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.

 

RSVP HERE

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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Tuesday 08 Oct 2024

New Zealand Film Commission - Christchurch

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga – NZ Film Commission

You are all aware of changes to the team and strategy at the NZ Film Commission.  Now it is time to hear the facts from the team itself. Annie Murray, Chief Executive Officer, and Ainsley Gardiner, Head of Funding, will take you through the new strategic direction for the Commission, telling you exactly who is doing what, who your contacts should be, changes to the funding model, and what plans are for the year ahead for the new team.

2025 will be upon us imminently!  Here's the perfect way to understand where the opportunities are, and who to deal with at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga as we look forward to a new year.

Date: 8th October, 2024

Time:  4:30 PM –  7:00 PM - The workshop will start at 5:00 PM sharp.

Venue: Screen CanterburyNZ, BNZ Centre, Level 3, 101 Cashel Street

WIFT Members and Ngā Aho Whakaari Members are FREE.  

Non-members: $20. Students: $10.
Includes wine and nibbles!

RSVP HERE.

If you have any questions about the event, email us at office@wiftnz.org.nz

Wednesday 09 Oct 2024

New Zealand Film Commission - Wellington

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga – NZ Film Commission

You are all aware of changes to the team and strategy at the NZ Film Commission.  Now it is time to hear the facts from the team itself. Annie Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Ainsley Gardiner, Head of Funding and members of the Leadership team, long-standing and new, will take you through the new strategic direction for the Commission, telling you exactly who is doing what, who your contacts should be, changes to the funding model, and what plans are for the year ahead for the new team.

2025 will be upon us imminently!  Here's the perfect way to understand where the opportunities are, and who to deal with at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga as we look forward to a new year.

Date: 9th October, 2024

Time:  5:00 PM –  7:30 PM The workshop will start at 5:30 PM sharp.

Venue: 129 Park Rd. Miramar, Wellington

WIFT Members and Ngā Aho Whakaari Members are FREE.  Non-members: $20. Students: $10.
***Includes wine and nibbles!

RSVP HERE

If you have any questions about the event, email us at office@wiftnz.org.nz

Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

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

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

Been talked over in a meeting?

Struggled to negotiate your contract?

Feel undervalued?

Hate conflict?

In this hands-on workshop, Dr Jo Cribb will share practical negotiation and conflict resolution strategies as well as important insights on attitudes to money and pay gaps. You will leave with practical tips and tricks for tackling your next contract negotiations. Special guest contributor, the fantastic Theresa Healey will be present!

Date: 13th November
Time: 3 PM - 7 PM, includes late afternoon networking drinks.
Venue: TBC, Christchurch

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!

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