Industry Experts will Educate Local Filmmakers on Marketing and Distribution at NOVAC Panel in July

Industry Experts will Educate Local Filmmakers on Marketing and Distribution at NOVAC Panel in July

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Ashley Charbonnet
Phone: 504-940-5780
Email: ashley@novacvideo.org

New Orleans, LA, June 25, 2011 – The New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) is celebrating its 39^th birthday with Watch My Movie!, an evening discussion designed to educate local independent filmmakers on the changing model of Marketing and Distribution. Presented at the Contemporary Arts Center at 900 Camp Street on July 14^th from 7pm – 10pm, Watch My Movie! will feature a panel of experts from producers and distributors to film festival directors and Ivy League faculty. To follow, NOVAC will commemorate 39 years of connecting filmmakers to the community with a reception and raffle.

“In this fluctuating market, independent filmmakers are looking toward alternatives to the larger studios for marketing and theatrical distribution,” says NOVAC Filmmaker Program Coordinator, Ashley Charbonnet.  At Watch My Movie! panelists will discuss a variety of approaches to exhibiting and monetizing content including: theatrical, educational, online and Video On Demand. Panelists will also discuss film festival markets, packaging a product, and sustainable Do-It-Yourself models.

Experts include: Ira Deutchman (Emerging Pictures, Fine Line Features, Columbia University), Andre Mer (SnagFilms), Todd Sklar (Range Life Entertainment, IFP Producers Lab, Exit Through the Gift Shop), Janine Saunders (Workbook Project), Gianna Chachere (Hamptons International Film Festival, Patois Film Festival), Benjamin Reece (Kinio), and the discussion will be moderated by Luisa Dantas (Land of Opportunity, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price).

“With a commitment to cultivating a sustainable local film community, events like Watch My Movie! truly embody NOVAC’s mission,” says Charbonnet. “We hope that this event will provide filmmakers with a solid understanding of how they can market and distribute their films so that they ultimately reach audiences, whether through theatre screens, televisions, web videos or any other outlet for content that may coming down the pike.”

The event is open to the public at an optional $10 donation rate. Light refreshments will be served at the reception and raffle following Watch My Movie! and will include prizes from NOVAC, New Orleans Film Society, HBO Series Tremé, Panavision, local restaurants, the National WWII Museum and more.

About NOVAC :
NOVAC is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to cultivate a sustainable film community by providing access to resources, education and locally generated content.  NOVAC accomplishes this mission through education, career development, independent productions and special events.

NOVAC’s programs are supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans and administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans. Our programs are also madepossible by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and by a Decentralized Arts grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

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