Name: APAC September Filmmaker Meetup
Start: 2025-09-11T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-11T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Asbury Park Library

The Asbury Park Arts Council announces its Filmmaker Meetup for all those in the film & video industry throughout New Jersey
About this Event

APAC Filmmaker Meetup

Join us for the APAC September Filmmaker Meetup to connect, share ideas, and collaborate. This in-person event is a perfect opportunity to network with fellow filmmakers, exchange tips and tricks, and discuss the latest trends in the industry. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this meetup is open to all levels of experience and all craft specialties of film and video. Don't miss this chance to mingle with like-minded creatives and expand your professional circle. Mark your calendars and get ready for an inspiring gathering of local film and video artists.

If you ever wanted tips on how to raise money and get distribution for your project, this is the meetup to attend. Our special guest, producer Bonnie Bertram will take us on the journey of her recently wrapped project and share best practices in fundraising and distribution.

Bonnie's Bio:

Bonnie Bertram is Vice President of Content Development at Retro Report, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces documentary videos and classroom resources that help connect the past with the present. She was the Director of Frontline PBS’s “Facing Eviction,” about housing and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and her short documentary for The New York Times on vaccine hesitancy was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award. Bonnie spent much of her career as a producer at CNN. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a double major in English and a humanities field major with a concentration in film. One of her first jobs was at Premiere Magazine, a film magazine from the 1980s and 90s. She has been a part time Ocean Grove resident for 22 years.

With Retro Report, she has been working on a short documentary about the groundbreaking case of Joan Little, who, in 1975, was the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault. They are wrapping up production after two+ years and she will talk about the evolution of the project with respect to fundraising and distribution.