Registration is open for 'The Guth Gafa International Film Forum' - a free one day event taking place as part of Guth Gafa
Registration is now open for a free one day event which will run as part of the Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival. New Realities - The Guth Gafa International Film Forum, in association with Honeycomb-Creative Works will provide a platform for Irish and international filmmakers to share experiences, circulate knowledge and pool ideas.
Where Irish filmmaking fits and how filmmakers can best get their work completed and delivered to as wide an audience as possible will be among the topics up for discussion during this event.
Using some of the most successful international examples, the summit will explore how crowd-funding can help finance and distribute film at grassroots level and will look at social impact, audience engagement and outreach strategies for completed films.
From the US, guests include Chief Creative Officer of Tribeca Enterprises Geoff Gilmore, Christie Marchese, CEO of social impact strategy company Picture Motion NY, Camden International Film Festival director, Ben Fowlie, and producer /director team Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein, who raised nearly $250,000 on Kickstarter for their film, An Honest Liar.
From Europe, comes multi-award winning flmmaker, Matthias von Gunten (ThuleTuvalu) and producer Lauren Simpson (A Dangerous Game), who will give case studies of their two environmental films and discuss how best to get the message out on big issues through documentary cinema.
Also from Europe, filmmaker Maarten Schmidt (Ne Me Quitte Pas) will join Christie Marchese on a session about promoting films at grassroots level, and building impact and social engagement strategies for your films.
The event will conclude by looking at how we can successfully build on Ireland's film profile both at home and abroad.
The forum will be hosted at the Virginia Park Lodge in Co. Cavan and kick starts a weekend of screenings and workshops which will take place at the 8th International Documentary Festival at Headfort House, Co. Meath.
The New Realities- Guth Gafa International Film Forum is organised in association with Honeycomb - Creative Works, and with the kind support of The Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Northern Ireland Screen, Creative Europe and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
For registration, and full details of the summit, check out the Honeycomb Creative Works website. https://thehoneycomb.net/events/film-forum
For information about this year's line up of screenings and events at the Guth Gafa festival visit www.guthgafa.com/