FIRST TIME FILMMAKER DAY OVERVIEW

DOC NYC PRO, DOC NYC’s eight-day series of talks, panels, masterclasses and professional development workshops kicks off on Thursday, November 12 at the IFC Center with First Time Filmmaker Day. 

Experts from the film industry will share their experience and give you essential tips to get your first film off the ground and avoid the pitfalls along the way.

Start your day with our Morning Manifesto, when Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War) shares his experience and offers advice to first time filmmakers.

Continue your day with filmmakers Ursula Liang (9-Man), David Thorpe (Do I Sound Gay?), Merete Mueller  (Tiny) and moderator Caroline von Kuhn (Camden International Film Festival, Like the Water) as they discuss the lesson they learn when telling a nonfiction story in the What’s Your Story? panel.

Learn Funding Fundamentals for financing with the producers of Speed Sisters, Jessica Devaney and Avi Goldstein along with Iyabo Boyd (Chicken & Egg Pictures), Kristin Feeley (Sundance Institute Documentary Program) and moderator Rose Vincelli Gustine (MFA Social Documentary Film at School of Visual Arts) as they provide a road map to funding your documentary and answer questions about budgeting, grant writing and crowdfunding.

In the Post-Production Secrets panel, Technicolor-Postworks NY‘s post-production experts Ben Murray (VP, Creative Services) and Joe Beirne (CTO) are joined by filmmakers Laura Israel and Melinda Shopsin (Don’t Blink – Robert Frank) to discuss the best plan for your timeline and your budget. Co-presented by Technicolor-Postworks NY. 

Finally, listen to Sundance cinematography award winners Matt Heineman (Cartel Land), Ross Kauffman and Rachel Beth Anderson (E-Team) and Sony’s Juan Martinez for precious advice on how to get the right gear for your first documentary shoot  in our Get Your Gear panel. Co-presented by Sony.

This day’s event is open to All Access, DOC NYC PRO and First Time Filmmaker Day passholders.