Leah Land

Leah is teaching a master class at NYU about how to be successful on the film festival circuit.

Leah Meyerhoff Master Class
10am-4pm April 19 2008
Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway room 006
New York NY 10003

Navigating the Film Festival circuit - master class with Leah Meyerhoff

WHEN: April 19, Sat. 10am-4pm
WHERE: Room 006

Have you finished your second-year film but don’t know how to begin submitting it to festivals?
Are you budgeting your thesis and trying to figure out how much to save for PR?
Do you think it is impossible to make money distributing a short film?
Have you given up on sending your film out because it is too expensive or too much work?
Is your MOS languishing in a closet somewhere?

Then this workshop is for you!

Learn how to make the most of the film festival circuit - from the moment you finish post until you finally secure distribution. Topics to be covered include: festival submission strategy, inquiry letters, fee waivers, deliverables, clearances, press kits, press releases, self promotion, DIY marketing, social networking, distribution strategy, legal contracts and self distribution.

This full-day film festival master class taught by Leah Meyerhoff, a Tisch grad fresh off the festival circuit, will help you make the transition from First Run to Sundance, from the Avid monitor to the big screen, from the class room to the real world. Part lecture, part workshop, part Q&A, come down to 006 this Saturday and check it out for yourself!

Leah Meyerhoff is an MFA candidate at NYU who has had great success on the film festival circuit. Her second-year film TWITCH has screened in over 200 festivals, won a dozen international awards and was picked up for distribution by IFC and Skandinavia TV. Her music videos TEAM QUEEN and ETERNAL FLAME have screened in over 50 festivals and are airing on LOGO and MTV Europe. Leah has received press coverage from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Film Threat and numerous other publications. She was also profiled in the “Film School” series on IFC. She holds a BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University. Leah is currently in pre-production on her first feature film UNICORNS, a Sundance Lab finalist executive-produced by Allison Anders. For more information, please visit www.leahmeyerhoff.com

* at the moment this class is only available to NYU students and alumni, but I give similar lectures around the country so stay tuned.