Filmmakers in Indigenous Leadership & Management Business Affairs

It’s time for another Instructor Spotlight! In recent workshops, we’ve been thrilled to have the following industry folks join us to share their knowledge with our producers: Amy Fox, who led two workshops for us, Incorporation & Business Planning and Finding the Financing; Nathaniel Lyman who led The Legal Foundation; Mike Gosselin, who led Contract Negotiation and Working with Writers; and Jordan Waunch, who led Understanding Grant Writing 👏👏👏

It was a weekend full of wonderful knowledge sharing, insightful discussions, and an overall great kickoff to our program. Thank you to these talented folks for sharing their knowledge and insight 🙌

📣 We are sending out HUGE congratulations to our FILMBA Alum, ✨Tim Riedel✨ whose feature film, ANCESTRAL BEASTS, had its world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival this week. Tim was a part of our 2024 Emerging Producers cohort where he received support, guidance, and mentorship as he brought his initial plans for Ancestral Beasts to life. We're so proud of him and the journey he's been on in since then. Congratulations, Tim!! 🙌🙌🙌

👀 SaskToday featured a great article highlighting FILMBA and current program participant Bee Bird. Check it out below 👇

🎥 Our Director of the Indigenous Digital Accelerator & creator of FILMBA, Doreen Manuel, sat down for an interview with APTN to speak about the program and its importance in the broader film & television industry. Thanks to APTN for this opportunity! 🙌 Check out her interview below! 👀

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🙌 Thanks so much to Playback for featuring the announcement of this year’s FILMBA cohort. We’re thrilled to see all the spotlight being shared on this fantastic group of producers! 👏👏👏

📣Another great shout out for FILMBA, this time from the Chilliwack Progress, with a special highlight on Corben Bowen, joining us from Chilliwack, BC!

📣Congratulations/Félicitations to FILMBA participant, Ipeelie Ootoova, who will be heading to this year's imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival with the MÉDIA Missions delegation! Have a great time at the festival, Ipeelie! 🎞️🍿🎥

🎥 This weekend FILMBA kicked off with workshops led by Jessie Anthony, who led our Orientation & Your Producer Compass workshop; our very own Doreen Manuel, who led our Indigenous Film History & Indigenous Film Sovereignty workshop; and FILMBA alum, Tim Riedel, who led our Building a Professional Identity workshop 👏👏👏

It was a weekend full of wonderful knowledge sharing, insightful discussions, and an overall great kickoff to our program. Thank you to these talented producers for starting off our program in such an uplifting way 🙌

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We got a great shout out promoting the FILMBA program over at the AndersonVision blog. 🔗 Link in the comments 👀