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AM Session - 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

From Concept to Completion & Beyond: Film Financing, Marketing, Distribution.

• Alison Franklyn Saunders: Director of Hit For Six discusses how she overcame the challenges of getting the feature film financed, made and distributed.
• Nicholas Luesue: from COTT takes you through the maze of music copyright and other legal “must knows” in filmmaking.
• Francis Escayg: Producer of The Ghost of Hing King Estate presents ‘A Case Study’.

PM Session: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

How a Producer gets an International Production Made.

Rudy Langlais is the Los Angeles-based producer of The Hurricane starring Denzel Washington, Sugar Hill with Wesley Snipes, Redemption and Who Killed Atlanta’s Children? Hear how he spots a workable script, creates a production team, gets international financing and makes money out of films.

Cost: $TT100.00 including refreshments. Lunch optional $25.
To book, please call 625 3456 Ext. 22

Learning How to Pitch with Donahue Tuitt,

The multi award winning international director, producer and scriptwriter of feature films, music videos, and commercial has worked on projects for Maverick Entertainment, Breakaway Films, AXE Body Spray, Geffen Records and CBS.

To book, please call 625 3456 Ext. 22

Every good film starts with a good script, but what makes a script work? A chance to work it out.

Scriptwriting with Donahue Tuitt, the multi award winning international director, producer and scriptwriter of feature films, music videos, and commercials has worked on projects for Maverick Entertainment, Breakaway Films, AXE Body Spray, Geffen Records and CBS.


Cost: $TT100.00 including refreshments. Lunch optional $25.
To book, please call 625 3456 Ext. 22

Saturday September 22nd: 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Palmiste Lounge, Convention Centre, Chaguaramas Development Authority.

The Sharc Experience:
The Film Industry in Trinidad and Tobago then and now: Potential and Pitfalls

Suzanne Robertson and the late Hugh Robertson, the award-winning editor of Midnight Cowboy, were the founders of Sharc Productions in 1970s Trinidad. This workshop looks back to examine the successes and failures of that early experience, and forward to how we can build a sustainable film industry in Trinidad & Tobago.

See clips from The Haunting of Avril (now known as Obeah) and La Belle Rosette and together with the cast and crew of Bim, Dream on Monkey Mountain and Obeah explore a plan for the future.

Free of charge. Refreshments, lunch and site visit to the original film studios included courtesy Chaguaramas Development Authority.

To book please call 625 3456 Ext. 22

Music Video Production with internationally renowned Julian ‘Lil x’ Lutz.

An interactive session with one of the most successful music video directors working today. Lil x has directed over 100 music videos for the likes of Alicia Keys, Usher, Kanye West, Korn, Sean Paul, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguilera, Nelly, and John Mayer. See the techniques he uses to make world-class videos and get a chance to critique your work.


Cost $TT100.00 including refreshments. Lunch Optional $25
To book, please call Mariel Brown: 621 6233