerine for $100K. It premiered at Sundance in 2015, and he went on to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes for Anora (2024).
And the Safdie Brothers who made Heaven Knows What (2014) for $250K went on to direct A24’s Good Time with Robert Pattinson & Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler.
5 Part Webinar Series Details
The series will take place over 5 weeks on Zoom.
Dates:
10/30 Christine Vachon: Be Bold Or Go Home - Producer/Director Relationship
11/6 Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden: The Black Sea: “Life Is All Improv”
11/13 Ross Katz: Your Micro Or Modestly Budgeted Film Does Not Mean You Are Limited To Found Footage Or Shaky Cam
11/20 Josh Mond: Throw Out Your Rule Book And Listen To Your Heart
11/26 Ted Hope: Plan Your Release Before You Write Your Script
Times: 6 pm-8 pm EST for all the talks except Session 2 (5pm - 7pm EST)
Location: Zoom.
You can purchase the full series and get a 20% discount and special bonus here:
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-full-webinar-series-2024/
Or…
You can purchase single webinars below.
Special Bonus Offer
If you purchase the full 5-part series you will also receive:
A 20% off the full series.
Replay recordings of each session.
And 50% off an annual subscription to both The Industry & Hope for Film.
Please note: this special offer is only available until 10/29.
Speaker Bios
Christine Vachon
Christine Vachon is the co-founder of Killer Films and one of the most prolific independent film producers of all time. Vachon has produced all of Todd Haynes's films, including Far From Heaven (2002), I’m Not There (2007), Carol (2015), and May December (2023). Last year, she garnered an Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture for Past Lives, and this year, she produced A24’s A Different Man and EP’d Oscar favorite The Brutalist.
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-vachon-2024/
Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden
Crystal Moselle is the director of The Wolfpack (2015), which won Sundance’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize. Her follow-up film Skate Kitchen (2018) also premiered at Sundance, which she later adapted for her HBO series Betty. Her latest film, The Black Sea, premiered at SXSW and is being released by Metrograph.
Derrick B. Hardin is the co-director and star of The Black Sea, having previously collaborated with Moselle as an actor in her HBO series Betty (2021).
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-moselle-hardin-2024/
Ross Katz
Ross Katz got his start as a grip in Reservoir Dogs. He went on to produce Todd Field’s first film, In the Bedroom, Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, and Marie Antoinette (2006). He recently produced Down Low (2023), starring Zachary Quinto.
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-katz-2024/
Josh Mond
Josh Mond is the co-founder of the production company Border Line Films (Martha Marcy May Marlene). Mond’s directorial debut, James White (2015), won the NEXT Audience Award at Sundance and starred Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon. He has spent the last six years directing It Doesn’t Matter (2024) which premiered at Cannes and stars Christopher Abbott.
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-mond-2024/
Ted Hope
Ted Hope started as an indie producer in New York with Ang Lee’s Pushing Hands (1991) and went on to become Amazon Studios Head of Motion Picture Development, Production, and Acquisitions from 2015-2020, overseeing Manchester by the Sea, You Were Never Really Here and Cold War (and many more).
Click here to secure your spot: https://secure.theindustry.co/new-indie-hope-2024/
We look forward to see you there.
Clarke Scott, CEO - The Industry
How much is it? I see we get a 20% discount but not the price if the series?
Is there another way to pay for these 5 weeks besides sending fiat? I consider a micro budget for films as $5000 or less.