About this Event
To read Hollywood Reporter, Variety and other entertainment industry trade papers, the Entertainment Industry is on life support. Production is down, revenues are down, and audiences no longer care about film.
In this panel workshop featuring Film Sales Agent Rene Leda, Producer Ray Ellingsen, and Film Analytics Expert Jeff Hardy, indie producers will find out what the trades aren’t saying and why it’s great news for indie producers including:
- Why changes in the entertainment industry that are bad for big producers and studios are actually great for independent film and tv producers.
- How the right projects can find funding and active support from big and small streamers seeking great independently-made content to buy market share.
- Statistics on film audiences online and off that indicate consumption of feature film content has never been higher and is accelerating worldwide.
- Why audience identification, leading to audience building and pre-production film marketing has become as much a part of film production as cameras, actors, and editors, and what part of the proof banks, distributors, streamers, and investors need to see to be sure your project deserves their support.
- How new film funding models and film distribution strategies rely on elements like audience building activities, project and genre appropriate name-talent casting, and other factors.
This is the perfect workshop for anyone actively working to produce a film because it addresses exactly how to design a film that can be funded, produced, and profitably sold.
Bios and Links
Film Sales agent and seasoned executive producer has over 28 years of experience in the film and television industry. His expertise ranges from developing and distributing television programs in international markets, to handling programs for companies like Twentieth Century Fox TV International, Warner Bros., ABC, CBS, Columbia Pictures, BBC. In 2004, Rene formed NetMinds Inc., a distribution company selling films, series, and formats to markets worldwide. Leda’s NetMinds joined forces with Anatol Chavez/Terra Entertainment in 2009 to create Synergetic distribution, an entertainment production and distribution company.
Producer has been profitably producing projects for more than thirty years. With credits on 50+ productions as producer, executive producer, line producer, writer, director, and studio manager, he has extensive experience in developing, funding, producing, and acquiring distribution feature films, documentaries, and commercial projects. In 2009, Ray founded Moving Pictures Media Group (MPMG), a production company that develops and produces projects for both outside clients and in-house productions.
Film Analytics Expert, founder of FilmProfit, LLC, has acted as film finance and distribution analyst for Hollywood Reporter, Fortune Magazine, The Philadelphia Enquirer, The Washington Times and The Black Film Report, among other publications. He has appeared by invitation before the California Film Commission, National Media Network. He routinely works with studios and producers to analyze screenplays, production budgets, marketing strategies and distribution plans to maximize probability of profitable release, and consults with savvy investors looking to ensure they put their money where it will earn the maximum financial return.
Nancy Fulton, founder of is a prolific producer and serial entrepreneur with more than 60,000 followers on Meetup.com, and hundreds of video, book, film, and podcast credits, she enjoys helping creatives quickly bring their projects to market. She has a particular interest in Assistive AI, virtual production, and virtual animation technologies, along with monetization of intellectual property through books and other merchandise.
Those who sign up for this event will receive supporting information from workshop experts.
SPONSORED BY: Thanks to Michael Praver founder of for supporting this event.
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