Wednesday
29
May
2024
Unlocking the Reel Deal: Mastering Festival Tactics and Marketing Must-Haves

Unlocking the Reel Deal: Mastering Festival Tactics and Marketing Must-Haves

Posted Tuesday 14 May 2024

Join this in-depth conversation on the essentials of festival strategies and marketing materials with Jasmin McSweeney, of Umbrella Entertainment, Nadia Maxwell, of Overactive Imagination, and Mark Prebble of Show Me Shorts, moderated by Vanessa Wells.

-              Talking about festival strategy, submitting to festivals and the pros/cons
-              Discussing their experience with being at festivals - both industry markets and showing films.
-              Critical criteria for your marketing materials – what’s essential
-              How does the programming of films at A-list festivals reflect global film trends?
-              What’s news from Clermont-Ferrand?

Jasmin McSweeney joined Melbourne distribution company Umbrella Entertainment as the Head of Sales and Acquisitions for New Zealand in February this year. She also produces for Sanctuary Pictures, the production arm of Umbrella. Prior to this role, Jasmin was the Head of Marketing at the New Zealand Film Commission for the past decade, responsible for the promotion and marketing of New Zealand films in New Zealand and internationally.

Nadia Maxwell is an Ōtautahi film and television producer and founder of Overactive Imagination. Over the last 20 years she has produced A-list festival feature films, award-winning shorts, and documentary projects. Previous credits include the feature films HUMAN TRACES which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and REUNION starring Julia Ormond released in NZ and the US in 2020. Most recently she produced the docuseries SHEPHERDESS for Sky Originals.

Mark Prebble is the Festival Manager of Show Me Shorts, New Zealand's leading short film festival, and has been part of the SMS team for the last ten years. He comes from a filmmaking and theatre background and has been involved in the New Zealand film industry for more than two decades. In February this year he represented Show Me Shorts and their short film catalogue at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and Market in France.

Date: 29 May 2024

Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Location: Toi Auaha Rolleston House, 5 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City

WIFT NZ members FREE, non-members $20, students $10, includes wine and nibbles.

 

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Date: Wednesday 29 May 2024
Location: Toi Auaha Rolleston House, 5 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City
Time: 6pm drinks for a 6:30pm start

Wednesday
29
May
2024

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Take Your Space, Value Your Worth, Getting a Yes: Negotiating the Pay and Conditions You Deserve- CHRISTCHURCH

Been talked over in a meeting?  Struggled to negotiate your contract?  Feel undervalued?  Hate conflict?

Join us for an interactive workshop with Dr. Jo Cribb, where you'll learn essential negotiation techniques and conflict resolution strategies. Discover key insights about money attitudes and the pay gap, empowering you to advocate for yourself effectively. Walk away with actionable tips and tricks to navigate your next contract negotiations with confidence!

Date: 15th February

Time: 1 PM - 5 PM, includes late afternoon networking drinks.

Venue: Toi Auaha, 5 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central

The ticket price is $10 for WIFT Members. $25 for Non-Members. Includes networking drinks & nibbles. Spaces are limited. 

Jo is a consultant and professional director with a focus on gender and diversity. She was the previous Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women, and co-founder of the Mind the Gap campaign advocating for pay gap reporting. Recent assignments include evaluating Sport NZ's gender equity in governance policy, leading sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencies, working with the New Zealand Defence Force's leadership team on the gender diversity of the forces, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy.

In 2020, she co-authored the book Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets; the aim of which is to support women and girls to advance themselves. All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Aunties and Otara Blue Light programme to support young women leaders. Jo has also extensively researched the future of work and the result was the 2018 and 2024 second edition co-authored book Don't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work which provides an accessible synthesis of the trends in technology that are impacting on work and practical tools for future-proofing careers.

In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards and in 2021 won the Women in Governance Community Award from Governance New Zealand.

Jo is the proud mother of two, owns a small vineyard in Martinborough and distills her own gin.

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Gracious thanks to Screenrights for supporting this workshop for us!

Saturday 22 Feb 2025

Take Your Space, Value Your Worth, Getting a Yes: Negotiating Pay and Conditions You Deserve - Auckland

Been talked over in a meeting?  Struggled to negotiate your contract?  Feel undervalued?  Hate conflict?

Join us for an interactive workshop with Dr. Jo Cribb, where you'll learn essential negotiation techniques and conflict resolution strategies. Discover key insights about money attitudes and the pay gap, empowering you to advocate for yourself effectively. Walk away with actionable tips and tricks to navigate your next contract negotiations with confidence!

Date: 22nd February

Time: 1 PM - 5 PM, includes late afternoon networking drinks.

Venue: CLICK Studios, 525 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland

The ticket price is $10 for WIFT Members. $25 for Non-Members. Includes networking drinks & nibbles. Spaces are limited. 

Jo is a consultant and professional director with a focus on gender and diversity. She was the previous Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women, and co-founder of the Mind the Gap campaign advocating for pay gap reporting. Recent assignments include evaluating Sport NZ's gender equity in governance policy, leading sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencies, working with the New Zealand Defence Force's leadership team on the gender diversity of the forces, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy.

In 2020, she co-authored the book Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets; the aim of which is to support women and girls to advance themselves. All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Aunties and Otara Blue Light programme to support young women leaders. Jo has also extensively researched the future of work and the result was the 2018 and 2024 second edition co-authored book Don't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work which provides an accessible synthesis of the trends in technology that are impacting on work and practical tools for future-proofing careers.

In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards and in 2021 won the Women in Governance Community Award from Governance New Zealand. Jo is the proud mother of two, owns a small vineyard in Martinborough and distills her own gin.

BOOK YOUR TICKET TO THIS EVENT BEFORE THIS SELLS OUT!

Gracious thanks to Screenrights for supporting this workshop for us!

Programme is brought to you with generous support from the NZ Film Commission and Foundation North.