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A look at some of Film Specific's upcoming live, interactive, virtual seminars, online and virtual townhall filmmaker gatherings and discussion groups focused on the most effective ways for filmmakers to thrive in today's indie marketplace..
UPCOMING VIRTUAL SEMINARS:
JULY 8 (11:00am PST/ 2:00pm EST)
Virtual Seminar: "Identifying & Locating Your Target Audience" with Film Specific Founder Stacey Parks
In today's marketplace it's essential for filmmakers to have a target audience for your film. Stacey Parks discusses the best and most effective ways to identify and locate the target audience for your film.
UPCOMING VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS:
Our monthly virtual town hall series will explore via Q&A and open discussion the issues affecting filmmakers today. It provides a forum to to get you questions answered, discuss strategies, share experiences with Film Specific founder Stacey Parks and your fellow Film Specific members.
JUNE 22: BUILDING YOUR WEB PRESENCE - (11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 7pm BST)
In this town hall meeting, we'll discuss how to build a presence for your film online and get insights from filmmakers on what they're doing and what has and hasn't worked.
*All virtual seminars, live courses and townhall meetings are accessible to Film Specific members only via telephone. Downloadable MP3 seminar recordings are made available to members within a day after the live seminars.
Participation in any seminar is completely voluntary. All seminars are recorded and made available in full for download on FilmSpecific.com within 24 hours of the live event.
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Stacey Parks is an expert in the area of independent film distribution, with over 13 years experience working with independent film producers. As a Foreign Sales Agent she has secured distribution for hundreds of independent features and programs worldwide. She has sold independent films and programming to HBO, Showtime, Starz, PBS, A&E, BBC, SkyTV, NHK (Japan), RTL (Germany), Canal Plus (France), and countless others.
Her clients films have premiered at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, San Sebastian, and other major film festivals. Her clients include Sundance and SXSW award-winning filmmakers and producers who have secured studio and mini-major distribution.
Stacey is the author of 'The Insider's Guide to Independent Film Distribution" (2007 Focal Press), the founder of Film Specific, the educational resource and community for independent filmmakers focused on helping independent filmmakers get their works distributed, and she is an adjunct professor in the Entertainment Studies department of UCLA.
Stacey has been profiled and interviewed in MovieMaker Magazine, Student Filmmakers Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor and the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has spoken on numerous panels including the Alliance of Women Directors, Slamdance and the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, has presented lectures or workshops at the British Film Institute, UCLA, Women In Film, and the Raindance Film Festival, and frequently writes articles for MovieMaker Magazine, MovieScope Magazine, and Student Filmmakers Magazine.